DNREC

DNREC will resume pumping sand at the Indian River Inlet beach.

DNREC closes The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park again this year to protect nesting and migrating birds.

This Sunday is March 1 which brings the opening of fee season at Delaware State Parks.

Delaware’s Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control asked the Joint Finance Committee to approve plans for more flexibility in its operational spending budget.

That settlement nets Delaware an additional $25 million

DNREC awards 18 matching grants to help local and county governments acquire parkland, design and build parks and trails and construct outdoor recreational facilities.

Delaware banned landfill disposal of yard waste, like Christmas trees, in 2007. Christmas trees can be recycled and turned into mulch and compost.

DNREC reports mixed results for beach-nesting piping plovers this year.

DNREC is exploring the possibility of raising fees at Delaware State Parks.

The state announces its first detection of West Nile Virus this year.