Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
January 6, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Jan. 10, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Citation issued after envelope with SD card shows up on porch
Staff Report
January 6, 2025
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the Jan. 10, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Restoring Volo Bog in Illinois is vital, unique team task
Site Staff
January 6, 2025
At Volo Bog State Natural Area, a hard-working, collaborative team of volunteers and staff recently embarked on a pioneering restoration of Illinois’ only open-water bog. Prior, important work at this Lake County site has focused
Illinois DNR sets ’25 youth rooster hunt, shooting clinic schedule
Staff Report
January 6, 2025
Wingshooting clinics and pheasant hunts for youth ages 10 to 17 are scheduled at Pere Marquette State Park in Jersey County (March 1) and the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Randolph County (March 15).
Discovery of spadefoot toad was work of Illinois, Syrian scientists
Rosalind Essig
January 6, 2025
The Syrian Spadefoot Toad has been rediscovered in the war-torn country with the help of Syrian community scientists and Illinois researchers.
The finding is the result of years of dedication by Yaman Omran of
Illinois Mixed Bag: DNR biologists collecting Christmas trees
Staff and News Reports
January 6, 2025
DNR fisheries biologists are collecting live Christmas trees to be used as fish habitat in local lakes. The collected trees will be bundled together, weighted, and submerged at lakes, providing critical habitat for multiple fish
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Hunters should get up and walk instead of passive deer hunting
Illinois Letters To The Editor
January 6, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 10, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: No gray foxes detected by Southern Illinois University project in 2024, furthering mystery
Ralph Loos
January 6, 2025
This is certainly the least important thing we learned from a recent update on the Illinois Gray Fox Project, an ongoing effort by a Southern Illinois University research team to learn why the predator species
Rarely documented flying squirrel caught on camera in Illinois
Rosalind Essig
January 4, 2025
A University of Illinois student researcher identified a southern flying squirrel in a university natural area. While the species is native to Illinois, this was the first time one has been documented in the area
