Illinois

Washington – The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced it will host nine meetings across the nation during the next 30 days regarding the Conservation Reserve Program, the federal “set-aside” program that’s been credited in

Grafton, Ill. – Pollution and smell from rotting fish following the draining of lakes in the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge is an error that won’t be repeated, the refuge manager said. The U.S. Fish

Greenfield, Ill. – Drivers in Jo Daviess, Hancock, Pike, Greene, Crawford, Perry, Jackson, Johnson and Hardin counties are five times more likely to hit a deer than drivers in any other county, according to the

Springfield – There’s a brief paragraph tucked in the 2009 Illinois Waterfowl Digest that should be carved onto the stock of every duck hunter’s shotgun. “Although continental duck populations are in good shape, hunters should

Quincy, Ill. – An interesting finding in a new deer study reveals that paying special attention to a doe is a method used by bucks to secure mating privileges. In fact, a buck may spend

Marion, Ill. – Quail and pheasant call counts up and down the state this year were, well, up and down. Overall, bobwhite call counts conducted in early June were unchanged, with small exceptions in patches