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Camp Big Sky in central Illinois is a place where special needs children and adults can fish, hike, boat and enjoy the outdoors -- often for the first time. STORY & COMMENTS
Lincoln Park Zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute has started a survey of what sort of wildlife is migrating into the Chicago region -- and where. STORY & COMMENTS
With bluegill, catfish and crappie all biting and a decent weather forecast on tap, this Memorial Day weekend looks promising for Illinois anglers. STORY & COMMENTS
Bluegill are bedding and channel catfish are coming shallow to spawn across Illinois, offering what should be very good fishing if weather forecasts hold for Memorial Day weekend. STORY & COMMENTS
Ornithologists estimate one-tenth of all the golden plovers in existence depend on the crop fields of Douglas County in Illinois during their northward migration. STORY & COMMENTS
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