Shorebird and horseshoe crab connection highlighted in new film from the Delaware Shorebird Project
The Delaware Shorebird Project today premiered Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection, a film produced to raise awareness and understanding about the ecological connection between horseshoe crabs and shorebirds migrating through the Delaware Bay area, as well as the researchers who study them.
New grants available from DNREC’s Division of Energy and Climate to support strong, sustainable communities
Municipalities, county governments and partners invited to apply for new Sustainable Communities Planning Grants DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Energy & Climate invites municipalities, county governments and their academic and non-profit partners to apply for the new Sustainable Communities Planning Grants now available. These competitive grants support planning and assessment projects that improve a community’s economy, […]
Governor’s 2016 Agricultural and Urban Conservation Award winners honored today
Governor Markell was joined by state and federal officials in awarding the the annual Governor’s Agricultural and Urban Conservation Awards and designating April 24-30 as Soil and Water Stewardship Week in Delaware.
DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces addition to Sussex County’s Midlands Wildlife Area
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced the acquisition of 650 acres of sprawling woods and fields in western Sussex County as part of the Midlands Wildlife Area.
Hartly, Kent County student places second in National Conservation District Poster Contest
A Kent County student was recently named the second place winner nationwide in the National Association of Conservation Districts’ (NACD) conservation poster contest, themed “Local Heroes – Your Hardworking Pollinators.”
