DNR calls public meetings on CWD
Illinois counties with chronic wasting disease now stands at 17.
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Upland birds rejoice: Illinois’ farm bill biologist program expands
Springfield — In a state scrapping to improve its pheasant and quail populations and habitat, the Farm Bill Biologist Partnership has been invaluable. For both hunters and landowners, that is. Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever, which administers the program and plays a major role in it, shared good news recently, reporting that three new biologist’s positions were
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Southern Illinois University carp investigation aiming to trace fish’s movements
Carbondale, Ill. — The Asian carp caught last month a mere nine miles from Lake Michigan is still undergoing tests at Southern Illinois University to determine its origin. Greg Whitledge, an SIU zoologist, said a team has been examining the fish’s DNA and such things as calcium deposits in its ear bone to trace the
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After alarming catch in Illinois, no new Asian carp found
Chicago — Crews from DNR, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers launched a frenzied two-week hunt for Asian carp after one of the fish was found a mere nine miles from Lake Michigan on June 22. The “coordinated contingency response” yielded no carp, causing relief among agencies working
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Only one-third of Illinois waterfowl hunters are aware of duck stamp’s purpose
Illinois Natural History Survey used results of random surveys of waterfowl hunters who purchased a state waterfowl permits in the 2002-03 and 2015-16 waterfowl seasons.
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Another state record falls with hybrid striped bass catch
It’s official weight on a certified scale was 21 pounds 7.2 ounces and was taken by Robert Vericella, of Bloomington. The previous record was 20 pounds, 0.32 ounces – caught at Lake of Egypt on June 20, 1993.
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Buffalo Grove lands state bass fishing title
Tyler Lubbat and Dominic Domian pulled 13 pounds and 7 ounces of bass out of Carlyle Lake for the win.
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IHSA reschedules state bass fishing finals — again
The IHSA announced the finals will be held June 14-15 on Carlyle Lake. That’s a Wednesday-Thursday event, as opposed to the traditional Friday-Saturday.
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Anti-bobcat trapping bill is amended, groups remain opposed
The proposal that would ban bobcat trapping and also the sale of bobcat pelts was amended on Friday to exclude southern Illinois and a handful of western counties from the ban, but trapper and sportsmen groups in the state remain strongly opposed.
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