News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
Contest Highlights Woodland Beach Wildlife Area From May through mid-August, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control invited photographers and nature lovers to submit their best photographs taken on the Tony Florio Woodland Beach Wildlife Area and the adjoining Aquatic Resources Education Center (AREC) near Smyrna. Now the results are in for this […]
Continue ReadingThe Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is pleased to announce three new Delaware State Parks leaders. Mika Drake is now the superintendent at Bellevue and Fox Point state parks, Nicole Worthley is the new cultural conservation program manager at the First State Heritage Park and Mark Wise has been named superintendent of […]
Continue ReadingIn April of 2021 photographer Steve Atkinson began a new photographic project, Chesapeake Country Roads. Now he is announcing the publication of a 16-month Wall Calendar of these photographs. Most of the photographs were taken in Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties. The calendar can be purchased at the Website ChesapeakeCountryRoads.com/Calendar. Even though he had been […]
Continue ReadingRidgely and Sudlersville on Maryland’s Eastern Shore are just two of the towns that holds a piece of their heritage to the Railroads of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Delaware and Virginia’s Eastern Shore has many, including the Delaware town of Harrington. When you mention Harrington, many think of the Casino or the […]
Continue ReadingVisitors will be welcomed at the DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve when it reopens for the season Saturday, May 1, 2021. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control facilitywill be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and is closed Mondays. COVID-19 safety protocols will be in place, […]
Continue ReadingIn honor of Earth Month, Gov. John Carney joined Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn Garvin on April 15, 2021 to tour the facility where Delaware State Parks will have 15 benches made from excess plastic bags. In 2020, the DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation converted its plastic carry-in carry-out bags […]
Continue ReadingA new online resource to help Delawareans take the guesswork out of recycling has been unveiled by theDelaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The new tool, Recyclopedia, helps the public and businesses determine the quickest and easiest ways to recycle materials that would otherwise go to a landfill. The web-based application offers an […]
Continue ReadingDelaware’s statewide one-day turkey hunt for youth ages 10 to 15 and for non-ambulatory disabled hunters requiring a wheelchair will be held Saturday, April 3, 2021 followed by the four-week spring turkey hunting season from Saturday, April 10 through Saturday, May 8. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control reminds turkey hunters that […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE — Archaeological research has led to the identification of a burial ground at the John Dickinson Plantation in Dover, Delaware. The burial ground was found during archaeological fieldwork on March 9, 2021 and likely holds the enslaved individuals and other African Americans who lived, worked, and died on land owned by the Dickinson […]
Continue ReadingDeadline is Monday, April 12, 2021 With Earth Day a one month away, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is launching a video contest to educate and engage youth about the importance of environmental protection and inspire them to be part of the solution to address climate change. The global theme for […]
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