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- Wet spring may impact 2024 pheasant hunting season in IowaIowa’s pheasant population typically shows increases following mild winters with springs that are dryer and warmer than normal. While last winter was average ...
- Jeff Frischkorn: There’s something about fishing farm pondsThe black, soft-plastic frog with its pair of sensually undulating rubber legs almost made it safely across a gap in the long-leaf pondweed. Had the fishing lur...
- Bill Hilts, Jr.: Former record lake trout from New York was on a feeding frenzyWhat causes a fish to grow to record proportions? Age certainly helps, and genetics may play a role. However, one big reason is an available food source that is...
- Lake Sara’s 7-pound bass confirms slot limit progress for Effingham County water in IllinoisDNR’s efforts to improve the size of largemouth bass in Lake Sara have apparently paid off – biologists sampling the lake last year found bigger bass in goo...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the July 26, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar a...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Unlawful use of limb lines in Coles CountyIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the July 26, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois...
- MN Daily Update: Zebra mussels confirmed in three western Minnesota lakesThe Minnesota DNR confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in three lakes in western Minnesota. Here are the details. The post MN Daily Update: Zebra mussels con...
- Commentary: Many threats to public lands and waters within Project 2025Stories about “Project 2025” have been circulating in the news, but what many hunters and anglers may not realize are the implications it would have for the...
- Hudson River researchers in New York boat rare Atlantic sturgeonIn June, biologists and volunteers working for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Hudson River Estuary Program caught a female Atla...
- WI Daily Update: A few reports stand out from state’s recent cuffs and collarsHere are some of the standout reports from the recent edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News cuffs and collars — field reports from state game wardens. The post WI...
- Indiana research looks at hunting’s effect on deer-vehicle collisionsIllinois DNR has long used deer–vehicle collision statistics as the basis for making management decisions regarding the state’s deer hunting seasons. A new ...
- New York DEC encourages bear awarenessIf it seems like bears have been in the news more than usual lately, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says there are several reasons....
- With agreement signed, carp project to protect Lake Michigan ready for first stageThe Brandon Road Interbasin project will install a complex series of innovative deterrents at the site to prevent upstream movement of carp and other aquatic nu...
- The once-endangered osprey has ‘increased dramatically’ in IllinoisWildlife biologist Chuck Rizzo climbs into the bucket of an aerial lift truck in an otherwise ordinary Cook County, Ill., forest preserve and rises to his desti...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Contact with raccoons blamed for illnessDNR and the Illinois Department of Public Health are working with public health authorities in Rock Island and Iowa to investigate an outbreak of cryptosporidio...