JACKSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - A popular southern Illinois fishing spot is well into the process of being drained. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, it’s part of a two-year process ...

The 43,000-acre Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge near this southern Illinois city is about to become a Superfund site, the first wildlife refuge in the country to be named a toxic-waste ...

MARION — One project at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is moving full steam ahead while another is treading water. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials, headlined by national deputy ...

Crab Orchard is opening up 62-acres of land to hunting at Cypress Creek. Cypress Creekâ ¯National Wildlife Refuge is proposing to updateâ ¯theirâ ¯hunting and fishing programs and is ...

The refuge is home to several species including trophy bucks, turkeys, small game and waterfowl. For management purposes, the lands within the refuge have been divided into an open area and a ...

MARION — The Crab Orchard Greenway Multimodal Network ... trail connecting Carbondale to Marion through the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. The grant comes from the U.S. Department ...

U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) Leaders of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge say the draining of Little Grassy Lake is necessary to keep surrounding communities safe. “It’s sad.

(WSIL) -- Crab Orchard Lake will look slightly different ... your boat on the water at our boat ramps." said Neil Vincent, Refuge Visitor Services Manager. The dam was built in 1938 and it's ...