In a tuneup for next month’s IHSA high school bass fishing championship series, Edwardsville High School angler KJ Jamison teamed with Emmy Pieri to capture a win at the ICASSTT tournament on Lake of Egypt.<br
Fish and wildlife conservation operates at the intersection of science, public values, and politics. Tensions are unavoidable, but increasingly, it’s tipped too far towards popularity. When conservation becomes a contest for public approval rather than
Channel cats, redear sunfish, and rainbow trout have been the focus of DNR stockings at Beaver Dam Lake the past five years – evidence of what anglers are looking for when they visit the cozy
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the April 17, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the April 17, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
The Forest Preserve District of Will County’s first acquisition of 2026 not only expands the District’s oldest preserve, it also pushes total acreage past the 24,000 mark.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 17, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
First, I have to apologize to Todd Ring, the patient Huntley man who submitted a Letter to the Editor concerning the ongoing – and somewhat confusing even to firearms experts – legislation aimed at expanding
One of Illinois’ premier fishing holes has adjusted its crappie regulations this year following a huge spawn that has put too many smaller slabs in its water.
Meanwhile, a survey of Kinkaid Lake this
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