
Backyard and Beyond: Winter is coming
A young American kestrel perches on top of a post in Carl Richard’s photo.
This youngster recently fledged from a nest box in a large park near Richard’s home, and even though we don’t

A young American kestrel perches on top of a post in Carl Richard’s photo.
This youngster recently fledged from a nest box in a large park near Richard’s home, and even though we don’t

A few weeks ago, sipping black coffee at my desk around 6 a.m., an email dropped into my inbox from an address I didn’t recognize.
It was from a reader who lives in southeastern

One advantage of still putting out a print newspaper is being able to avoid topics with questionable news value by simply shaking my head and mumbling, “We’re not going to waste our ink on that.”<br

Hunters in Illinois harvested 292 wild turkeys during the 2024 fall firearms season, up a tick or two from the 262 birds taken in 2023. The 2022 fall firearms harvest was 267.
While harvest

Fish in the sucker family appear to be, well, “suckers” for a specific range of water temperature that triggers spawning migration.
Specifically, an increase in the number of days that waters reach 43.3 degrees

Wildlife managers in states across the Midwest have long struggled to estimate populations of deer, turkeys, and coyotes.
A five-year study by Purdue University aims to help. The $1.6 million project is designed to

The focus on growing Lake Centralia’s channel catfish population has continued, with DNR stocking 1,500 of the fish in 2023 and 900 more in 2024. The channel cats, ranged from 8 to 10 inches, and
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Nov. 29, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the Nov. 29, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
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