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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.


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

Saturday, May 9, 2026 - From Patagonia to Delaware

Find out how shorebirds in the southern tip of South America connect to Delaware.

Time: 1 pm
Place: DuPont Nature Center

Friday, May 15, 2026 - Take A Kid Fishing!

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

Time: 5 pm
Place: Silver Lake Park

Saturday, May 16, 2026 - Red Knot: A Migration of Many Miles

Come learn more about the Red Knot.

Time: 11 am
Place: DuPont Nature Center

Saturday, May 16, 2026 - Horseshoe Crab Feeding and Fun Facts

Ever wonder why the Red Knots stop by the Delaware Bay each year?

Time: 2 pm
Place: DuPont Nature Center

Learn about the latest version of the Delaware Urban Runoff Management Model from the DNREC Sediment and Stormwater Program.

Time: 2 pm
Place: A Virtual Meeting

Learn the top 3 things you need to know about how to house people during an emergency.

Time: 2 pm
Place: A Virtual Meeting

Come learn more about the Horseshoe Crabs of the Delaware Bay.

Time: 2 pm
Place: DuPont Nature Center

Learn what it takes to help monitor fledgling Peregrine falcons in a nest box in downtown Wilmington.

Time: 6 pm
Place: Brandywine Zoo Education Center



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