“Alton, Illinois, the hometown of jazz musician Miles Davis, is located where Route 66 meets the Great River Road. This ...

ST. LOUIS The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District will host two public meetings to present the findings of the ...

Anticipating a lack of federal funding under the new presidential administration, Illinois has postponed construction in a long-awaited $1.15 billion project to stop the movement of invasive carp up ...

They gather in bigger numbers at locks and dams ... Rivers and Routes of Southwestern Illinois recommend looking to the cliffs for eagles. Along the Great River Road, which spans from Alton ...

CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - The 41st Annual Bald Eagle Watch took place in Clinton on Saturday. The family-friendly event included education programs, environmental exhibits, and eagle viewing. The ...

Signed into law Jan. 4, this year’s package includes studies on increased flooding in the upper basin, flood mitigation ...

The data that Burdis and Jankowski are looking at is much newer, dating back about 30 years, but it shows a similar trend.

A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy ...

New construction — like wider, more modern locks and dams on the upper river — is paid for through a public-private partnership: the private dollars in the fund, and federal dollars allocated ...

The Joliet City Council approved spending $115,000 to buy two of seven parcels needed for the levee to be built along the ...

“They are found widely elsewhere too, mostly near bodies of water, but the highest numbers are typically right along the river.” Save Our Eagles, a program from the Illinois Department ... They gather ...

A mix of outdoors stories from Illinois, including information on nominating the Illinois Outdoor News Person of the Year ...