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

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

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.

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

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

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

Illinois duck and goose hunters looking to talk hunting have a handful of options next month when DNR hosts “open house” meetings.

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

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 18, 2025, edition of Illinois 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.

House Bill 2662 calls for DNR to “only issue antlerless-only permits to first-year applicants for nonresident deer hunting permits.” ...

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.