Spring wildlife activities and fishing season events listed
Illinois wildlife actions from March to April include trout stocking at select waters, spawning for muskies and walleyes, steelhead hatching, geese nesting, ducks migrating, turkey breeding, grouse courtship, rabbit nesting, dove return, quail break up, and multiple calendar events. Key deadlines March 15 duck stamp entries and turkey calling windows. openings and hunts span March 20 to April 13, with licenses and permits culminating April 1 and 4.
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Illinois
New Crab Orchard Refuge chief faces vast planning task
Rick Frietsche, appointed June 2001 as manager of Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, oversees three lakes, public use, and a large industrial complex. He replaced Daniel Dashier and must guide the Comprehensive Conservation Plan while balancing bird habitat, waterfowl, road upkeep, and growing public demand. The plan spans 15 to 80 year horizons, with implications for decades.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Rick Frietsche
Crab Orchard Lake
Frietsche
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
Wisconsin
Daniel Dashier
CCP
Spring Beauty On Shawnee Trails Amid Quiet Creek
A winter sun day at Iron Furnace Picnic Area in Shawnee National Forest inspires a couple and their dog Buck to explore Big Creek Trail. They notice emergent green shoots and spring beauties, spot a downy woodpecker, and observe a white sycamore over the blue sky. The creek runs swift with emerald pools and a large beaver population leaves chewed stumps and a beaver slide downstream.
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Buck
Iron Furnace
Shawnee National Forest
Big Creek
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Cpos
Glen O. Jones Lake
Bend Lake
Giant City State Park
Women and Children’s Archery Clinic
Mermet Lake
Rend Lake
South Zone
Gil
Vicki Ash
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Les Winkeler
Ort
Cambria Rd
Hurst
Yamaha
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