Illinois Conservation Police Officer Austin Priest has been named DNR’s “Officer of the Year” for his “relentless enforcement of conservation laws and impactful public outreach.”
The announcement of Priest’s honor came as DNR recognized
October doesn’t exactly arrive in southern Illinois – it drifts in, slow and sure, like the morning fog rising off the river bottoms.
One week you’re still swatting mosquitoes and cutting grass, and the
Curious anglers are eager to see what DNR has learned from a striped bass tagging program that was initiated at Cedar Lake in 2023.
The 1,750-acre water in deep southern Illinois has long been
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Trapping permit allocation drawings will take place at several sites this month, DNR announced.
Increased raccoon population levels and related property damage has led the Wayne County Farm Bureau to continue its “Raccoon Roundup” program during this year’s Illinois trapping and hunting seasons. The organization is offering a $3
Just as Illinois bowhunters were starting to man their stands earlier this month, DNR announced it will use an automated notification system for a faster and easier way of giving deer hunters results of CWD
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
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