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- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Tree falls at Buffalo Rock State Park, but buffalo don’t find openingIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the May 31, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. ...
- Illinois bill banning coyote hunt contests described as ‘tale of two regions’An Illinois measure that would prohibit contests that award cash or prizes for killing certain wildlife is unlikely to clear the Senate after narrowly passing t...
- Illinois had 12 boating deaths in 2023The number of boating fatalities on Illinois waters doubled between 2022 and 2023, according to statistics released by DNR’s Office of Law Enforcement. In 202...
- Ralph Loos: Another angler casts himself into the river of scandal, this time in Illinois bass tournamentAlmost exactly a year after jail time was ordered for two fishermen caught stuffing weights into Ohio walleyes, cheating jumped in the water and quickly swam ri...
- Illinois DNR taps double cicada emergence to inspire state’s artistsDNR is hosting a cicada-themed art show during the Illinois State Fair. An audio track to support the show shouldn’t be hard to capture. “Screams” from ci...
- Shovelnose sturgeon sampled from Illinois RiverA crew of four from the Illinois River Biological Station spent much of May chasing and sampling shovelnose sturgeon on the state’s river system. According to...
- New brown trout strain stocked by Illinois DNR could benefit Lake Michigan anglersIllinois DNR is stocking a new strain of brown trout into Lake Michigan this year, hoping to see better survival rates among young fish. For more than two decad...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: New study suggests substantial species barrier preventing transmission of CWD to peopleA new study of prion diseases, using a human cerebral organoid model, suggests there is a substantial species barrier preventing transmission of chronic wasting...
- Illinois Letters to the Editor: Public forests could use timbering to benefit birdsReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 31, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post Illinois Letters to the Editor: Public forests ...
- WI Daily Update: Elk harvest quotas set, apply for a license by May 31The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources presented the elk harvest quotas for the Black River Elk Zone and Clam Lake Elk Zone to the Wisconsin Natural Reso...
- Last-minute salmon nets $15K top prize in New York tournament series openerIt was only fitting that the Spring Lake Ontario Counties Trout, Salmon, and Walleye Derby came down to the wire on the final day of the popular contest. George...
- MN Daily Update: New Moon Valley Wildlife Management Area open near RochesterIn a land deal that took roughly two years to complete, the new Moon Valley Wildlife Management Area near Rochester is now open for business. Here are the detai...
- Dan Ladd: Help Catching Dreams Charters expand in New York and beyondWe’ve covered the western-New York based non-profit a few times in the past, but in case you’re not up to speed on what Catching Dreams (which Librock found...
- Dean Bortz: Turkeys get the best of me, but 2024 season was no disappointmentI guess if my only point or objective to turkey hunting was bagging a beard-swinging bird bellering in my face, then I’d have given up the sport a long time a...
- Wild times on New York’s Esopus Creek in Ulster County, where no stocking is necessaryThere are plenty of reasons why Esopus Creek – specifically the Upper Esopus – attracts a lot of anglers, especially those wielding fly rods. Geography alon...