After a decade of turbulence – including a temporary shutdown during COVID and threats of the state selling off the entire facility – the World Shooting Complex in southern Illinois has sailed seemingly smooth waters
Illinois deer hunters are one step away from seeing another significant firearms regulation change, as Senate Bill 2756 awaits action by Gov. JB Pritzker.
Meanwhile, the coming deer season will include a potential caveat:
The Trump administration finalized a rule on July 10 that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act and eliminates a key protection for imperiled wildlife against logging, oil drilling and other activities.
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President Donald Trump on Monday sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, undoing public lands protections established by his Democratic predecessors.
Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in southern Utah
Scientists and wildlife biologists recently joined forces at The Nature Conservancy’s Emiquon Preserve to band juvenile black-crowned night herons, an important step in ongoing efforts to better understand and protect one of Illinois’ state-endangered bird
The Illinois Conservation Foundation is accepting nominations for the 2026 Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame. Nominations must be submitted online by July 15.
Eggs that made up a least bittern nest discovered in Kane County last month have hatched and produced chicks, according to a report by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County.
The least bittern
DNR biologists are still monitoring a widespread die-off of invasive silver carp in the Illinois River, saying the event appears to be the result of natural environmental conditions rather than pollution or chemical contamination.
The percentage of deer taken with crossbows during the Illinois archery season has decidedly leveled off, while rifles continue to stake a bigger claim of the state’s firearms harvest.
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