IDNR

Sahara Woods opens Friday, May 2nd

Participants will practice safe shotgun handling and operation while advancing their wingshooting skills.

Multiple witnesses reported seeing the bear to local authorities Thursday morning.

OSLAD is a matching grant program that provides significant support for the acquisition and development of land for public parks and outdoor recreation areas.

Homeowners residing in these flood-prone areas will receive up to $22,500 in additional funds to aid in purchasing alternative housing.

K.D. Crain and sons will be nominated by the IDNR Office of Mines and Minerals for national awards.

James Mayes admitted to exposing himself to a fellow female IDNR employee.

After further investigation, it was determined and verified the bear sighting was a valid report.

Preliminary numbers are in for the 2023 Illinois spring turkey season. Turkey hunters harvested a statewide total of 16,121 wild turkeys, topping last year’s stats by 2,500 turkeys.

Nine of the sites are in southern Illinois, including four in Williamson County, three in Saline County and one each in Perry and Gallatin counties.