Delaware DNREC has announced it will hold a community meeting about Chronic Wasting Disease on Sept. 16.
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FILE - Onion Portage, a critical migration route for the Western Arctic Caribou Herd along the Kobuk River near Ambler, Alaska, is visible, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag, File)
The start of deer hunting season is less than a month away and DNREC has adopted emergency regulations to try to limit the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) will hold its first community meeting on the recent detection of chronic wasting disease in the state’s white-tailed deer herd at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 13.
Ocean City police are reminding drivers to stay alert after two deer have been seen wandering through downtown in recent days.
NRP made two separate arrests across Sussex County in January's General Deer Firearms Season. The agency says one man was from Milton, the other from Ellendale.
A deer caused a two-car accident on Long Neck Road Thursday, damaging one car’s windshield.
A school bus crash involving a deer near Route 16 and Race Street occurred Thursday afternoon, but authorities confirm there were no serious injuries.
Delaware’s 2025–26 hunting season opens Sept. 1 with more public land access and new options for hunters.
Delaware hunters set new records for wild turkey and white-tailed deer harvests during the 2024-25 season, marking the first time both records were broken in the same year.