Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 15, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Not long ago I found myself across the Illinois state line, sitting at a table with fisheries biologists, hatchery managers and a handful of “specialists” and “technicians” – vague job titles that wildlife agencies give
One reason that I love fishing more than any other sport is because fishing is free of entanglements with unions, attorneys, drug scandals and, most annoying of all, politics. Here at Outdoor News, we also
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 1, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
There are short stretches of down time in a fishing boat that set people like me up for long stretches of random thoughts typically shared with our annoyed fishing partners.
Such as, “What could
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness isn’t just another patch of federal land on a map. It’s one of the last places in the Lower 48 where wild still means wild.
Where clean water,
Two weeks ago, the Trump administration announced many changes for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The plan would move the USFS headquarters from our national seat of federal government in Washington D.C. to
I was watching the recent Bassmaster Classic that was being streamed live on the Internet. I called my wife over to my computer and asked her to take a look at the screen and tell
Fish and wildlife conservation operates at the intersection of science, public values, and politics. Tensions are unavoidable, but increasingly, it’s tipped too far towards popularity. When conservation becomes a contest for public approval rather than
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