Fishing

Washington — Just as President Barack Obama has unveiled a vision for the nation’s outdoors based largely on full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, House Republicans, as a budget-slashing measure, have recommended

Springfield – The question of whether gun owners have the right to confidentiality pitted Illinois’ top prosecutor against its statewide law enforcement agency in an open-records dispute. The Illinois State Police on March 1 defended

Chicago – An amendment that recommended a closure of Lake Michigan waterways failed in the U.S. House last month. On Feb. 17, the House voted 292-137 against the amendment, which would have shut down Chicago’s

Springfield – The Family and Personal Protection Act, the concealed carry bill that is currently making its way through the Illinois Legislature, has been assigned to the Agriculture and Conservation Committee in the House of

Washington – The number of turkey hunters has increased at more than twice the rate of the growth of the U.S. population since 1991. Meanwhile, rabbit and squirrel hunting have lost half their participants since

Springfield – DNR again finds itself in an uncomfortable financial spot, squeezed by a state budget crunch that could result in CPO training program cutbacks and possibly even the closing of a popular wildlife

Rock Island, Ill. – It started out like any other day for DNR Conservation Police Officer Tony Petreikis, who routinely looks after the southern portion of Rock Island County and all of Mercer County. But