The Forest Preserve District of Will County’s first acquisition of 2026 not only expands the District’s oldest preserve, it also pushes total acreage past the 24,000 mark.
Illinois Mixed Bag: Forest Preserve acreage pushes past 24,000 acres Read More »
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 17, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
First, I have to apologize to Todd Ring, the patient Huntley man who submitted a Letter to the Editor concerning the ongoing – and somewhat confusing even to firearms experts – legislation aimed at expanding the capacity of deer rifles and handguns in Illinois.
Actually, Ring sent me his thoughts – and I thought it was a great Letter to the Editor, so I asked if I could use it as such.
“The Pool is one of the lesser-fished waters of Central Park, despite offering fishing access along most of its shoreline,” DEC Region 2 Fisheries Manager Melissa Cohen wrote in a 2022 report detailing a survey of the water. “Central Park Lake and the Harlem Meer receive most of the park’s fishing pressure.
‘The Pool’ an overlooked Central Park fishing gem in New York City Read More »
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the April 17, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
New York’s Outdoor Calendar Read More »
New York cuffs and collars are field reports from DEC Officers. These reports are from the April 17, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
New York Cuffs & Collars: Turkeys shot off back porch Read More »
The mesmerizing display, about an hour after sunrise, was over almost as soon as it began. The birds circled a few times and then headed out to neighboring farm fields, seeking unharvested grains and other sustenance on their epic annual spring flight northward into New York state and Quebec.
Snow geese making their annual flight to the Arctic Read More »
The New York State Conservation Council will hold its annual spring meeting this year on April 17-19 in Livingston County.
Ducks Unlimited, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the National Audubon Society recently completed construction on a 50-acre wetland enhancement project in the Lakeview Wildlife Management Area, in Ellisburgh in Jefferson County, N.Y.
Wetland enhancement completed at New York’s Lakeview WMA Read More »
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