The Office of Governor Matt Meyer is seeking candidates to be nominated for Delaware’s obligatory seat on the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (MAFMC). To be eligible for consideration as the Gov. Meyer’s nominee to the MAFMC seat by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), individuals must be Delaware residents and have relevant fisheries background, experience and the ability to …
The Delmarva Avian Influenza Joint Information Center announced that the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services are collaborating to collect sick and deceased snow geese and other wild birds that may have succumbed to the outbreak of avian influenza currently spreading throughout …
The EPA and DNREC have signed an agreement, which builds upon DNREC’s ongoing actions to strengthen public engagement processes to communities impacted by permitting decisions.
Secretary of State Jeff Bullock announced that Aa’Khai Hollis, a resident of Wilmington, has been selected for the prestigious 2024 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award. The award, in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis, recognizes a gifted, civic-minded young Delawarean who has demonstrated leadership abilities, has a passion for social justice, and is improving […]
The Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Site will remain closed until spring after a fire earlier this week prompted safety concerns.
DNREC and the Delaware Division of Public Health will begin soliciting for new water quality improvement projects Monday, Jan. 13 as the agencies start to develop 2025 Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund project priority lists to be considered for funding.
DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin is moving on from public service after leading the Department for eight years during the Carney Administration, with his immediate successor DNREC Deputy Secretary Lisa Borin Ogden, who has served with him at DNREC since the early days of the Carney administration and been an integral part of the Department’s success during that time.
Details renewable energy, community and lease benefits WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) officials have signed agreements with US Wind to detail renewable energy, community and lease benefits to Delaware and its residents worth more than $128 million as the company builds two proposed offshore wind […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) has returned results from the Kent County, Del. poultry farm that was announced presumptive positive for H5 avian influenza on January 3, 2025. The poultry affected had highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza (HPAI) of the Eurasian lineage 2.3.4.4b with early indications that the virus is the D1.1 genotype found in …
The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced this morning that preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County, Del., has returned presumptive positive H5 from the University of Delaware’s Lasher Laboratory in Georgetown, part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network. Additional samples have been sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) for further …
