Yield can be reduced when wildlife feed in agricultural fields. To best protect crops, it is important to know which species is actually causing the damage so that time and resources aren’t wasted managing for the wrong species. Purdue University’s Identification of Wildlife Crop Depredation guide provides producers with photos and other research-based information to help identify crop damage by crop type or wildlife species.
Photo: Chris Young
The Wildlife Illinois website was authorized by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) in partial fulfillment of project W-147-T. The website was developed by the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, 2wav, and the IDNR in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services and University of Illinois Extension to provide research-based information about how to coexist with Illinois wildlife.
