SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will conduct a drawing on Aug. 26 for youth to hunt deer during ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources could pay fishers up to $1,000 a month to catch and remove black carp, an ...

From now through August, if you see any wild turkeys, you're asked to record them through this online portal. Here's why it's ...

Greg Bishop May 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM Copied Officials from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources during a Legislative Audit Commission hearing on May 27, 2025 ©BlueRoomStream ...

The IDNR is offering a $100 bounty per each of these invasive fish caught, through the “Keep, Cool, Call” program, subject to funding availability.

Residents in Jo Daviess and Carroll counties are asked to take extra precautions as the bear has been spotted near the Mississippi Palisades State Park and Galena.

Illinois residents urged to take down bird feeders, baths to slow spread of avian flu By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team, WLS Friday, April 22, 2022 ...

Robert Gibson supervises the emergency section in the DNR’s mines and minerals department. He says two-thirds of Illinois was mined for coal, so the risk to structures is widespread.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday the wild birds, mostly snow geese, have been found dead at Baldwin Lake, Pyramid State Recreation Area, Rend Lake and Carlyle Lake.

Four of Illinois' 40 native snake species are venomous, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

The body was recovered on Friday in the general area of the north beach. Coroners identified the victim as 14-year-old Kyle ...

DNR said Seth Egelhoff, 26, of Chesterfield, Illinois, was shot in the face while hunting waterfowl. Egelhoff died while being transported to a hospital.