For the first time in its 62-year history, the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission (INPC), a division of the IL DNR, was addressed by a federally recognized tribe, the Ho-Chunk Nation (HCN). A proposal co-authored by staff members of JDCF and Bill Quackenbush, Tribal...

Spring is in the air – become a citizen scientist by counting birds  Although it has faded from the national news cycle, Avian Bird Flu continues to have a negative impact on a variety of wild bird species including hawks, eagles, owls, crows, vultures,...