Three major conservation projects covering roughly 3,000 acres in Illinois are designed to improve habitat and benefit both turkeys and turkey hunters.
The trio of projects were among those highlighted by the National Wild Turkey Federation as 2025 wound down.
Three habitat projects to benefit turkeys, hunters in Illinois Read More »
Three million fish eggs destined for the Lake Michigan waters of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin have been collected in Michigan as part of an effort to keep the salmon fishery intact.
Specifically, Michigan’s DNR has been working throughout the fall gathering the eggs to produce fish for stocking. Fall egg collections have been completed for wild Chinook and coho salmon and for captive broodstocks of brown, brook, and lake trout.
Salmonid egg collection to benefit Illinois, Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan Read More »
A once-popular southern Illinois destination for anglers and hunters from northern parts of the state is expected to reopen in 2027, a progress report by DNR and area lawmakers suggests.
Rend Lake Resort, originally opened in 1990, closed in December 2016 due to issues with mold, health concerns, and lease payment delinquency. The resort, located on the shores of Rend Lake at Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area, had been falling into disrepair for years before DNR terminated the lease with the resort’s operator on Dec. 18, 2016.
Rend Lake Resort progress key for Illinois anglers, hunters Read More »
About the only thing keeping fishermen from fishing Des Plaines Lake more often is the hike from the nearest parking area to the water.
The lake is accessible by foot or bike along a limestone path. The closest kayak and canoe launch is upstream near Wadsworth Road.
Des Plaines Lake confuses but also produces in Cook County, Ill. Read More »
At the halfway point of 2025, DNR and partner agencies had removed about 46 million pounds of invasive carp from the Illinois River.
That large number is the total haul that came from two removal projects on the river this year. It suggests a couple of things: carp populations are growing, and those working to capture them are getting better at the job.
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Dustin Taylor took second place at the Illinois Bass Federation Classic on Pool 10 of the Mississippi River Sept. 20-21.
But that accomplishment followed an even more impressive one earlier in September: Taylor, of Galesburg, claimed Illinois’ Bass Nation state championship in a tournament held Sept. 6-7 on Pools 13 and 14 of the Mississippi.
Galesburg angler earns Bass Nation state title in Illinois Read More »
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing a total of nearly $19 million to Illinois and 17 other state partners within the Mississippi River basin to support efforts to manage invasive carp. A total of 33 projects are targeted.
Illinois among states on fed’s carp funding list Read More »
Illinois waterfowlers got their first taste of a new duck season earlier this month with the brief teal season that ran Sept. 6-14.
Reports from hunters indicate there were plenty of opportunities to shoot blue-winged teal along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, with a few green-winged teal also present the first two weeks of the month. Evidence from waterfowl watchers, however, were pointing to a slow start for teal.
Initial waterfowl counts of 2025 include teal, favorable conditions in Illinois Read More »
The past two decades have produced a wide and wild assortment of ideas and proposals to help fund and maintain Illinois’ collection of state parks and natural areas.
“State Park, Great Parks” was launched in 2014. That initiative came on the heels of the 2012 DNR “Sustainability Bill,” created when lawmakers approved a $2 fee increase on vehicle registrations that would be earmarked as dedicated revenue for Illinois state parks. This year, on Aug. 6, Gov. JB Pritzker announced a new endowment for Illinois state parks, with a goal of establishing a “permanent source of funds that can’t be redirected or taken away.”
Endowment seen as source for Illinois state park funding needs Read More »
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