Conservation Congress sets public meetings
Site Staff
February 21, 2013
Mostly dormant for the past 20 years, the Illinois Conservation Congress has been reconditioned with a new engine and then kick-started.
Fishing
Hackmatack’s progress symbolic with land buy
Site Staff
February 21, 2013
In an era of shrinking public land across Illinois, news that the state is now part of a National Wildlife Refuge being built from scratch strikes some as surreal.
Final deer tally sees slight dip
Site Staff
February 7, 2013
It was the question lingering the halls of recent outdoor sports shows in Marion, Chicago and Schaumburg.
Muskie study taps escapement issue
Site Staff
February 7, 2013
Choosing which strain of muskie produces the biggest and healthiest fish in Illinois waters was not the only purpose of a 10-year study labeled “Project Green Gene.”
DNR’s choice for waterfowl manager has habitat focus
Site Staff
February 7, 2013
DNR didn’t have to look far to fill its top waterfowl biologist position, which went vacant in May after migratory birds program manager Ray Marshalla retired along with several others in the wildlife division.
Ice still 'iffy'
Site Staff
February 5, 2013
Ice is dangerous and, before I get into anything else, I want to mention a couple things that you need to keep in mind. First and foremost is safety.
DNR’s assistant director leaving to rejoin USFWS
Site Staff
January 24, 2013
John Rogner is leaving his post as DNR’s assistant director to return to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Are state’s hunters really ‘goosing’ it?
Site Staff
January 24, 2013
Survey suggests big increase in hunters, harvest
Du Page deer vaults county into ‘hot spot’
Site Staff
January 24, 2013
Du Page County has joined an exclusive club state deer biologists had hoped would never expand membership
