Welcome to National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2024! Each day, the Delaware Invasive Species Council will focus on a different invasive species found in or near Delaware. Today we are looking at kudzu. To learn more about NISAW visit the main website. Download the PDF
Welcome to National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2023! Each day, the Delaware Invasive Species Council will focus on a different invasive species found in or near Delaware. Today we are looking at creeping jenny. To learn more about NISAW visit the main website. Download the PDF
Welcome to National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2023! Each day, the Delaware Invasive Species Council will focus on a different invasive species found in or near Delaware. Today we are looking at zebra mussels. To learn more about NISAW visit the main website. Download the PDF
Welcome to National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2023! Each day, the Delaware Invasive Species Council will focus on a different invasive species found in or near Delaware. Today we are looking at the spongy moth. To learn more about NISAW visit the main website. Download the PDF
Welcome to National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2023! Each day, the Delaware Invasive Species Council will focus on a different invasive species found in or near Delaware. Today we are looking at poison hemlock. To learn more about NISAW visit the main website. Download the PDF
Welcome to National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2023! Each day, the Delaware Invasive Species Council will focus on a different invasive species found in or near Delaware. Today we are looking at Flathead Catfish. To learn more about NISAW visit the main website. Download the PDF
The Delaware Invasive Species Council (DISC) is offering funding through our small grants program. We encourage interested groups and individuals to submit proposals for projects that address an invasive species problem in Delaware. Approximately $2,000 is available to fund one or several projects with a start date of February 15th, 2023 with a one year completion deadline. Please refer to the Request For Proposals for complete details. All proposals are due by 5 PM on January 31, 2023.
Contact Edna Stetzar to report sightings: Edna.Stetzar@delaware.gov Lionfish Alert for Delaware! Please spread the word and report sightings of this voracious invasive that could be in our waters! The Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife is interested in documenting the occurrence of lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) off the coast of Delaware. Lionfish are native to the western Pacific Ocean, but have become well established along the east coast of the U.S. from Florida to North Carolina. Warm eddies generated…
Effective July 12, 2022, the Delaware Department of Agriculture will expand the spotted lanternfly quarantine zone to include Sussex County. Established populations have been found n Georgetown, Milford, Seaford, Ocean View, and Rehoboth. To report spotted lanternfly: Whenever possible, destroy positively identified spotted lanternfly with registered insecticides and discard them. Efforts to identify and destroy spotted lanternfly will help your property and community.
