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 ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Visitors will soon get the opportunity to see a part of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Williamson County that is normally closed to the public. The ...

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 ...

MARION — The Little Grassy Lake dam and spillway structure on Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) is now over 80 years old. The age of this structure is beyond its engineered design life.

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 ...

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 ...

CRAB ORCHARD, IL (WSIL) -- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge's 49th annual Kids Free Fishing Derby is Saturday, June 17. It's for kids 12 years old and younger. Registration starts at 8 a.m.