Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. An excellent all-around birding area, Crab Orchard is located in southern Illinois near Carbondale and Marion. The 44,000-acre refuge centers on 7,000-acre Crab ...

The FWS conducted a dam and spillway safety modification study to “address structural deficiencies and improve functionality,” according to an article by Justin Sexton, the refuge manager of Crab ...

— When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that Little Grassy Lake in Marion, Illinois, would be drained due to safety concerns, one of the first questions raised was the fate of recreational ...

”Given that Little Grassy Lake was built upstream of Crab Orchard Lake, this series of dams could set off a cascade of infrastructure failures if the dam at Little Grassy Lake fails and would result ...

Their contract with the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge at Little Grassy Lake expired. Even though he's worked on Little Grassy for 16 years, it's been a second home to him for about 30. "I ...

The lake is in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, and manager Justin Sexton said the lake is planned to stay open as long as it is safe to do so, even when the lake is drained considerably.

"I'm 20 weeks pregnant. I can't die today," she told the dispatcher just before 2 a.m., KFVS reported. The young woman was en route to pick up her boyfriend from work when her car malfunctioned.

Sheriff's deputies in Williamson County, Illinois, are being praised for their quick actions that saved a pregnant woman trapped in a runaway car on Monday.The woman called 911 in a panic ...