View the Spectacular Nature Images Chosen as Winners of 2026 DNREC Photo Contest

Images showcasing a close-up of a colorful hummingbird, a woman painting in a sunlit garden, two white egrets standing in a river, an old lighthouse flanked by a purple-blue sky and a dog swimming through the water as the sun rises were selected as the winners of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s 2026 Photo Contest. Check out the winning photos and read about the motivation behind them here.

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DNREC Photo Contest

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is always interested in striking photographic images taken throughout the state of Delaware. Each year, the department holds a photo contest to find and feature photographs that highlight Delaware’s natural beauty and focus on subjects such as waterways, landscapes, native plants, wildlife and aquatic life,

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Water Allocation Permit: Irrigation – Landscape

K Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Scenic Manor, LLC has requested an allocation permit for one proposed landscape irrigation well located 4.8 miles south of Lewes in Sussex County.

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Landscape-Scale Green Infrastructure

Green infrastructure is a nature-based approach that uses a combination of engineering and nature’s own systems to address environmental challenges like erosion, flooding, and air and water pollution. fa-leaf fa-fw fa-3x

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