Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker continues to hold up the Brandon Road Project – a billion-dollar project to block invasive carp from entering Lake Michigan. The Project is funded primarily by the federal government, and Pritzker
Illinois DNR is looking for Urban Fishing Program instructors to lead summer fishing clinics at locations in a dozen counties around the state.
The fishing instructors selected for the popular program are considered to
DNR is seeking campground hosts for the 2025 camping season for state parks, recreation areas, and historic sites across Illinois.
The Illinois DNR and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have for years encouraged the eating of invasive carp – even giving the fish a new name (copi).
Now the USFWS is going a
The Indiana DNR confirmed Indiana’s second positive case of chronic wasting disease.
The positive deer was a 2.5-year-old male harvested in Posey County, which is located just across the river from the Illinois village
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 7, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Despite less-than-ideal conditions for snow goose hunting, six hunters ranging in age from 12 to 17 displayed remarkable perseverance at the 2025 Youth Snow Goose Hunt sponsored by the Kaskaskia River Delta Waterfowl Chapter (KRDW)
I’ve been dismayed for some time about how divided outdoor lovers and recreationists have become. It’s done nothing but get worse. Social media has failed us in this arena; instead of being used to bring
When the Illinois bobcat season ended Feb. 15, no trapper or hunter would have been surprised to learn of a record harvest.
It was already a season of records. In September, a record 9,200
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