The elimination of the shotgun zone may be inching closer to being put to bed this session following its unamended approval ...

Rend Lake officially crested at 413.67, only slightly below the highest recorded lake elevation of 413.83 way back in 1995.

Survival rates for relocated wildlife are very low, and the risk of accidentally moving diseases from one place to another is ...

Prescribed fire is the most cost-effective way to manage land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

Drieslein also knew I’d become fairly wound up over the questionable reports regarding Colossal’s three genetic mutations the company claims as dire wolves.

The development site is not considered wetlands, but the surrounding 528 acres are, and the council also approved a conservation easement that would prohibit any development on that property.

In all, the 2024 report covered fishing efforts by 8,684 Illinois residents and 3,347 nonresidents during 2,414 charter trips.

Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the April 18, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

The most likely change is the addition of more Restricted Archery Zones like the one that was implemented in Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, and Piatt counties back in 2018.

Zach Swanson is only 10 years old and still has plenty of hunting opportunities in his future, but his first experience will be one that he will never forget.

CWD has now been detected in 25 counties across northern Illinois and now as far south as Adams County in west-central Illinois.

A mix of outdoors stories from Illinois, including information on a wingshooting clinic at Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area.