Local organizations, businesses and community leaders signed a letter to Congressman Mike Bost, urging him to oppose cuts to ...

Illinois isn’t just about open roads—it’s also home to breathtaking gardens and parks that come alive in spring. From cherry blossoms in the city to vast fields of tulips and native wildflowers, here ...

Discover stunning vistas, extraordinary dining experiences, and cultural landmarks in the heart of the Midwest.

Surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest, this region is lush with trees ... of former resident Abraham Lincoln. Find the wayside sign about Lincoln's Taylorville on West Market Street near ...

conducts rare plant surveys for the Shawnee National Forest and teaches “The Flora of Southern Illinois” at Southern Illinois University. Not to mention he’s a good photographer and a social ...

Hence, I expend much more energy and effort looking for turkeys or scouting to find sign of their presence ... Illinois: The Shawnee National Forest, which spans 289,000 acres across nine ...

Now some local groups are calling on Congressman Mike Bost for help. Twenty nine Southern Illinois community stakeholders ...

In the early 1970s the Forest Service began closing Snake Road for three weeks in spring and fall to protect the migrating creatures, Sue Hirsch, a public affairs specialist at Shawnee National ...

Local officials are pushing for more logging in Pennsylvania’s only national forest, and the federal government might grant ...

The Terre Haute resident was then a university student in southern Illinois, surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest.