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June 25, 2024

Nearly 2,000 students compete at New York state trap shoot

Participation was as solid as ever at the New York State High School Clay Target League’s State Tournaments held June 8-9 at the Bridgeport Gun Club in Cicero.
The premier event, the Trap Shooting State Tournament, featured 1,932 athletes from 133 high school teams. This followed a spring season that saw 2,867 student athletes representing 159 high school teams across the state.

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Deadline nearing for Illinois to sign on to project designed to keep invasive carp out of Lake Michigan

The clock has been running for 18 months, but groups partnered with Illinois on a project to keep invasive carp out of Lake Michigan say Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t hearing the tick, tick, tick toward a looming deadline.
Illinois must agree to the Project Partnership Agreement with Michigan and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by June 30. The signing date is important because an agreement will allow parties to take advantage of a planned closure in the river at Lockport Lock near Brandon Road and move forward to construction later this year.

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Christine Thomas: Let’s take a deeper look at nature photography

“I think you should find a subject that is not as fast as a chickadee,” my daughter, Shannon Honl, kibitzed.
Over the course of this spring, readers have followed our bird nest house projects. Several readers offered nest box advice.
Apparently, lots of Wisconsin Outdoor News readers enjoy attracting nesting birds to their cabins and backyards. Photography is a great way for wildlife enthusiasts to add an element to their outdoor activities.

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Access to Illinois streams, creeks on private land remains unfixed

In question is a fisherman’s access to a creek or stream that winds though private land. Or a canoe or kayak navigator that decides to get off the water on private land along a river. Both are hypothetical situations that aren’t so hypothetical.
But federal law and Illinois law remain at odds over ownership, access, and use of the state’s streams, lakes, and rivers.

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