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As we flock further into the second decade of this millennium, many programs and projects are switching to online-based features in an effort to better promote eco-friendliness, reduce wasted postage, and, more importantly, increase ease of access for constituents and data recovery. The IDNR Turkey Brood Survey is one such project.
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May 1, 2023
Inventories of Illinois fish began in the mid-1800s with almost 75 percent of Illinois’ fish species documented by 1858. Now, nearly 40 years after a 1979 document on the fishes of Illinois, a team has produced a publication documenting 217 species of fish in Illinois.
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May 1, 2023
What role do the FLOY tags, jaw tags, pit tags, Coded Wire Tags and fin clipping that are used by Illinois Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists play in fisheries management? This story provides all the answers.
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May 1, 2023
Which dragonfly or damselfly species might be present at locations within Illinois? A state inventory entailing insect collections, data submitted by community scientists and a new field field project will improve the knowledge of the distributions of these insects in Illinois.
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May 1, 2023
The next time you are in your yard, on a hike, or out hunting or fishing, look closely at the trees and plants around you. Do you see stunted, folded, curled or cupped leaves? If you are observing these symptoms in numerous species, you may be observing injuries caused by drifting herbicides.
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