Illinois
Waterfowlers aim for record season
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
Illinois in on national CRP meeting
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
Two Rivers Refuge works to solve fish-kill problem
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
DNR: Deer-vehicle collision stats can be misleading
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
Teal, early goose hunters head down the final stretch
The two-week early goose season ends Tuesday, and so far hunters up and down the state seem to be having little trouble finding honkers. Chad Ossel, of Randolph County, said his hunting group has limited
Central
Powerton: Smallmouths fair on crankbaits and tubes. Some smallmouths being taken with little jigs. A few channel catfish but not very big. Asian carp are showing up in increased numbers in the intake canal and
Mixed results for quail counts
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
State fish record book cools off
Springfield – Updating the state’s fishing record books in 2008 required a sizeable amount of effort. In fact, so far in 2009, the enterprise has nearly come to a complete stop. Aside from a central
