– This ‘n’ that: . . . Look for wild eagles feeding below several dams on the Mississippi, Illinois and Rock rivers. Hundreds have migrated into Illinois for the winter. . . . Hunting for raccoon and opossum in the North Zone ends at midnight Jan. 25. . . . Snow goose hunting will be allowed at Sanchris Lake and Freeman Mine between Feb. 6 and March 9. Permits are issued at the sites. Call 217-498-9208. . . . Retired Cook County Forest Preserve Superintendent Art Janura has been honored with his name on a 4,500-acre tract of woods near Hoffman Estates.
– An index of Illinois DNR aerial photography holdings is on the Web at http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/ISGSindex.html. . . . Another mind-boggling address leads to information about Illinois mammals on the “Ecology and Conservation of Illinois’ Fur Rescources” site at http://www.ihns.uiuc.edu/dnr/fur/.
– Ohio’s DNR is proudly testing a 54-foot trawler to be used for Lake Erie fisheries research, much to the envy of Illinois fishery biologists, who generally hire commercial vessels for work on Lake Michigan.
– While Chicago’s lakefront anglers still reveled in the discovery that northern pike have increased in certain harbors, word comes of several major catches nearby–before the big freeze shut down conventional fishing. A 44-incher, easily weighing 20 pounds, was caught and released on Lake Waubesa near Madison, Wis., and Illinois’ Kishwaukee River yielded a bunch of nice examples, including northerns of 35 and 32 inches. That 44-incher is a Canadian-quality catch.
