Two DNREC community yard waste demonstration sites will temporarily close for a few days for maintenance activities.

With one nest newly hatched and another flooded out, piping plover monitors have reported good news and bad news from the Point on Cape Henlopen this week.

This past weekend, June 25-28, Delaware Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents participated in Operation Dry Water, a national multi-state coordinated initiative aimed at reducing the number of alcohol-related boating accidents and fatalities and fostering a stronger and more visible deterrent to alcohol use on the water.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public hearing 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21 on the Delaware Coastal Zone Act permit application for Modular Carpet Recycling LLC. The hearing with be held at DNREC’s offices, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle.

REHOBOTH BEACH - Individuals participating in the Delaware State Park Estuarine Ecology Pontoon Boat Tour will perform water quality tests, collect and identify plants and animals, and learn the role that humans play in the ecology of coastal waterways.

DOVER – In a continuing effort to provide inexpensive, accessible outdoor recreation opportunities for children and families, Delaware State Parks has updated its popular Trail Challenge program. The new program features different levels of participation to win awards and be entered into prize drawings.

DNREC’s DART Mid-County Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site will remain closed for maintenance activities until 8:30 a.m., Thursday, July 2. The site is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and Route 72 near Bear.

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin O’Mara has issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty Assessment and Secretary’s Order to The Premcor Refining Group Inc. for violations of the Delaware Code on air pollution. The Order includes a cash penalty of $75,000 and an additional $11,250 as cost recovery reimbursement to the Department for expenses associated with its investigation.

A Bear man involved in a boating accident this morning, June 25, died this afternoon in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital in Dover.

DELAWARE CITY - The 2009 Candlelight Ghost Tours at Fort Delaware State Park will debut this weekend, June 26 and 27 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. each night.