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Students Make a splash for the Environment
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DMV on Go Now Open
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Welch Elementary named Delaware’s first Purple Star School
Date Posted: April 12, 20,22
Allen Frear Elementary student wins Arbor Day Poster Contest
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DelDOT reminds motorists to slow down and pay more attention during National Work Zone Awareness Week
Date Posted: April 12, 20,22
Governor, Secretaries Go to Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative
Date Posted: April 12, 20,22
Senator Gay and Delaware State Housing Authority Secure ARPA Financing to Create Rent Reporting Pilot Program
Date Posted: April 12, 20,22
DNREC Inland Bays Wetland Strategy Details Restoration Plan for Wetlands, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
Date Posted April 11, 2022
Buenavista Spring Event on Saturday, May 14th 2022
Date Posted April 11, 2022
State Seeks Sponsors for Child and Adult Care Food Programme
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Extended Deadline for State Employees Charitable campaign Application
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Governor Carney announces Delaware Climate Leadership Academy
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DNREC to Present the Living Shoreline Feasibility model Webinar April 19
Date Posted April 11, 2022
Heritage Commission Book of the Week: Liberty and Independence
Date Posted April 11, 2022
Governor Carney Announces Nomination for Superior Court
Date of publication: April 8, 2022
New Historical Marker: Rehoboth Beach Surf Safety Line
Date of publication: April 7, 2022
DHSS launches a site that compares health care costs for selected episodes of care, services based on Delaware medical claims
Date of publication: April 7, 2022
Report Outlines Offshore Wind Opportunities and Challenges for Delaware
Date of publication: April 7, 2022
Nominations open for the 2022 Compassionate Champion Award
Date Posted: April 5, 20,22
McGuiness: Office Obtains Top Ranking on Federal Site Designed to Improve Government Accountability, Transparency
Date Posted: April 5, 20,22
DCRPT Convicts Former Land Bank Director
Date Posted: April 5, 20,22
Heritage Commission’s Book of the Week: History of the Delaware Heritage Commission
Date Posted: April 4, 20,22
Three Schools receive Delaware Wraparound Services Initiative grants
Date Posted: April 4, 20,22
DNREC supports Delaware High School Students in the Youth Environmental Summit
Date Posted: April 4, 20,22
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month – U Drive. U Text. U Text.
Date Posted: April 4, 20,22
Emergency Sirens To Be Tested Tuesday
Date Posted: April 1, 20,22
Fox in Frankford tests positive for Rabies; Residents are warned about attacks on Stray Cats
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Gobernador Carney Emite Revisin y Formalmente Extiende Emergencia de Salud Publica
Date of publication: March 31, 2022
Treasurer Davis creates a resource for financial literacy month
Date of publication: March 31, 2022
Governor Carney Issues Revision, Formally Extends Public Health Emergency
Date of publication: March 31, 2022
DOJ Seeks Public Assistance in Sussex County Sexual Abuse Case
Date of publication: March 31, 2022
Governor Carney Announces Two New Projects, Protecting Transportation Network as Part of Infrastructure Funds Focus
Date Posted March 30, 2022
Stakeholders Unveil New Child Abuse Prevention Month Campaign
Date Posted March 30, 2022
DNREC to Hold Rain Barrel Workshop in Blades, April 9
Date Posted March 30, 2022
The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Painting in the Presence of Change” by 2022 Artist Fellow, Mia Muratori
Date Posted March 30, 2022
Council on Development Finance approves eight site readiness fund projects totaling $6.2 million
Date Posted: March 28, 20,22
Delaware Heritage Commission’s Book of the Week remembers WWI
Date Posted: March 28, 20,22
Help document bird species at Delaware Reserves
Date Posted: March 28, 20,22
DPH shifts to monthly COVID-19 releases due to declining cases
Date Posted: March 25, 20,22
Governor Carney appoints Gregory R. Babowal Commissioner of the Court of Common Pleas for Kent County
Date Posted: March 25, 20,22
Delaware Wild Turkey Hunting Season Open
Date Posted: March 25, 20,22
Saturday, April 2nd, DuPont Nature Center will reopen
Date Posted: March 25, 20,22
Sewer Break Discharges Wastewater into Christina River
Date Posted: March 24, 20,22
In Memoriam: Madeleine Korbel Albright
Date Posted: March 24, 20,22
DNREC Accepts Community Water Quality Improvement Grant Project Submissions
Date Posted: March 24, 20,22
Delaware State Housing Authority grants $2.5 million to strengthen statewide partnerships for its DEHAP program
Date Posted: March 24, 20,22
Governor Carney Announces Five Year Effort to Improve Wastewater Systems and Water Quality, Protects Residents
Date Posted March 23, 2022
Delaware Emitir Beneficios de Emergencia Mensuales el 24 de Marzo
Date Posted March 23, 2022
Delaware will issue monthly emergency benefits starting March 24
Date Posted March 23, 2022
Gov. Carney, DE Department of Agriculture Underscore Vital Role of DE’s Agriculture Economy on National Agriculture Day
Date Posted: March 22, 2022
Governor Carney’s Statement on the Death of Principal Dr. Terrance Newton
Date Posted: March 22, 2022
Historical and Cultural Affairs Programmes in April 2022
Date Posted March 21, 2022
Heritage Commission Honors Randy J. Holland Supreme Court Justice and Delaware History Professor
Date Posted March 21, 2022
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will Hold a Virtual Joint Delaware-N.J. Public Hearing on March 28
Date Posted March 21, 2022
Rehoboth Beach Fox Tests Positive for Rabies
Date Posted: March 19, 2022
DPH Updates on Testing Coverage, Cases Continue to Fall; Encourages You to Get Boosters Now
Date Posted: March 19, 2022
DOJ releases February violence crime prosecution recap
Date Posted March 18, 2022
Battle of the Crab Cakes: Governor Carney and Governor Hogan make friendly March Madness Wager
Date Posted March 18, 2022
First Case Of Avian Influenza Detected On Kent County, Delaware farm
Date Posted March 17, 2022
Delaware Announces Start of Universal Broadband Construction
Date Posted March 17, 2022
Governor Carney’s Statement on the Death of Retired Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland
Date Posted: March 16, 20,22
AG Jennings Issues Investor and Consumer Advisories on the Conflict in Ukraine
Date Posted: March 16, 20,22
Delaware Office of Highway Launches Speed Awareness and Enforcement Campaign
Date Posted: March 16, 20,22
Delaware to Solicit Water Quality Improvement Plans With Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding
Date Posted: March 16, 20,22
2022 Delaware State Finalists Announced for White House STEM Recognition
Date Posted: March 16, 20,22
DPH Announces The Launch Of Restaurant Accolade To Address Substance Abuse Prevention And Opioid Overdose
Date Posted: March 15, 20,22
COVID-19 Funding to Vulnerable Delawareans, DHSS Health Care Professionals at 24/7 Facilities
Date Posted: March 15, 20,22
Auditor McGuiness launches Fox Tracker, an online American Rescue Plan Act Fund Tracker
Date Posted: March 15, 20,22
Heritage Commission Book of the Week – Colonial Delaware by John A. Munroe
Date Posted: March 15, 20,22
Virtual Ethylene Oxide Informational Meeting to be Held by DNREC and U.S. EPA. Delaware Division of Public Health
Date Posted: March 15, 20,22
MEDIA ADVISORY – OHS to Address Deadly Tendencies on Delaware Roadways
Date Posted: March 14, 20,22
DPH Lanza Alertas de Mensaje de Texto Para Persona Positivas con COVID-19
Date Posted: March 14, 20,22
DCRPT Indicts Officer For Sexual Solicitation of Children
Date Posted: March 14, 20,22
DNREC Mosquito Control Section to Start Spraying Woodland Pools
Date Posted: March 14, 20,22
The War of 1812: More Than Two Centuries Later
Date Posted: March 14, 20,22
DCRPT Secures Guilty Plea and Two Indictments in Board Of Pardons Cases
Date Posted: March 14, 20,22
Threety-six talented state employees and their family members are honored
Date Posted: March 14, 20,22
DPH Marks Two-Years Since First COVID-19 Case, Praises Delawareans Resilience
Date Posted March 11, 2022
DPH launches text alert messaging to COVID-19 positive persons
Date Posted March 11, 2022
Governor Carney lowers Delaware Flags in Honour of Chief John Pridemore
Date Posted March 11, 2022
Make a Plan For a Sober Ride Home This St. Patrick’s Day Weekend
Date Posted March 10, 2022
Natalie Kim Ramos to Represent Delaware at the 2022 Poetry Out Loud Virtual National Semifinals
Date Posted March 10, 2022
Upstate Trout Season opens in New Castle County Streams on Youth-Only Day April 2.
Date Posted March 10, 2022
EPA Reinstatement of California’s Vehicle Emissions Waiver. This will help Delaware’s air quality get back on track
Date Posted: March 9, 20,22
Two Other Cases of Avian Influenza Confirmed on Maryland and Delaware Farms
Date Posted: March 9, 20,22
Auditors Office Gets the Best National Peer Review Ranking
Date Posted: March 8, 20,22
DOJ convicts Kent County Man of the 77 Counts in Relation to Sexual Abuse of Children
Date Posted: March 8, 20,22
Heritage Commission Book of the Week
Date Posted: March 8, 20,22
Volunteers honored for their disaster relief work
Date Posted: March 8, 20,22
After emergency repairs, DNREC reopens Port Mahon Fishing Pier
Date Posted: March 7, 20,22
COVID-19: Hospitalizations Fall; Guidance for Those Who Want to Wear Masks Included
Date Posted: March 4, 20,22
Three Men Sentenced in connection with Operation Rise-N-Shyne
Date Posted: March 4, 20,22
Tubman Bicentennial Tours in Blackbird State Forest
Date of publication: March 4, 20,22
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Date of publication: March 3, 2022
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Date of publication: March 3, 2022
![DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin takes an up close look at a mosquito under the microscope.](https://retime.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1649871752_605_Students-Make-A-Splash-for-the-Environment.jpg)
Shawn M. Garvin, DNREC Secretary, takes a close look at a moth under the microscope. DNREC photo.
Annual Event Highlights the Importance of Protecting Water Resources
Five elementary schools hosted the annual Make a Splash Festival Wednesday. This event educates students about the diversity of estuary life as well as the importance of Delaware’s water resources.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental ControlThe event is co-sponsored by the DNREC. It is held every year at the St. Jones Reserve, a component Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve(DNERR), as well as the Department of State Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs John Dickinson PlantationNear Dover
Students visited stations that focused on the history and current uses Delaware’s water resources, such as recyclings impact upon clean waterways and a wetland walkway. Students were able to participate in the Incredible Journey: Water Cycle, singing sea songs and submerging themselves in all forms of water.
Shawn M. Garvin, DNREC Secretary, stated that Make a splash is a great way for students to connect what’s happening in their classrooms with what’s happening in the environment. We hope to inspire the next generation Delaware’s water resource stewards by making these connections.
Participants included students from Lighthouse Christian School and John Bassett Moore as well as South Dover, Townsend, South Dover, and Rehoboth elementary school.
Delaware’s success in bringing together natural and cultural resources is a win, according to Tim Slavin (director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs). Special thanks to DNREC, for their long-standing partnership with HCA at Make-A-Splash.
This year’s event featured volunteers and presenters from the DNREC Divisions of Climate, Coastal and Energy, Parks and Recreation, Watershed Stewardship and Waste and Hazardous Substances, and representatives from John Dickinson Plantation, New Castle County Conservation District, University of Delaware, and the Delaware Department of Agriculture Delaware Forest Service.
The event is organized and coordinated by a steering committee consisting of John Dickinson Plantation and DNERR.
About DNREC
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is responsible for protecting and managing the state’s natural resources. It also provides outdoor recreational opportunities and educates Delawareans on the environment. The DNREC Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy uses science, education, policy development and incentives to address Delaware’s climate, energy and coastal challenges. Visit the WebsiteConnect with @DelawareDNREC Facebook, TwitterOr LinkedIn.
Media Contacts: Michael Globetti, [email protected] or Jim Lee, [email protected]
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![DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin takes an up close look at a mosquito under the microscope.](https://retime.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1649871752_605_Students-Make-A-Splash-for-the-Environment.jpg)
Shawn M. Garvin, DNREC Secretary, takes a close look at a moth under the microscope. DNREC photo.
Annual Event Highlights the Importance of Protecting Water Resources
More than 370 students from five elementary school participated in Wednesday’s annual Make a Splash festival. This event educates students on the importance Delaware’s water resources as well as the diversity of estuary lives.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental ControlThe event is co-sponsored by the DNREC. It is held every year at the St. Jones Reserve, a component Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve(DNERR), as well as the Department of State Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs John Dickinson PlantationNear Dover
Students visited stations that focused on the history and current uses Delaware’s water resources, such as recyclings impact upon clean waterways and a wetland walkway. Students were able to participate in the Incredible Journey: Water Cycle, singing sea songs and submerging themselves in all forms of water.
Shawn M. Garvin, DNREC Secretary, stated that Make a splash is a great way for students to connect what’s happening in the environment to what they are learning in school. We hope to inspire the next generation Delaware’s water resource stewards by making these connections.
Participants included students from Lighthouse Christian School and John Bassett Moore as well as South Dover, Townsend, South Dover, and Rehoboth elementary school.
Delaware’s success in bringing together natural and cultural resources is a win, according to Tim Slavin (director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs). Special thanks to DNREC, for their long-standing partnership with HCA at Make-A-Splash.
This year’s event featured volunteers and presenters from the DNREC Divisions of Climate, Coastal and Energy, Parks and Recreation, Watershed Stewardship and Waste and Hazardous Substances, and representatives from John Dickinson Plantation, New Castle County Conservation District, University of Delaware, and the Delaware Department of Agriculture Delaware Forest Service.
The event is organized and coordinated by a steering committee consisting of John Dickinson Plantation and DNERR.
About DNREC
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is responsible for protecting and managing the state’s natural resources. It also provides outdoor recreational opportunities and educates Delawareans on the environment. The DNREC Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy uses science, education, policy development and incentives to address Delaware’s climate, energy and coastal challenges. Visit the WebsiteConnect with @DelawareDNREC Facebook, TwitterOr LinkedIn.
Contact Media: Michael Globetti, [email protected] or Jim Lee, [email protected]
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Similar Topics: Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin, Earth Day, education, St. Jones Reserve
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