A spontaneous midnight boat ride along the North Branch featured Chicago’s latest famed fauna. Local Lens is a series where ...

It turns out that beavers in this rural area can remarkably stop almost all pollution that arises from livestock waste and ...

In a pond off the beaten path in Grand Rapids, hundreds of dead fish — carp, bluegill and bass — are piled up against a ...

A consultant has been hired to review the best way to remove a low-head dam and improve the area around it at an eastern Iowa park. DNR River Programs Coordinator Nate Hoogeveen says the Palisades ...

Students at several Sangamon and Macoupin counties schools will get to experience Illinois state parks and natural areas ...

Over 7,000 students in Illinois will have the chance to visit state parks, museums and other natural resources this year, ...

Beaver dams support biodiversity but can hinder fish migration, highlighting the need for balanced conservation strategies.

SPRINGFIELD More than 7,000 students will visit Illinois state parks, natural areas, museums and other natural resources ...

The General Services Administration, working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, has notified landlords that federal agencies will be terminating hundreds of leases for offices and b ...

Hundreds of leases for offices and buildings will be terminated as soon as this summer at the behest of Elon Musk's DOGE.

How tribal leaders, commercial fisherman and a few small environmental groups won an uphill campaign against dams.

The changes beavers make can help land hold onto water and release it slowly, which eases flooding and stalls drought.