New Ramp, Courtesy Dock and Repaved Parking Lot Completed The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has reopened the boat ramp facility at Scotton Landing (also known as Barkers Landing) on the St. Jones River, and located off Trap Shooters Road near Magnolia, following reconstruction that started in November 2023. The Scotton Landing […]
Continue ReadingSMYRNA, DE: The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), the Delaware State Police, and Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG), will conduct a quarterly test of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations Alert and Notification system on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 7:20 p.m. There are 37 sirens in Delaware located within a 10-mile radius of […]
Continue ReadingDesignated Trout Streams to be Closed to All Fishing from March 23 Until Season Openers Delaware’s 2024 upstate stream trout season will open for youth anglers under age 16 at 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 6, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced. The next day, Sunday, April 7, marks the traditional opening […]
Continue ReadingThe Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will welcome visitors to the DuPont Nature Center at the Mispillion Harbor Reserve when the center reopens for the 2024 season on Wednesday, April 3, 2023. The DNREC facility managed by the Division of Fish and Wildlife will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. over […]
Continue ReadingThe Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and partners are seeking volunteers to join this year’s cleanup event at Concord Pond, a popular bass fishing and boating destination in Sussex County that drains into Deep Creek at the cleanup site. Registration is open now for the cleanup to be held from 10 a.m. to […]
Continue ReadingDisplays Will Highlight Construction’s Potential Impact on Recreation Residents will have an opportunity to learn about recreational impacts of US Wind’s proposal to bring power lines from its offshore wind project ashore at 3Rs Beach in Delaware Seashore State Park during a public engagement event March 12, 2024 US Wind’s projects, MarWin and Momentum Wind, […]
Continue ReadingGLASGOW, DE Despite the rainy forecast, more than 2,500 people will come together Saturday in Old New Castle for atTAcK addiction’s 11th annual E-Racing the Stigma 5K, Delaware’s largest recovery event. Before the 5K begins at St. Peter’s School, Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long and New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer will address the thousands rallying […]
Continue ReadingThe Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will host a free webinar Wednesday, February 28, 2024 to introduce property owners to DNREC’s Living Shoreline Cost Share Program, which provides funding that can help Delawareans in selected watersheds install living shorelines using natural materials. The hour-long webinar begins at 10 a.m. and registration can […]
Continue ReadingWilmington, DE: Delaware Technical Community College will recognize Wilmington native Logan Herring at its annual Black History Month Honoree Celebration on Tuesday, February 20, 2024. The ceremony will be held at 12 p.m. at the College’s Orlando J. George Jr. Campus, 300 Orange St., Wilmington. Herring is the CEO of The WRK Group, including The […]
Continue ReadingDNREC’s Division of Parks and Recreation will assume management of the state-owned Deauville Beach and continue all services currently being provided. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced that it will assume day-to-day management of Deauville Beach from the city of Rehoboth Beach for the 2024 season. DNREC and the city of […]
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