News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
YORKLYN, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that it has acquired 86 acres of land in Yorklyn to expand the recently-created Auburn Valley State Park. The preservation of the two parcels, each about 43 acres in size, will enable future expansion of recreational activities at the 452-acre park. The new land […]
Continue ReadingHARRINGTON, DE – DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal, & Energy teamed up with the Delaware Technology Student Association today to host 35 teams of middle school students from across the state for the 2019 Junior Solar Sprint solar-powered model car competition. Students and educators representing 21 schools gathered in Harrington for the event, a Delaware […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that Delaware’s spring 2019 downstate trout season will begin Saturday, March 2 with the opening of two downstate ponds stocked with rainbow trout – provided that pond ice conditions do not prevent stocking or fishing. Both Tidbury Pond near Dover in Kent County and […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Brandywine Zoo assisted Chester County, Pa. law enforcement by taking into the zoo’s care a two-foot-long, juvenile American alligator that was found inside a Coatesville, Pa. home during a February 8, 2019 drug bust in the town some 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia The Brandywine Zoo agreed to house the alligator […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is promoting additional hunting opportunities in February with the opening of the Snow Goose Conservation Order Feb. 4 and the second special youth waterfowl hunting day on February 9, 2019. Snow Goose Conservation Order The Snow Goose Conservation Order will be open Monday, Feb. 4 through […]
Continue ReadingREHOBOTH BEACH, DE – The Rehoboth Art League is pleased to announce that Nicholas Serratore has joined the nonprofit arts organization as Exhibitions Director. Serratore will lead the art league’s exhibitions and art display functions for all of the galleries on its historic campus and other locations where RAL’s collections and members’ work are on […]
Continue ReadingWilmington, Del. – Twenty Delaware artists are being recognized by the Division for the high quality of their artwork. Work samples from 136 Delaware choreographers, composers, musicians, writers, folk and visual artists were reviewed by out-of-state arts professionals, considering demonstrated creativity and skill in their art form. The 20 selected fellows reside throughout Delaware including […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today that Israel Mora of Wilmington has been chosen as first-place winner of the 2018 Delaware Fishing Photo Contest. The winning photo – titled “The Fish of the 10,000 Casts,” and featuring Mora’s son Bryan holding his tiger musky catch from Brandywine River – will […]
Continue ReadingDOVER (Dec.6, 2018) – DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin welcomed the Division of Parks & Recreation’s two new additions to their ranks, K-9s Vos and Leo. The K9 officers are officially on the job today, after graduating yesterday from the Delaware State Police Canine Program. In August, Officers Trevor Ditmore and John Lister, of DNREC’s […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, Del. – Delaware Harness Racing Commission Executive Director, Mark Davis announced today that the Commission has named Brian Manges, Presiding Judge, and two Associate Judges, Norman Short and Brent McLaren, to the judges’ stand. “Delaware is continuing its tradition with an extremely experienced judges’ stand,” stated Executive Director Mark Davis. “All three of these […]
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