Illinois Letters to the Editor: Deer ‘seeing’ takes some work
Illinois Letters To The Editor
May 27, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 30, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Opinion
Outdoor Insights: Current threats to public lands have unified outdoors groups across the political spectrum
Rob Drieslein
May 22, 2025
Conservation groups have flooded our email boxes at Outdoor News the past two weeks ever since the U.S. House Resources Committee passed a late-night amendment to the reconciliation bill that would sell 460,000 acres of
Commentary: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers sounds alarm amid push to sell half a million public-land acres
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Report
May 21, 2025
Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, North America’s leading public lands advocacy group, announced May 12 that it’s sounding the alarm and mobilizing its nationwide grassroots network in response to a last-minute amendment to the U.S. House
Commentary: Bipartisan bill aims to extend critical national park maintenance funding
Site Staff
May 17, 2025
The National Parks Conservation Association on May 1 celebrated the reintroduction of a bill to extend critical maintenance funding for national parks and public lands across the country.
The America the Beautiful Act was
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Lots of ways to thin deer herd
Illinois Letters To The Editor
May 13, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 16, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: Examining some results from Chicago River bass study
Ralph Loos
May 13, 2025
Even readers in deep southern Illinois are keeping a close eye on a largemouth bass tracking project taking place in waters most from the south will never drop a hook, line or sinker into.
Outdoor Observations: Some good news from Michigan’s NRC meeting regarding invasive carp barrier
Bill Parker
May 6, 2025
Here’s some more good news from the April Natural Resources Commission meeting in Michigan:
As the meeting was drawing to a close, Department of Natural Resources Director Scott Bowen made an encouraging announcement.
Commentary: Value of public lands is enhanced by conservation. Here’s what that means
Boone and Crockett Club Report
April 30, 2025
The U.S. federal public land estate is an American legacy the Boone and Crockett Club will support forever. Since our founding in 1887, whenever the suggestion has been made that public land be disposed of
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Time to create dedicated funding for hunting and fishing
Illinois Letters To The Editor
April 29, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
