Reader-submitted letters to the editor from the April 21, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Deer permits should go to residents before nonresidents Read More »
Through the picture windows of The Driftless Center, visitors can look out over the Mississippi River. Now, with a 16-foot-long, 1,250-gallon aquarium filled with local fish species, including bass, bluegill, and northern pike, it will be like guests can look below the water, too.
“There are 125 different species of fish in the Mississippi River,” said Ross Geerdes, director of The Driftless Area Education and Visitor Center, which sits on the Iowa side of the river, about 85 miles north of the Illinois state line. “We can’t have all of them, but we’d like to have a dozen or maybe more. People want to look at the underside of the Mississippi River.”
Driftless Center in Iowa gives visitors ‘look at the underside of the Mississippi’ Read More »
A mix of outdoor news stories from across Illinois published in the April 21, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois Mixed Bag: Youth turkey hunters take 1,309 birds Read More »
Seventeen Illinois schools have been awarded Schoolyard Habitat Action grants totaling $15,700 from DNR and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
The Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant program supports the development or enhancement of wildlife habitat, such as pollinator gardens and other projects, on school grounds or other public places.
Illinois school habitat projects to receive funding through DNR grant program Read More »
The study demonstrates that the blood of the white-tailed deer kills the corkscrew-shaped bacterium that causes Lyme disease, a potentially debilitating illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year some 476,000 people are diagnosed with and treated for Lyme, the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S.
Research: Blood from deer kills bacteria that causes Lyme disease Read More »
From a fish standpoint, floods are very positive events and do multiple things. First, the high water opens up terrestrial food resources that were high and dry before. The river’s surface area can easily double during a flood, especially in the areas of the river which still have floodplains.
Fish, wildlife depend on springtime flooding Read More »
The Koch family apparently did its part to fight invasive carp, reportedly yanking a 42-pound grass carp out of a Cook County lake.
But there is some confusion as to whether or not the fish, which helped the family win the Village of Palos Park’s Spring Fishing Derby, ended up back in Papoose Lake. Like black carp, silver carp and bighead carp, grass carp are an invasive species.
42-inch invasive grass carp helps family win Palos Park derby in Illinois Read More »
Field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs published in the April 21, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Shining, uncased crossbow leads to citation Read More »
A look at outdoor-related events coming up from across Illinois published in the April 21, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar Read More »
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