Wisconsin Fishing Report – January 6, 2025
Anglers reported seeing many fish on their electronics. But as far as getting them to bite …
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January 6, 2025
Stockings boost Mautino’s anglers in Bureau County, Illinois
The push to boost catfish and redear sunfish populations in the collection of lakes that make up the Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area continued this year, with Illinois DNR stocking 450 channel cats and nearly 27,000 sunfish in Osprey Lake alone.
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Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Jan. 10, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Citation issued after envelope with SD card shows up on porch
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the Jan. 10, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
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Restoring Volo Bog in Illinois is vital, unique team task
At Volo Bog State Natural Area, a hard-working, collaborative team of volunteers and staff recently embarked on a pioneering restoration of Illinois’ only open-water bog. Prior, important work at this Lake County site has focused on the surrounding marsh and adjacent uplands, but this is the first time restoration is taking place in the heart of the bog itself.
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$65,000 offered for tip on wolf poaching incident in Colorado
Conservation partners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering rewards totaling more than $65,000 for information leading to arrests and convictions in the 2024 shooting death of a wolf in Colorado.
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Illinois DNR sets ’25 youth rooster hunt, shooting clinic schedule
Wingshooting clinics and pheasant hunts for youth ages 10 to 17 are scheduled at Pere Marquette State Park in Jersey County (March 1) and the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Randolph County (March 15).
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Discovery of spadefoot toad was work of Illinois, Syrian scientists
The Syrian Spadefoot Toad has been rediscovered in the war-torn country with the help of Syrian community scientists and Illinois researchers.
The finding is the result of years of dedication by Yaman Omran of the University of Aleppo and citizen scientists in a country whose recent history has been marked by conflict.
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Illinois Mixed Bag: DNR biologists collecting Christmas trees
DNR fisheries biologists are collecting live Christmas trees to be used as fish habitat in local lakes. The collected trees will be bundled together, weighted, and submerged at lakes, providing critical habitat for multiple fish species and promoting algae growth for insects that attract fish for anglers. The trees will naturally decompose over time.
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