For 36 years, the Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair at Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois has been a cornerstone of outdoor education and recreation, bringing together families, volunteers, and organizations in a celebration of fishing and conservation.
This year’s fair was held June 7 at the park, which is near Grafton on Illinois 100.
Did you know muskrats may be natural conservationists by creating bird habitat through building their homes? Since 2021, I’ve been working closely with conservation partners at Audubon Great Lakes to better understand how muskrats influence Illinois and Indiana wetlands and how birds are better off because of it.
This was all part of a research project I initiated as a PhD student and am continuing as a postdoctoral researcher with the University of Chicago. Muskrats have long been labeled as an ecosystem engineer, but I was curious to dig in more to learn exactly what benefits they might provide to other animals.
Cameras placed at sites in Illinois and Indiana to study muskrats — ‘eco engineers’ Read More »
If you spend any time hiking, hunting, fishing, or working outdoors in Illinois, you’ve likely passed within inches of some deceptively beautiful but hazardous plants.
These plants, with their umbrella-shaped white or yellow flowers, are more common than you might think. They might catch your eye along a shaded trail or the edge of a creek, but some of them can send you to the emergency room – or worse. I just wanted to scream the other day as I drove along several of our county roads.
Gretchen Steele: Dangerous plants lurking on Illinois trails, roadsides, streambanks Read More »
Fishing, boating, birding, and hunting in the United States, each by themselves, are an economic powerhouse for the American people.
All these outdoor pursuits are enjoyed by millions over a broad range of household incomes and ages and other demographic characteristics. This is known thanks to the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation shepherded by economists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Commentary: Big-game hunting a healthy flywheel in economic engine Read More »
The Mississippi River waters of Minnesota and Wisconsin were covered
WI Daily Update: River rats still catching fish on the Mississippi River Read More »
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