Jeff McCoy and his wife Jen McCoy of Millsboro display the state-record 52-pound, 11.2-ounce king mackerel Jeff caught on a recent family fishing outing along Fenwick Shoal off Delaware’s Atlantic Coast. /Submitted photo The Delaware Department of …
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Kent Conservation District announce grants are available for homeowners in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Kent County who wish to have their residential septic tanks pumped out for …
No Human Cases of WNV Reported to Date in State; Equine Owners Urged by Department of Agriculture to Vaccinate Animals West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in Delaware the first time for 2023 in a sentinel chicken, the Delaware Department of Natural …
Clover, a southern pudu brought to the Brandywine Zoo as part of an AZA Species Survival Plan, recently gave birth to a male baby pudu. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Brandywine Zoo are thrilled to announce …
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has declared an emergency closure for recreational clamming and mussel harvest in Indian River Bay until Aug. 24. DNREC’s mandatory closure protective of public health came after a pump …
DNREC Award winners were recognized during Governor’s Day at the Fair by both Governor John Carney and Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long and by DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin. Left to right: Lt. Gov. Hall-Long, Young Environmentalists Chris Runde and Spencer …
Volunteers picked up trash at Fox Point State Park, one of 45 sites cleaned during the 2022 Delaware Coastal Cleanup. /DNREC photo. Volunteers throughout the state are encouraged to join the 2023 Delaware Coastal Cleanup, the annual one-day coordinated …
Seining involves a long narrow net cast into the water followed by pulling the net in to see what kind of marine life was caught (and then released during the “Life in the Bay” seining program at DNREC’s Aquatic Resources Education Center near Smyrna). / …
The multiple-site Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve – with components at St. Jones in Dover and Blackbird Creek near Townsend (the aerial photo above) – includes both private and state-owned land managed by DNREC in conjunction with the National …
One of the “Small Fry Adventures” for this youngster at DNREC’s Aquatic Resources Education Center near Smyrna was creating a crab from a paper plate while viewing and learning about crabs, fish and other aquatic creatures found in the waters of Delaware …
A 1913 low number Delaware resident “hunter’s license.” A three-digit license will be drawn for July 27 at the Delaware State Fair from the names of hunters who are automatically entered in a raffle by purchasing their 2023/2024 Delaware resident license …
View of the main impoundment on DNREC’s Little Creek Wildlife Area from the wildlife observation tower – the observation tower with its sweeping views remains open while the impoundment undergoes a dike restoration project starting Aug. 1 /DNREC photo …
Effective Monday, August 14, 2023, motorists can expect inspection and maintenance changes that will impact the registration of their vehicles, especially in Sussex County. On January 11, 2023, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental …
Among the successful hunters during Delaware’s record-setting 2023 wild turkey harvest was Tanner Cobb. Photo courtesy of Rusty Kaiser, Tanner’s grandfather. Public’s Help Sought on Annual Turkey Productivity Survey Hunters reported harvesting 785 wild …
Principal Chief Dennis Coker, Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware, talks with DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin on a tour. /DNREC photo. A Dozen New Properties Are Now Under Conservation Statewide The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental …
The first piping plover nest found at Gordons Pond since 2016 failed because of predation from red foxes. A stretch of beach within Cape Henlopen State Park that had been closed for protection of the plovers was reopened today to beachgoers and surf …
Striped bass caught by recreational anglers in Delaware waters can no longer be handled with a gaff according to a new fishing regulation from DNREC that brings the state into compliance with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission management plan …
Meetings Planned in Each of Delaware’s Three Counties Balancing how to best protect our marine resources while considering the needs of people who use or make their livelihood in Delaware’s Bay and ocean waters is the goal of an ocean and bay plan being …
Piping plovers – a federally-listed threatened species and state-listed endangered species – have made a new nest at Gordons Pond in Cape Henlopen State Park, which will result in temporary closure of a portion of the beach for the nesting plovers’ …
Action on the Nanticoke River at previous Recycled Cardboard Boat Regattas. The family-fun event is sponsored by DNREC, the Town of Blades and others including the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, Delaware Nature Society, and the Nanticoke River Yacht Club. / …
