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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.


Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - SAV Seekers Training (Part 1)

Learn about what’s growing beneath the surface of Delaware’s rivers, bays, ponds, streams and ditches.
Time: 8:30 am
Place: Abbots Mill Nature Center

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - Earth Day Slaughter Beach Cleanup

Celebrate Earth Day by getting outside and helping the environment.

Time: 10 am
Place: Slaughter Beach Pavilion

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - A New Kind of Seasickness: Marine Debris

Learn about the issue of marine debris in Delaware, and what’s being done about it.

Time: 2 pm
Place: DuPont Nature Center

Join Delaware Wildlands for a volunteer tree planting at Augustine Creek, in New Castle County.

Time: 9 am
Place: Augustine Creek

Saturday, April 25, 2026 - Boating Safety Class

Earn your Delaware Safe Boating Certificate with this course.

Time: 8 am
Place: West Bay Park Community Center

Join Delaware Wildlands for a volunteer tree planting atGreat Cypress Swamp, in Sussex County.

Time: 9 am
Place: Great Cypress Swamp

Join Reserve staff at the St. Jones Reserve in celebration of Earth Day to pot native plant seedlings!

Time: 10 am
Place: St. Jones Reserve

Learn about living shorelines and how they can be used to protect and improve your property.

Time: 2 pm
Place: South Coastal Library

Join staff from DNREC and the Center for the Inland Bays for a day of family fun and education.

Time: 10 am
Place: James Farm Ecological Preserve

Sunday, May 3, 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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