The deadline for Illinois residents to apply for the first spring turkey permit lottery has been extended until Friday, Dec. 8. Last year's participants should already have received this year's application in the mail. As the end of the year approaches, the Illinois Conservation Foundation urges you to remember that this is the perfect time to make end of year charitable contributions in making plans for the tax season. A gift to the Illinois Conservation Foundation is fully tax deductable to the extent allowed by law. Reservations are being taken for the Bald Eagle programs at Pere Marquette State Park .
All interpretive programs are free.
The only cost is your lunch. Be sure to dress warmly and bring binoculars if you have them. The manual includes information about trapping laws and recent innovations in traps and trapping systems. Many of the new systems come from ongoing efforts to find traps which perform as well as older designs yet cause fewer injuries and are more selective. Trapping equipment and methods are a core part of the manual, but it also covers topics such as preparing and marketing furs, recipes, and wildlife ecology and conservation.