AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoDeer Disease: DNREC is requiring hunters in Wildlife Management Zones 11, 14 and 16 to submit harvested deer for chronic wasting disease testing after Delaware’s first detection. The firearms season runs Nov. 13–22; the disease is always fatal to deer. Bay Pollution: Microplastics were found in all 90 water samples collected at 15 Chesapeake Bay and tributary sites across six states, including Delaware, a new study reports. Wildlife Care: Delaware volunteers caring for injured wildlife are raising funds to build the state’s first wildlife rehabilitation center. Weather Preparedness: The Senate unanimously passed a NOAA forecasting bill that would improve warnings for severe weather, fires, drought and heat; Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester co-sponsored it, and the bill heads to the House. Local Stewardship: Delaware Forest Service staff helped plant eight trees at Wilmington’s Lombardy Elementary, bringing the two-year total to 20. Middletown’s Emerson Farms also received a state environmental award for practices including manure injection and fenced waterways.
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