Articles filed under Outdoors
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Old Christmas trees make new homes for Baker’s Lake birdsApr 30, 2013 12:38 pm - Citizens for Conservation volunteers and numerous Cook County Forest Preserve police and Crabtree Nature Center staff made the annual trek across Baker’s Lake in Barring...
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Coast Guard boat safety checks offeredApr 29, 2013 4:32 pm - The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering free vessel safety checks to all boaters to look for problems and ensure each meets the minimum state and federal safety requi...
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Has Des Plaines River flood prevention stalled?Apr 27, 2013 11:00 pm - Only 1 of 6 projects from 1980s finished
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New maps show where the Asian carp areApr 26, 2013 2:43 pm - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Geological Survey have released “Asian Carp Distribution in North America,” which dis...
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Even on fishing shows, how you speak mattersApr 24, 2013 11:04 am - A very angry Rick G. wrote to me after his visit to his local pharmacy. “I was so sick I couldn’t stop throwing up,” he said, “so I had to buy some over-the-counter conc...
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Be careful — you may not be legally covered with umbrella rigsApr 17, 2013 11:04 am - It was during an autumn largemouth bass foray when I saw an angler break the law — the Illinois law, that is. I’d just caught my fourth bass of the session using a pre-r...
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Ralph Frese memorial canoe trip is SundayApr 12, 2013 5:25 pm - Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, General Superintendent Arnold Randall and Marc Miller, director of the Illinois Department of N...
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First year rowing club a big hit for St. Charles studentsApr 11, 2013 4:51 pm - D. Tyler Miller spent his youth and college years as a competitive rower developing his shoulders, lats and legs. Now he’s got your back. Last August the California tran...
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The verdict is in, and it’s time to go fishingApr 10, 2013 3:31 pm - Yes, ready or not, the fishing season is here and off and running. Some of the angling brethren have been acting a bit like wild children who’ve been sequestered for an ...
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Big fun right now chasing shallow-water brownsApr 10, 2013 11:04 am - Have we angered the weather gods? Is there a possibility some outer space planetary misalignment is causing this country to suffer through the constant, never-ending sti...