
Illinois loses another great angler, great man in Walt Koch
I was recently shocked to hear about the passing of Captain Walt Koch of the Red Rock Guiding Service. Koch passed away on April 28 at the age of 77.
I was fairly close

I was recently shocked to hear about the passing of Captain Walt Koch of the Red Rock Guiding Service. Koch passed away on April 28 at the age of 77.
I was fairly close

A Southern Illinois University Carbondale scientist is asking the public to keep its ears open in the name of monitoring biodiversity.
Brent Pease, an assistant professor in the forestry program, kicked off the Sounds of

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is strongly criticizing four bills in the U.S. House of Representatives that take aim at the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Great American Outdoors Act, the bipartisan law that

On a cold and snowy day back in late January, I hiked across an icy parking lot and slid into the Schaumburg Convention Center, where Outdoor News Account Executive Don Kirby and I set up

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 19, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

I recently witnessed a near-bloody social media war on picking wildflowers on public land. As a practitioner of the Leave No Trace school of outdoor recreation, I was stunned by the number of people who

House Bill 3677 – it is designed to make the license renewal process easier while also continuing to generate revenue for DNR’s conservation efforts – would save Illinois anglers and hunters the hassle of having

I won’t be spending a lot of time fishing this year. My life has changed in that regard. Not necessarily for the better, but it is reality. Despite that fact, I found myself online last

Reader-submitted letters to the editor from the May 5, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
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