DNREC Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents on Nov. 3 arrested three Kent County men for hunting violations.

The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife wants to remind hunters that lottery applications for six-day turkey hunts on state wildlife areas next spring must be received in the Division’s Dover office no later than Friday, Dec. 18. Applications will be drawn at random to allow hunters to participate in one of three six-day hunts on state lands during turkey season in April 2010.

Two public workshops on funding opportunities for environmental projects that benefit Delaware communities will be held by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Community Involvement Advisory Council (CIAC).

DOVER - This Veterans Day holiday, Wednesday, Nov. 11, the following First State Heritage Park sites are open 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. for tours and exhibits: Legislative Hall, the Biggs Museum of American Art, the Old State House, and the First State Heritage Park Visitor Center at the Delaware Public Archives. All sites and activities are free of charge. Centrally-located, all-day free parking is available at the First State Heritage Park Visitor Center located at the Delaware Public Archives, 121 Duke of York

The end of daylight savings time means more 9-to-5 workers will be driving home at dusk, and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Fish and Wildlife would like to remind drivers to remain alert for deer crossing roadways.

The Delaware Clean Water Advisory Council will hold an informational workshop 9 – 11: 30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 3 on the application process for fiscal 2010 grant funds for Community Water Quality Improvement Projects.

LEWES, Del., Oct. 29 – Today, the State of Delaware became the first state in the nation to host a U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service offshore renewable energy Task Force meeting.

Under the authority of the Coastal Zone Act and the Regulations Governing Delaware’s Coastal Zone, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin P. O’Mara has issued a Coastal Zone Act permit to MAGCO, Inc. to relocate its existing sea salt packaging operation from 6200 Philadelphia Pike, Claymont to 341 Pigeon Point Road, New Castle.

LEWES - Volunteers are invited to spend the morning working on the Junction Breakwater Trail from 9 a.m. until noon, Saturday, Oct. 24 at Cape Henlopen State Park. The Environmental Stewardship Program of the Division of Parks and Recreation will be hosting a native species replanting and invasive plant pull along the trail north of Wolfe Neck Road.

The St. Jones Reserve will host a free Open House and the Delaware Native Plant Society’s 9th Annual Native Plant Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nov. 7. The Open House and plant sale will be held rain or shine at the Reserve located at 818 Kitts Hummock Road near Dover.

This morning, with onlookers including a wide-eyed 7th grade class from Millsboro Middle School, DNREC Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents Sr. Cpl. Douglas Messeck and Cpl. David Ptak carefully lifted the top off a large pet carrier. The huge dark bird with her distinctive white head barely paused before she was airborne, soaring away from the crowd toward the trees surrounding Ingrams Pond near Millsboro.