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July 5
Last day residents may apply for fall
shotgun turkey permits, first lottery.
Last day residents may apply for free
dove permits, first lottery.
July 9
Moraine Hills SP photo contest dead-line,
3 p.m. (postmarked).
Hummingbird Festival, Siloam
Springs SP, Clayton.*
Guided Hike Kankakee River SP,
Bourbonnais. 9-10:30 a.m.*
Nature Scavenger Hunt, Kankakee
River SP, Bourbonnais. 1-2 p.m.*
Rotary Youth Fishing Derby, west
bank Kaskaskia River, Carlyle. Youth 12
and under with parent/guardian. See
playandstaycarlyle.com/events.htm.
July Calendar
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July 2011
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To learn more about this photo, visit http:
//dnr.state.il.us/oi/activity.html.
*Sources of information
ENTICE: dnr.illinois.gov/education
McHenry Dam/Moraine Hills SP/Volo
Bog SNA: dnr.state.il.us/education/interprt/
volo/volobog.htm
Women in the Outdoors: womenintheout
doors.org
Illinois Audubon Society: illinoisaudubon.
org/mainlinks/events/h-birdfestival.html
Kankakee River State Park: dnr.state.il.us/
education/interpret/knr/knr_2011Progr
ams.pdf
Apply for free upland game hunts
(Aug.1-31).
Special Wildlife Funds Habitat and
Pheasant Fund grant applications due.
August 2
Opening free dove permits phone-in
period.
Archery deer, turkey and firearm youth
deer permits on sale over-the-counter.
August 3
Grand American, World Shooting and
Recreational Complex, Sparta. See box
(Aug 3-13).
August 4
Hummingbird Festival, Sullivan’s
Farm, Rushville.*
August 5
OutdoorIllinois photo contest dead-line
(postmarked).
Redneck Fishing Tournament, Bath.
Call (309) 546-2545 (Aug. 5-6).
August 6
Women in the Outdoors, Red Hills
SP, Sumner.*
Hummingbird Festival, Lincoln’s New
Salem SHS, Petersburg.*
Biodiversity of the Cache, River Wet-lands
Center, Cypress. 10-11 a.m. Call
(618) 657-2064.
Water Bugs, Kankakee River SP, Bour-bonnais.
1-2 p.m.
Bats in your Belfry, Volo Bog SNA,
Ingleside. 6:50-9 p.m.*
August 7
Hummingbird Festival, Trail of Tears
SF, Jonesboro.*
July 16
Moraine Hills SP photo contest vot-ing,
McHenry (July 16-Sept. 30).
Insect Safari, Kankakee River SP,
Bourbonnais. 1-2 p.m.*
Oregon Trail Days Festival, Oregon,
Ill. See oregontraildays.org (July 16-17).
July 18
Jeremiah Sportsmen Youth Fishing
Day, Miller Park, Bloomington. See larrys
fishinghole.com.
July 19
Last day to apply for free dove per-mits,
second lottery.
July 22
Stargazing, Argyle Lake SP, Colch-ester.
8:30-10 p.m. See dnr.state.il.us/
education/interprt/Argyle/index.htm.
July 23
Hummingbird Festival, Hanft Park,
New Athens.*
Women in the Outdoors, Wilham
Farm, Elkhart.*
Slimes and Scales, Kankakee River SP,
Bourbonnais. 1-2 p.m.*
July 24
International Bog Day, Volo Bog SNA,
Ingleside. Noon-4 p.m.*
July 29
Bats in Your Belfry, Volo Bog SNA,
Ingleside. 6:45-9 p.m.
C. Morgenthaler Bass Tournament for
Special Olympics Illinois, Rend Lake, Ben-ton.
E-mail kjhenson@soill.org (July 29-30).
July 30
Bats in Your Belfry, Volo Bog SNA,
Ingleside. 6:50-9 p.m.*
Hummingbird Festival, Oakland.*
Illinois Owls, Kankakee River SP,
Bourbonnais. 1-2 p.m.*
July 31
Hummingbird Festival, Lewis & Clark
SHS, Hartford.*
August 1
Squirrel season opens (Aug.1-Feb. 15,
2012); closed during regular firearm
deer seasons (Nov. 18-20 and Dec. 1-4).
What’sHappening
For a list of shooting events at the World
Shooting and Recreational Complex, Sparta,
see www.dnr.illinois.gov/Pages/default.aspx.
For a complete listing of all NWTF ban-quets,
go to www.nwtf.org or www.illinois
nwtf.org.
