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DNREC Calendar: Education and Outreach



The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) hosts education and outreach meetings to help inform the public about issues and opportunities, to provide hunter safety and boating safety training and to introduce related information. This calendar includes DNREC volunteer opportunities.

This calendar is presented as a list of upcoming events (below) and as a month-to-month calendar grid. It is part of the DNREC Calendar of Events.


Saturday, June 27, 2026 - Layers of the Estuary: Sand Art

Create some art while learning about the estuary.
Time: 10 am
Place: St. Jones Reserve

Thursday, July 2, 2026 - Life in the Bay Seining Program

Join staff from the Aquatic Resources Education Center seining for critters along the edge of Delaware Bay.

Time: 4 pm
Place: Woodland Beach

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 - Basic Hunter Education Course

Learn about hunting safely, hunting ethics, firearm types, safe gun handling, marksmanship, specialty hunting techniques, wildlife management, wildlife identification, survival and more.

Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Owens Station Shooting Sports and Hunter Education Training Center

Thursday, July 9, 2026 - Basic Hunter Education Field Day

A full-day in-person field day for graduates of the online basic hunter education course.

Time: 8 am
Place: Little Creek Hunter Education Training Center

Thursday, July 9, 2026 - Take A Kid Fishing!

Bring a kid out for free fishing lessons with the DNREC Take a Kid Fishing! program.

Time: 10 am
Place: Blair's Pond

Friday, July 10, 2026 - Life in the Bay Seining Program

Join staff from the Aquatic Resources Education Center seining for critters along the edge of Delaware Bay.

Time: 9 am
Place: Woodland Beach

Saturday, July 11, 2026 - Tying in the Estuary

Create some tie-dye art while learning about the estuary.

Time: 10 am
Place: St. Jones Reserve

Learn the top 3 things you need to know about disaster response in Delaware at the community level.

Time: 2 pm
Place: A Virtual Meeting

Friday, July 17, 2026 - Books by the Bay

Join the DNERR education team for story time at the St. Jones Reserve.

Time: 10 am
Place: St. Jones Reserve

Sunday, July 19, 2026 - Basic Hunter Education Field Day

A full-day in-person field day for graduates of the online basic hunter education course.

Time: 8 am
Place: Little Creek Hunter Education Training Center



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