Long-planned Hunter Lake project in Illinois dealt a blow
The EPA has recommended that the City of Springfield’s permit to build Hunter Lake be denied, explaining it does not meet federal guidelines laid out by the federal Clean Water Act.
The EPA has recommended that the City of Springfield’s permit to build Hunter Lake be denied, explaining it does not meet federal guidelines laid out by the federal Clean Water Act.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declared the tubercled-blossom pearly mussel extinct. The mussel was native to Illinois, as well as seven other states across the country.
It was one of eight mussels

Some gun owners in Illinois have until the end of the year to register their firearms and attachments with the Illinois State Police.
Anyone who owns assault weapons, assault weapon attachments, .50 caliber rifles
The body of a 60-year-old duck hunter was recovered Nov. 4 from Fourth Lake near Lake Villa — a village in Lake County — after he first went missing on Oct. 30.

More than 4,500 young lake sturgeon were tagged at the Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery in Mason County earlier this month as part of Illinois’ Lake Sturgeon Recovery Project.
The effort was an important

Illinois deer hunters are again being encouraged to donate some of their venison to help address food insecurity in east-central Illinois.

Bird hunters in Illinois rarely hear the words “up and coming” in reference to areas that show promise for upland game species.
But this year, the west-central part of the state is being branded

When you think about a nuclear power station, your first thought is likely not of a fish hatchery. But Illinois has the only nuclear generation site in the country with an active fish hatchery that

How use of single-shot rifles will affect harvest during this year’s Illinois firearms deer season remains the big unknown, as does how it impacted harvest numbers during the October statewide youth hunt.
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