After a two-year hiatus, due to old age and decrepitude, my dearly beloved and I finally felt ready and physically able to hit the campgrounds again.
While our days of backpack camping in the
The Illinois Conservation Foundation will induct nine new members into the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame, during the ICF Gala on March 19, 2026, at Abbington Banquets in Glen Ellyn.
A major sporting goods retailer partnered with Ducks Unlimited and the Illinois DNR to rehab a critical wetland restoration effort at the Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area walk-in, a 402-acre unit open to public
About the only thing keeping fishermen from fishing Des Plaines Lake more often is the hike from the nearest parking area to the water.
The lake is accessible by foot or bike along a
The fight to keep invasive carp under control and out of the Great Lakes may now be getting easier. Earlier this month, the state of Illinois announced it had acquired land needed to move along
As millions of birds migrate southward across the U.S. this fall, Tara Beveroth operates an important bird banding station in central Illinois.
Each week, a volunteer group of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and
When anglers began regularly pulling hefty-sized shovelnose sturgeon from the Rock River – catching fish weighing up to 10 pounds – the Illinois DNR made sturgeon throughout the river a research priority. In 2022, the
Illinois wildlife managers have shared plans to ditch the fourth waterfowl hunting zone starting next year and return to a three-zone format.
A split season is also in the mix, as is a rearrangement
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Oct. 31, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
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