Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)

Lauren Gleason, interim volunteer coordinator of Illinois State Historic Sites in Springfield, and Margo Carlen, volunteer services coordinator at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, discuss the importance of volunteers to nonprofits and opportunities available.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced State Historic Sites in Springfield will host a series of tours continuing through…

A group of 16 Illinois organizations and agencies have teamed up to help the monarch butterfly survive. For Earth Day, the team unveiled additional steps…

After weeks of robust discussion and a parliamentary hold on the legislation, lawmakers are now moving forward with an effort to hopefully enhance the…

Environmental groups in Illinois are renewing their push to stop fracking in Illinois before it starts. In November, a Kansas-based company withdrew its…

Nearly everyone will visit a cemetery at some point in their life - but most don't realize the rich diversity of history they have to offer. They contain…

Change is coming to the state agency that oversees historic sites and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Illinois' Historic Preservation…

A huge fish that has been considered extinct in Illinois for over 50 years is being reintroduced into Illinois waterways. The goal is to bring back a…

A key source of funding for the Department of Natural Resources could be blocked. Or maybe not.TRANSCRIPT: Next month, Illinois voters will be asked…

Illinois hunters are gearing up to harvest bobcats, for the first time since the '70s.Interest in participating is outpacing the permit supply. Bobcats…