Outdoor News
Yesterday
- WI Daily Update: Friends of the state park system award winners announcedThe Wisconsin DNR recently announced the winners of the 2025 Wisconsin State Park System Friends Group of the Year and Volunteer Awards. Listen here for details...
- Cornell scholar’s focus turns to future of hunting and next generation of conservationistsSome people spend their careers studying conservation. Others spend their lives practicing it. Dr. Keith G. Tidball has spent much of his career doing both. Aft...
- Jo Daviess County family earns Illinois’ 2026 Leopold Conservation AwardGreg and Janis Thoren are the recipients of the 2026 Illinois Leopold Conservation Award. The award honors farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond...
- Hunting contests ban again proposed in Illinois legislatureAnother attempt to outlaw hunting contests in Illinois arrived in the legislature this session – a measure similar to past efforts, including House Bill 2900,...
- Commentary: Public land and democracy of the hunt in WisconsinThe theme of February’s annual meeting of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society was “Applying the North American Model of Conservation During Divide...
- MN Daily Update: DNR enforcement announces award winnersHere’s part two of the recent award winners announced from within the DNR’s enforcement division. The post MN Daily Update: DNR enforcement announces award ...
- Expiration near for crossbow ‘sunset’ in Minnesota?The House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee last week passed HF1531, which would remove the so-called “sunset” expiration date ...
Earlier this week
- Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – March 17, 2026Drifting opportunities are real good up and down the river course and some good steelhead have been hooked up by anglers plying the higher water. The post Orlea...
- Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – March 17, 2026Ice anglers continue picking away at nice fish across the south shore. The post Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – March 17, 2026 appeared first on Outdoor Ne...
- Talk of a two-bird limit for Minnesota’s spring turkey season taking placeYears ago as wild turkeys were expanding their range across Minnesota, hunters in some parts of the state were still learning about the new recreational opportu...
- Trout stocking in northeast Iowa streams starts March 30Iowa's popular trout stream stocking season starts on March 30. Find a list of stocked trout streams on the printed DNR trout stream map or visit the DNR trout ...
- Iowa DNR asks for public to report prairie chicken sightingsThe Iowa Department of Natural Resources is looking for prairie chickens this spring and Iowans can help. Iowa’s prairie chicken population had resided in thr...
- Channel catfish are biting across Iowa right after ice outChannel catfish move close to shore and are eager to bite in many lakes and large reservoirs across Iowa just after the ice is gone. The bite starts sooner in s...
- 7-pounder a reminder that Jasper County’s Newton Lake is a top bass water in IllinoisThe 7-pound, 8-ounce largemouth bass caught by Mya Russell in March 2025 contradicts biologists’ recent summaries of Newton Lake’s population of the species...
- Illinois’ Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the March 20, 2026 edition of Outdoor News. The post Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar a...