Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Mike Schoonveld: Crossover clothes for anglers and huntersMy son-in-law couldn’t get away to hunt in the early part of firearm deer season when the temperatures were warmer than normal. By the time he made time...
- New York fly-fishing legend Ed Van Put passes away at 88Renowned fly-fisherman and outdoorsman Ed Van Put, of Livingston Manor, N.Y., passed away Dec. 14 at age 88. Van Put’s status as an angler and conservationist...
- MN Daily Update: Should Denali be renamed as Mount McKinley?President-elect Trump said he wants to rename Denali in Alaska as Mount McKinley. Here are the details. The post MN Daily Update: Should Denali be renamed as Mo...
- Once on front line of invasive carp battle, Kevin Irons retires as Illinois DNR assistant fisheries chiefName a fish in one of the Illinois river systems and Kevin Irons has studied it and – at least in the past two dozen or so years, shaken his head at it. Invas...
- Patrick Durkin: Flipping through photos at year’s end keeps memories aliveIn the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, I enjoy scrolling through photos from the previous 51 weeks to sharpen memories already blurring and fading ...
- WI Daily Update: Excitement over a successful 2024 elk-hunting seasonThe Wisconsin DNR recently celebrated a successful 2024 elk-hunting season. Listen here for more details. The post WI Daily Update: Excitement over a successful...
- Striped bass management status quo for ’25On Dec. 16, the Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board met to vote on possible 2025 striped bass recreational measure...
- Stockings boost Mautino’s anglers in Bureau County, IllinoisThe push to boost catfish and redear sunfish populations in the collection of lakes that make up the Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area continued this year, w...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Jan. 10, 2025, edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar a...
- Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Citation issued after envelope with SD card shows up on porchIllinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the Jan. 10, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News. The post...
- Restoring Volo Bog in Illinois is vital, unique team taskAt Volo Bog State Natural Area, a hard-working, collaborative team of volunteers and staff recently embarked on a pioneering restoration of Illinois’ only ope...
- $65,000 offered for tip on wolf poaching incident in ColoradoConservation partners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering rewards totaling more than $65,000 for information leading to arrests and convictions ...
- Illinois DNR sets ’25 youth rooster hunt, shooting clinic scheduleWingshooting clinics and pheasant hunts for youth ages 10 to 17 are scheduled at Pere Marquette State Park in Jersey County (March 1) and the World Shooting and...
- Discovery of spadefoot toad was work of Illinois, Syrian scientistsThe Syrian Spadefoot Toad has been rediscovered in the war-torn country with the help of Syrian community scientists and Illinois researchers. The finding is th...
- Illinois Mixed Bag: DNR biologists collecting Christmas treesDNR fisheries biologists are collecting live Christmas trees to be used as fish habitat in local lakes. The collected trees will be bundled together, weighted, ...