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Experts provide guidelines on Injured or orphaned wildlife

— April 18, 2022

If you’ve found sick or injured wildlife, either leave the animal or bird where you found it and let nature take its course or call a wildlife rehabilitator. The Illinois Department…

Learn about the native Illinois milkweed
— July 9, 2021

In recent years, milkweeds have gained attention from the public due to their exclusive relationship with the monarch butterfly. “Many people are familiar with common milkweed,”…
New laser helps center treat injured native wildlife
— January 7, 2021

DuPage Forest Preserve District’s Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn is providing its native wildlife patients with innovative pain relief thanks to a new therapeutic laser…
Eagle dad at Mooseheart steps up to feed, care for eaglets
— June 10, 2019

A special local dad has stepped up — just in time for Father’s Day. When a bald eagle mother nesting on the Mooseheart campus was struck and killed by a car on May 29, her partner…
Experts warn about long-term problems of feeding wildlife
— April 23, 2017

How many of you have gone to feed the ducks at a local park or pond near your home? Whoever it was that took you to the pond to feed the ducks more than likely took a bag of white bread…

Experts say baby wildlife on their own rarely need rescuing
— May 5, 2021

Spring is the season of new beginnings, and with that comes close encounters with baby wildlife. A nest of bunnies in your backyard or a baby bird outside its nest can be surprising,…
Census count determines wildlife, environment funding
— August 31, 2020

Federal funding is based on census population, including funding for wildlife, ecosystems, and air and water quality. “Many federally funded programs that keep our drinking…
IDNR: Don’t handle young birds, wildlife during breeding season
— March 29, 2019

Spring is a busy breeding season for wildlife, and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources reminds Illinois residents not to bother or handle baby birds and other young wild animals….