Designed
for Shooters,
Built for
Recreation
120 Trap Houses stretching
more than 3.5 miles
16 lighted Trap Fields
Two 15-station Sporting
Clay Courses
37,000-square-foot
Events Center
More than 1,000 RV sites on
1,600+ sprawling acres
Full-service Restaurant
and Bar
New in 2008—Fishing
Site of the
August 6-16, 2008
Amateur Trapshooting Association’s
Grand American
For a detailed schedule, visit www.shootata.com.
NEW
The World According to John Muir,
Cache River Wetlands Center, Cypress.
7-8 p.m. For information, call (618) 657-
2064.
August 1
Apply for free upland game hunts
(Aug.1-31).
Apply for free youth deer permits
(Aug.1-14).
Squirrel season opens (Aug.1-Feb. 15,
2009); closes during firearm deer sea-son.
August 2
Women in the Outdoors, Red Hills
SP, Sumner. Registration required.*
Hummingbird Festival, Trail of Tears
SF, Jonesboro. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For infor-mation,
call (217) 544-2479 or visit
www.illinoisaudubon.org (Aug. 2-3).
Owl Prowl, Argyle Lake SP, Colch-ester.
8-9:30 a.m. For information, call
(309) 776-3422.
Birds of Prey, Kankakee River SP,
Bourbonnais. 2-3:30 p.m. For informa-tion,
call (815) 933-1383.
Tremendous Trees, Beall Woods SP,
Mt. Carmel. 9 a.m. 3-mile hike. For infor-mation,
call (618) 298-2442.
August 8
Illinois State Fair, Springfield. Visit
Conservation World for free family
entertainment beginning at 10 a.m. dai-ly.
OutdoorIllinois Adventure Package
details provided in August issue (Aug. 8-
17).
August 10
Hummingbird Festival, Pere Mar-quette
SP, Grafton. 2-5:30 p.m. For infor-mation,
call (217) 544-2479 or visit
www.illinoisaudubon.org.
Birds of Prey, Kankakee River SP,
Bourbonnais. 2-3:30 p.m. For informa-tion,
call (815) 933-1383.
Cold-blooded Creatures of the Cache,
Cache River Wetlands Center, Cypress.
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. For information, call
(618) 657-2064.
July 14
Teacher workshop on GPS, Hamilton-
Jefferson Regional Office of Education,
Mt. Vernon. Registration required.*
Teacher workshop on Lake Michigan
Fishes, online. Registration required
(July 14-27).*
July 16
Teacher workshop on Illinois Bats,
Fermilab, Batavia. Registration required.*
North Avenue Beach Cleanups, North
Avenue Beach (North Avenue and Lake
Shore Drive), Chicago. For information
or RSVP contact coastalallies@great
lakes.org.
July 18
Full Moon.
2008 “Original” Redneck Fishing Tour-nament,
Bath. For information and regis-tration,
call (309) 546-2545 or visit www.
lighthousetelevisual.com (July 18-19).
July 19
Canoeing Tours of Lake Argyle,
Argyle Lake SP, Colchester. 10 a.m.-
noon. Free. Space limited; call (309)
776-3422 to register.
July 25
Third Quarter Moon.
July 26
Women in the Outdoors, Lake Spring-field/
Bridgeview Park Building,
Chatham. Registration required.*
Insect Discovery Safari, Argyle Lake
SP, Colchester. 1-3p.m. For information,
call (309) 776-3422.
Sunset Hike, Nachusa Grassland,
Franklin Grove. 7:30 p.m. A 2-mile
off-trail hike. For information, call (630)
309-2110.
July 3
New Moon.
July 10
First Quarter Moon.
July 11
Wildflower Weekend, Nygren Wet-land
Preserve, Rockton. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call
(815) 964-6666 for information or visit
www.naturalland.org (July 11, 12 & 13).
July 12
Women in the Outdoors, Mill Creek
Park, Marshall. Registration required.*
Bio Diversity Blitz!, Ill. State Museum,
Springfield. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Live bat show
by the Organization for Bat Conservation.
Call (217) 782- 5993 for information.
July Calendar
of Events
July 2008
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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27 28 29 30 31
What’sHappening
To learn more about this photo, visit www.
dnr.state.il.us/OI/calendar/index.htm.
*Sources of information
Women in the Outdoors programs: www.
womenintheoutdoors.org.
Teacher Workshops: www.ilcf.org/work
shop/courses.asp.
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Organized canoe trips are taking place
throughout the month. For additional informa-tion
visit www.prairiestatecanoeists.org.
Wingshooting Clinics: www.dnr.state.il.us/
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