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March 5, 2024

Leaders from Illinois DNR, Amateur Trapshooting Association gather at World Shooting Complex to acknowledge importance of 10-year deal

In celebration of the contract renewal between the Amateur Trapshooting Association and Illinois DNR, state and local officials and leaders from the ATA met at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex.

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Man faces multiple charges involving illegal take of deer in Illinois’ Ogle, Lee counties

An Ogle County bowhunter who allegedly harvested six deer from a nature preserve in Lee County, Ill., could be facing heavy fines and up to 10 years in prison.
In all, Brandon Scott Miller, 30, of Oregon, Ill., faces more than 20 counts of illegal hunting activity in Ogle and Lee counties from September 2023 to December 2023.

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Tracking of bluebills in Illinois study looks to help solve mysterious decline

Capturing 100 bluebill hens so transmitters can be attached to the ducks will be a big part of Cheyenne Beach’s work over the next two years.
The Northern Illinois University doctoral student will spend a lot of time at Forbes Biological Station near Havana, Ill. In a project funded by DNR, Beach is attempting to solve the mystery surrounding declines of the Lesser scaup – also called the little bluebill or broadbill.

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Upper Mississippi River Refuge set to celebrate 100 years

Will Dilg may be unknown to most hunters, trappers, and anglers who enjoy Mississippi River outings, but that should no longer be the case in 2024, with this year marking the 100th anniversary of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Dilg is the “father” of that 261-mile gem of a refuge.
The refuge stretches from Wabasha, Minn., to Rock Island, Ill., and protects more than 240,000 acres of Mississippi River floodplain.

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New York man convicted in ivory sales case

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York County District Attorney’s Office recently announced the conviction of a Rockland County, N.Y., man for felony illegal commercialization of elephant ivory.
The subject had approximately $70,000 worth of ivory. The conviction concludes a joint investigation that first began in 2020.

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