• Friday, June 12th, 2009
Learn How To Fish.
Free Fishing Clinics are held at more than 33 local parks statewide, beginning in mid-June and continuing through mid-August.
Trained instructors conduct the 2.5-hour clinics twice daily, Monday through Friday. The clinics teach safety, proper angler ethics, the aquatic food chain, fish identification, knot tying, the importance of becoming good stewards of natural resources and the importance of choosing good friends.
Most of each clinic is spent actually fishing a stocked lake. Additional information on sites hosting Free Fishing Clinics is available.
• Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Hey guys I have been getting a few questions on when the next hunter safety classes would be. If you go to the IDNR page and search hunter safety, or go to http://dnr.state.il.us/Safety/map.htm and click on your region of Illinois, it will take you to a screen where you can see the counties. Select a county and it will show you all the hunting, boating and trapping safety classes available in your area.
Just remember on those days you HAVE to attend all the session to get certified, which is a minimum of 10 hours!!!
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• Monday, January 12th, 2009
Hi everyone!! My name is Alison Brentzel. I will be the new IL regional youth program coordinator. The reason I am posting is to say hello and give you a little information about me. I recently graduated from UNK in Nebraska with a degree in Park and Recreation Management with Natural Resources. I was born and raised in Grand Island, Nebraska. I love to hunt and fish, and to share those experiences with others. I just moved to Dundee, Illinois and will be working with Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation and with 5 Pheasant Forever chapter in Illinois. I will be putting on programs for youth in the area. These activities will be open to the public, so bring your friends!! So if you have any suggestions for activities you would like for me to put on let me know. My email address is abrentzel@pheasantsforever.org.
Also if you are interested in starting a chapter in your area, or starting a youth council for your chapter contact me and I can get you the information you need. Or if you have any other questions reguarding outdoor education and pheasants forever.
