Lew Freedman

Her blonde hair is short, but growing back after months of chemotherapy, and DeeDee Jonrowe can joke about it now. "I'm never going to cut my hair again," she says....

Ask Brent Manning what he considers his greatest accomplishment as he leaves the position of director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for a similar position in Wyoming, and...

Hy Erickson sat in the blind with a professional hunter on the warm afternoon, waiting for his lion to be tempted. Silence and patience ruled as they hunkered down, hoping...

Safari Club International. The name carries the whiff of romance, the image of overseas adventure. But for some it also implies exclusion--a group just for rich hunters. No more. As...

What a dilemma. You are a poor college student walking through the grocery store and you have only enough money for either a six-pack of beer or a half-gallon of...

Catching Lake Michigan coho might be harder next year because of a surprisingly low rate of reproduction last fall, but anglers might have more luck with rainbow trout and steelhead....

Staving off development in the early 21st Century to preserve open space can be like counting on the drainage system to handle a tidal wave. Especially in Illinois, where only...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail is one of the great Everyman adventures. You don't have to be Superman to cover the 2,160 miles on foot between Georgia and Maine, you don't...

As the new year dawns and the gubernatorial administration of Rod Blagojevich prepares to assume command, the days are running out on Brent Manning's leadership of the Illinois Department of...

Seeking out saved pennies and moving unspent funds from a variety of accounts will allow the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to contribute $2 million toward the installation of a...