The fall 2023 survey of Du Quoin City Lake turned some heads – specifically the heads of anglers hoping to see an improved catfish population in the southern Illinois water.
Catfish surge noted in Du Quoin City Lake survey from Perry County, Ill. Read More »
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the June 28, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar Read More »
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the June 28, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Fisheries biologists in Missouri confirmed a fourth northern snakehead was caught by an angler May 25 below Wappapello Lake Spillway in Wayne County.
Wappapello Lake is about 25 miles north of Poplar Bluff and 90 miles west of Cairo, Illinois.
Another invasive northern snakehead landed by Missouri fisherman Read More »
Among the bills that did not pass the Illinois General Assembly during its spring session is a piece of legislation that sought to restore protections for wetlands stripped last year in a United States Supreme Court decision. In May 2023, federal protections for wetlands were gutted, weakening Clean Water Act protections for millions of acres of wetlands across the U.S.
Illinois Senate Bill 771, the Wetlands Protection Act, would have reinstated those protections in the state. The measure passed in committee, but failed to make it to the chamber floors of the General Assembly. The bill will be considered again during the veto session this fall.
Illinois lawmakers’ push to reinstate wetland protection fails to advance Read More »
DNR is looking for volunteer citizen scientists to assist with wild turkey brood surveys to aid biologists in monitoring turkey population trends and reproductive success. Participants are asked to report young turkeys, adult females, and adult males with every observation, as well as the county and date of the observation during June, July, and August.
Illinois Mixed Bag: DNR seeking help with turkey brood surveys Read More »
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 28, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Liking the switch from compound to crossbow hunting Read More »
Suspicions that black bears are headed our way once again – Illinois has become somewhat of a summertime destination for the wandering species – means I wasn’t really surprised when the following question landed in my inbox on June 20.
Isn’t it now illegal to interact with bears?
While it sounds like a silly email, there actually is a new state law that “prohibits anyone to allow any member of the public to come into direct contact with a bear.”
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is in charge of the state-owned campgrounds in the Catskills and Adirondacks. Among them are a handful that are scattered upon lakes from Old Forge to Blue Mountain Lake in the central Adirondacks.
One of those is on Lake Durant, just three miles east of the hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake.
Lake Durant: Camping and fishing in New York’s central Adirondacks Read More »
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