DNREC Announces ā€˜Take a Kid Fishing!ā€™ Spring Events

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Do you know a youngster or a young teen who might enjoy learning about fishing and the delight in having the opportunity to catch a fish? DNREC’s ā€œTake a Kid Fishing!ā€ events are offered free of charge to all participants, with all fishing equipment needed also provided free for participants’ use at the events.This post was originally published on this …

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DNREC details how wind farm cable will come ashore in park

Katie KazimirGovernment, Headlines

State officials this week laid out the way they expect transmission lines from an offshore wind farm to be installed under the 3 Rs Beach in Delaware Seashore State Park. During an information open house at Bethany Town Hall Tuesday, DNREC representatives displayed posters around the room loaded with information. One said four cables will be bored 60 feet under …

DNRECā€™s Mosquito Control Section Set to Spray Woodland Pools

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The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will begin its annual spraying of spring woodland pools to control aquatic immature (larval) mosquitoes as early as Friday, March 15, weather permitting. The spring spray campaign by DNRECā€™s Mosquito Control section will begin in southern Sussex County, then expand into Kent and New Castle counties over the next several weeks.This …

DNREC Announces Changes to 2024 Summer Flounder and Scup Recreational Fishing Regs

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DNREC announced today that, effective March 2, the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife will implement changes to the recreational fishing regulations for summer flounder and scup required to keep Delaware in compliance with the Fishery Management Plans of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC). This post was originally published on this …

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DNREC Opens Youth Environmental Summit

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The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) once again joined Delawareā€™s Youth Environmental Summit (YES!), with Secretary Shawn M. Garvin delivering the opening plenary to kick off the 2024 event. The student-led conference, sponsored by DNREC, was held on Thursday, Feb. 29, at the University of Delawareā€™s Clayton Hall Conference Center in Newark.This post was originally published …

DNREC to Close The Point at Cape Henlopen for Beach-nesting Season

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The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will close The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a stretch of ocean and bay beach, Friday, March 1. Since 1993, The Point has closed annually for most of the spring and summer for the benefit of threatened and endangered beach-nesters and migratory shorebirds, including piping plovers, American oystercatchers, least …