Manito, Ill. DNR issued a fish salvage declaration for the south lake at Spring Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area in Tazewell County on May 5.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated three rivers in Illinois and several in Missouri as “critical habitat” areas for endangered species that play an important role in water quality.
The federal agency
A measure backed by the Illinois Trappers Association aimed at increasing the size of foothold traps used for beavers and otters in the state was scheduled for a Second Reading after passing out of the
A one-way trap has been installed in a channel that links the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Rock Run Rookery Preserve lake to the Des Plaines River as part of the battle to keep
More than 94,000 muskies were stocked in Illinois lakes last year, setting up wild calculations of how many of them will someday be caught.
Using a fisherman’s proverb that claims muskies are the “fish
In the creeks and rivers of southern Illinois, a school of bigeye shiners darting along the edge of a stream is a sign of healthy water. The freshwater fish, which is on the state’s endangered
A former Illinois DNR director who is now a lawmaker said out loud what deer hunters have been thinking since Senate Bill 2756 began creating confusion and frustration.
In a committee meeting, State Rep.
The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 – commonly known as the “Farm Bill” – cleared the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, April 30 in a 224-200 vote.
It now heads
The first project of its kind to take place in Illinois – and only the second in the country – placed 71 threatened freshwater fish in a small McHenry County stream.
It’s a huge
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