WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Grab the fishing poles and the kids for a family fun day at Crab Orchard Lake. Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge will host its annual Kids Free Fishing Derby, ...

MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge will host its 51st annual Kids Free Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 8. The fishing derby is for kids ages 12 and younger. The event is ...

MARION — One project at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is moving full steam ahead while another is treading water. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials, headlined by national deputy ...

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge will celebrate its 75th birthday at the new refuge headquarters, located just south of Refuge Drive Oct. 8. Neil Vincent, Visitor Services Manager at the refuge ...

MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - Crab Orchard Refuge in Marion, Illinois is offering a chance to view eagles the first weekend of February. According to a release, the free Eagle Tours will take place on ...

Nearly 1 million people visited Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge near Marion, Ill., last year to see wetlands, lakes, agricultural land and a variety of birds, flowers and trees. Martha Breeze of ...

In this episode of NatureScene, SCETV host Jim Welch along with naturalist Rudy Mancke take us to Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. NatureScene is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...

ENERGY, Ill. -- The old visitor’s center at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is being demolished. On Tuesday morning, a demolition crew was picking up the pieces and placing it in large ...

MARION, Ill. (WSIL) -- If you are looking to spot some eagles, you are in luck. Eagle tours will be available for the public in early February at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. The Friends ...

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