An early opportunity at select trout sites – the spring catch-and-release fishing season – will open Saturday, March 22.

The 2025 Illinois spring trout catch-and-release fishing season will open at select sites on Saturday, March 22. The regular ...

West-Central Illinois Master Naturalists contributed more than 1,600 hours of volunteer service in 2024 — an increase of 447 hours from 2023. Their work included removing invasive species at Camp East ...

Over 7,000 students in Illinois will have the chance to visit state parks, museums and other natural resources this year, ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says it’s going to take $19 million to ... “We just put a rough estimate in there from what we'd seen. IDNR would be more knowledgeable about the entire ...

(Photo courtesy of DNR) Springfield — Illinois DNR is looking for Urban Fishing Program instructors to lead summer fishing clinics at locations in a dozen counties around the state. The fishing ...

Robert Crimo III pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in the July 4th, 2022 shooting at a parade in Highland Park, Ill., that killed seven people and wounded dozens ...

When you think about states with high taxes, Illinois may not immediately come to mind. However, the Prairie State has one of the highest sales tax rates in the U.S., some of the highest property ...

That includes funds to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of ...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Power Agency, Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Commerce Commission, Illinois Department of ...

Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the impact that the federal cuts are having on his state, and the importance of Democratic elected ...