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- Iowa DNR offering program for those interested in learning to trapThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a program to teach skills needed to trap furbearers to people with little to no trapping experience. ...
- Alewives washing up on North Shore of Lake Michigan ‘no comparison’ to 1967Twas’ the great alewife invasion of 2024 … well, not really. In June, many beaches along Lake Michigan’s North Shore saw an influx of dead alewives, linin...
- Search and Rescue volunteers join Oswego, Onondaga county units in New YorkSixteen new recruits recently completed the Oswego/Onondaga County Search and Rescue Training Academy and are now qualified to participate in wilderness search ...
- New watershed plan improves water quality at Iowa’s Chuck Gipp Decorah Fishery HatcheryTrout need clear and cold water to live and thrive. Sediment flowing into Siewers Spring, the water source for the Chuck Gipp Decorah Fishery Hatchery in Iowa, ...
- Gretchen Steele: The origin and evolution of the term “river rat”Go ahead, feel free to call me a River Rat – I am indeed one who wears it as a badge of honor, although early in my life, I learned it’s not always used in ...
- Mike Raykovicz: A week on the salt marsh provides a new appreciationI will freely admit I never could abide flat. I’m an uplander, always was, and always will be. The mountains have an effect on me no flatland territory could ...
- Bass remain strong at Des Plaines Lake in Lake County, Ill.It’s been described as “remote” and “difficult to access.” Illinois DNR only occasionally samples the body of water bulging out of the Des Plaines Riv...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the July 12, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor C...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Officers attempt to rescue injured pelican at Hennepin Hopper Nature AreaIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the July 12, 2024, edition of Outdoor News. The post...
- Illinois DNR purchases 39 flooded properties in East St. LouisFunded by DNR’s Flood Hazard Mitigation Program, the move will reimburse the city for approved costs associated with acquiring homes on a total of 39 lots, pl...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: Apply for pheasant, habitat fund grantsDNR is accepting grant applications for the State Pheasant Fund Special Funds Grant Program and for the Illinois Habitat Fund Special Funds Grant Program throug...
- At deadline, Illinois Gov. Pritzker signs agreement on carp project to protect Lake MichiganIt was last minute, but groups partnering with Illinois to prevent invasive carp from getting into Lake Michigan will take it. On July 1 – the given deadline ...
- Illinois public waterfowl blind site drawings set for July 27-28Drawings for public waterfowl blinds at DNR sites have been scheduled for later this month, giving hunters an opportunity to secure a place to hunt ducks and ge...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Young hunters giving up hunting should be the worryReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 12, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Young hunters ...
- Ralph Loos: Dogs finding turtles to help with science provide proof of best friends’ talents“Find turtle! Find turtle!” is how the amazing scene is described. We’re all aware how the talents and skills of hunting dogs consistently cover up and ma...