Illinois Mixed Bag: OSLAD program part of 55 million in grants
More than $55.2 million in grant funding was awarded to 100 local park projects throughout Illinois to help communities acquire land and develop recreational opportunities.
More than $55.2 million in grant funding was awarded to 100 local park projects throughout Illinois to help communities acquire land and develop recreational opportunities.

The Missouri Conservation Department received confirmation of something it feared – three dead snow geese found by state wildlife refuge staff were likely infected with bird flu.
Samples from the birds – two recovered

Some in Illinois are longing for the days when the deer season deer kill eclipsed 100,000 and the total take reached more than twice that.
And it’s not just hunters wanting a return to

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when southern Illinois was considered a mecca for Canada goose hunting, and clubs in the area would be packed with hunters from all over the Midwest and

U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision on Tuesday, Dec. 10 to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate

Legislation aimed at prohibiting hunting contests in Illinois stalled during the spring General Assembly, but has added a handful of co-sponsors since.
House Bill 2900 would ban holding wildlife contests that “reward participants with

An Illinois Natural History Survey postdoctoral scholar joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and other conservation groups in the release of black-footed ferrets in the far eastern lands of Colorado.<br

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that a proactive approach and drawdown of Little Grassy Lake in southern Illinois is necessary to protect communities downstream.
Little Grassy Lake is a deep, clear,

Using environmental DNA (eDNA) surveillance, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife found six of 330 samples taken at Taylorsville Lake tested positive for invasive carp genetic material.
“A positive
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