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State: FOID card delays shrinking

Springfield – Hunters and firearms owners across Illinois continue to experience delays in receiving FOID cards. However, the new head of the Illinois State Police said publicly that fee increases might help his agency process

Turkey harvest up in south, down in north

Springfield — Turkey hunters in the south zone fared better than their northern counterparts during the opening weeks of the spring season. Cold and wet conditions are being blamed for a slow start in the

Sinker Act, park fees still in play

Springfield – DNR has yet to issue a timeline for implementing a series of fee increases proposed by Director Marc Miller in late March. Also lacking detail are plans to charge admission to state parks.

High Court rules for power plants, against fisheries

Washington – In a defeat for conservation groups, the Supreme Court ruled on April 1 that the Environmental Protection Agency may use cost-benefit calculations to decide whether to require power plants to make changes that

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Sangchris Lake: Bass are fair on spinner baits and chatter baits. Catfish are slow. Crappies are fair on jigs fairly shallow along rocks near dam. www.larrysfishinghole.com Lake Bloomington: Crappies were fair around shallow brush on

Stimulus could help conservation

Washington – While the federal government is providing billions of dollars in “stimulus” funding to ease the nation’s economic woes, it’s likely at least some of that will trickle toward conservation and the environment. Some

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