The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering a one-day, “Boat America” class Saturday, Dec. 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Cypress Lake Community Church, 8260
A randy roving bucks in the suburbs, a record Great Lakes smallmouth bass, a question on certified scales and an observation on bait-stealing channel catfish on the Rock River are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
A bounding spike at a North Side cemetery, a question on timberdoodles, Babe Ruth’s record-book buck and building fish habitats at Willow Slough are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
A photo of deer and sandhill cranes eating together, the first count of sandhills at Jasper-Pulaski FWA, a comment on Illgen Falls, and the ways of bowfin males are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.