July 14, 2014

Macomb, Ill. — Two Western Illinois University faculty members have been awarded a continuation of their grant funding to study the life history and interaction of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The research is based at WIU’s Alice L. Kibbe Field Station, located on the Mississippi River near Warsaw. The station includes

Urbana, Ill. — A University of Illinois researcher says there is no reason to ban plastic worms and other soft fishing lures made of gelatin-like materials. While these lures have been proven slow to decompose – both inside of fish and on the bottom of lakes and ponds – Cory Suski pointed out that regulating

Deer Park, N.Y. — DEC isn’t kidding around when it comes to controlling invasive plants at the Oak Brush Plains State Preserve at Edgewood on Long Island. The state has imported 10 goats to graze on invasive species at the 812-acre, DEC-managed property located near the shared borders of the towns of Babylon, Islip and

Chatfield, Minn. — Bowhunters who go afield with lighted nocks on their arrows or who mount a video camera on their bow may now have their buck, bear, bull or ram legally entered into the Pope & Young Club’s official record book, provided it meets the club’s minimum measurement  requirements. This major change in the