Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 11, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
A lot of attention given to catfish in Illinois is focused inland – on the hundreds of lakes and farm ponds that hold channel cats, blue cats, and flatheads.
The Mississippi, Illinois, and Ohio
Mike Dombeck led the rulemaking process as chief of the U.S. Forest Service under Clinton. Originally from northwestern Wisconsin, he spent a career in public service, mostly in fisheries, earning multiple degrees, including a masters
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 27, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
I just took my first fishing trip of the year, attempting to lure walleyes while spending a weekend in a mountain cabin on a lake near Winter Park, Colorado.
The going was tough, to
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership expressed serious concern June 11 with a provision in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s reconciliation proposal that would mandate the sale of public lands in Alaska, Arizona, California,
Each time the Illinois DNR releases its annual Hunter Incident Report, I’m reminded that bad things happen because of two very different kinds of decisions: instant decisions that are made on the spot without any
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 10, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
The Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition sharply condemns a proposal in the agriculture section of the budget reconciliation package that would slash more than $100 million from the Forest Legacy Program – one of
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