Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the May 29, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
The Redneck Fishing Tournament, known for its unique approach to removing invasive silver carp from the Illinois River, will take place in Browning this year instead of its longtime home in Bath.
The move
Pere Marquette State Park in Grafton will host the Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair on June 6. Event hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the park, which is near Grafton on Illinois 100.
“Mussels are highly sensitive to pollution, sedimentation and habitat degradation,” she explained. “As filter feeders, robust and diverse mussel communities signify clean water and stable ecosystems that contain the specific fish hosts required to complete
An Illinois Department of Transportation employee has pleaded guilty to polluting a waterway after deer carcasses were dumped at Apple Creek near Roodhouse.
In mid-February, cattle farmer Robert Schollmeier took photos of an orange
Hunters Feeding Illinois distributed 366 pounds of lean protein to food pantries across Illinois during the 2025-26 hunting season – providing an estimated 128,900 meals in 48 counties.
The donated venison has an estimated
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 29, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
I never get tired of thinking about the day I drove to Decatur, Ill., to visit Bob Kerans. His wife answered the door to the house and kindly led me to a room that seemed
The spring migration is a busy time of year in the natural world.
According to Cornell University Birdcast nearly three million migrating birds passed over my part of the northland on a recent spring
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