Area residents will have the opportunity to learn basic principles of safe trapping at an upcoming Illinois Department of Natural Resources trapper education course which is scheduled in the area.
The course is planned from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife...
A Union County school district has been awarded funds from the Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grant Program.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, director Wayne Rosenthal on March 2 announced the awarding of more than $98,000 in donated funds from the grant program.
More than 8,300...
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is seeking public comment from Oct. 6 through Oct. 20 on 10 current public uses that are up for review and take place on refuge lands: bicycling, boating, collection of wild edible foods, cooperative farming, fire department training, fishing tournaments and...