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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC’s Office of Boating Safety and Education encourages boaters to ‘Spring Aboard’ by taking a boating safety course

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, March 16, 2018

DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Office of Boating Safety and Education joins the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) to encourage boaters to “Spring Aboard,” a March 18-24 nationwide campaign to prepare for boating season by enrolling in a boating safety course.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: March 5-11

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, March 16, 2018

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between March 5-11 made 841 contacts with hunters, anglers, boaters and the general public, issuing 25 citations. Officers responded to 30 complaints regarding possible violations of laws and regulations or requests to assist the public.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to reopen April 4

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2018

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility located in the heart of Delaware’s Bayshore Region, will reopen Wednesday, April 4 after being closed for the winter.




Upstate trout season to open April 7 in seven New Castle County streams

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018

Portions of seven designated trout streams in northern New Castle County – White Clay Creek, Red Clay Creek, Christina Creek, Pike Creek, Beaver Run, Wilson Run and Mill Creek – will be stocked with thousands of rainbow and brown trout, including some trophy-sized fish.




DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation announces change in start date for Rockland entrance to Brandywine Creek State Park closure

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Date Posted: Friday, March 9, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that the closure of the Rockland entrance of Brandywine Creek State Park for stormwater culvert replacements has been postponed until the evening of March 18, rather than March 11, because of next week’s weather forecast.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC’s Office of Boating Safety and Education encourages boaters to ‘Spring Aboard’ by taking a boating safety course

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, March 16, 2018

DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Office of Boating Safety and Education joins the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) to encourage boaters to “Spring Aboard,” a March 18-24 nationwide campaign to prepare for boating season by enrolling in a boating safety course.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: March 5-11

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, March 16, 2018

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between March 5-11 made 841 contacts with hunters, anglers, boaters and the general public, issuing 25 citations. Officers responded to 30 complaints regarding possible violations of laws and regulations or requests to assist the public.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to reopen April 4

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2018

The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility located in the heart of Delaware’s Bayshore Region, will reopen Wednesday, April 4 after being closed for the winter.




Upstate trout season to open April 7 in seven New Castle County streams

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018

Portions of seven designated trout streams in northern New Castle County – White Clay Creek, Red Clay Creek, Christina Creek, Pike Creek, Beaver Run, Wilson Run and Mill Creek – will be stocked with thousands of rainbow and brown trout, including some trophy-sized fish.




DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation announces change in start date for Rockland entrance to Brandywine Creek State Park closure

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | New Castle County | Date Posted: Friday, March 9, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that the closure of the Rockland entrance of Brandywine Creek State Park for stormwater culvert replacements has been postponed until the evening of March 18, rather than March 11, because of next week’s weather forecast.