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DNREC celebrates 30th anniversary of Delaware Coastal Cleanup at Slaughter Beach event

DNREC Secretary Garvin joined Coastal Cleanup site captains, volunteers, and supporters a 30th anniversary celebration of the cleanup hosted by Slaughter Beach. The 2017 Coastal Cleanup will be held on September 16.



DNREC hosts video premiere of ‘Delaware Bayshore Forever’ at the State Fair

Governor Carney, DNREC Secretary Garvin, and conservation partners and guests attended the premiere of “Delaware Bayshore Forever,” a new video tour of the Delaware Bayshore, at the Delaware State Fair.



Online registration now open to volunteers for 30th annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup

Online volunteer registration is now open for the 30th annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 16.



DNREC closes recreational shellfish harvest in north Delaware Bay due to undertreated wastewater from Kent County treatment plant

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin today directed the Kent County wastewater treatment plant to take immediate action to correct an ongoing discharge of undertreated effluent that prompted the Secretary to issue an emergency order for the closure of recreational shellfishing in the Delaware Bay north of the entrance to the Mispillion Inlet. The emergency closure impacts only the harvest of bivalve molluscan shellfish – clams, oysters and mussels – and does not affect the legal harvest of other shellfish species such as crabs and conchs.



DNREC Secretary’s Order approves issuance of permits for construction and operation of City of Rehoboth Beach ocean outfall

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin today signed an order enabling the City of Rehoboth Beach to move forward with construction of an outfall that will discharge the city’s treated wastewater into the Atlantic Ocean, eliminating the largest remaining point source discharge into Delaware’s Inland Bays.






 Pages Tagged With: "ocean and coasts"

DNREC celebrates 30th anniversary of Delaware Coastal Cleanup at Slaughter Beach event

DNREC Secretary Garvin joined Coastal Cleanup site captains, volunteers, and supporters a 30th anniversary celebration of the cleanup hosted by Slaughter Beach. The 2017 Coastal Cleanup will be held on September 16.



DNREC hosts video premiere of ‘Delaware Bayshore Forever’ at the State Fair

Governor Carney, DNREC Secretary Garvin, and conservation partners and guests attended the premiere of “Delaware Bayshore Forever,” a new video tour of the Delaware Bayshore, at the Delaware State Fair.



Online registration now open to volunteers for 30th annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup

Online volunteer registration is now open for the 30th annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 16.



DNREC closes recreational shellfish harvest in north Delaware Bay due to undertreated wastewater from Kent County treatment plant

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin today directed the Kent County wastewater treatment plant to take immediate action to correct an ongoing discharge of undertreated effluent that prompted the Secretary to issue an emergency order for the closure of recreational shellfishing in the Delaware Bay north of the entrance to the Mispillion Inlet. The emergency closure impacts only the harvest of bivalve molluscan shellfish – clams, oysters and mussels – and does not affect the legal harvest of other shellfish species such as crabs and conchs.



DNREC Secretary’s Order approves issuance of permits for construction and operation of City of Rehoboth Beach ocean outfall

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin today signed an order enabling the City of Rehoboth Beach to move forward with construction of an outfall that will discharge the city’s treated wastewater into the Atlantic Ocean, eliminating the largest remaining point source discharge into Delaware’s Inland Bays.