CLINTON, Ill. (WAND) – A new wheelchair-accessible hunting blind has been built near Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, offering disabled hunters in Central Illinois a safe and permanent structure to continue enjoying the outdoors.

The project was spearheaded by Clinton Lake Ducks Unlimited , which has a history of supporting accessibility for sportsmen and women.

Monte Campbell, area chairman, said this blind replaces an older structure that had deteriorated.

“This is a wheelchair accessible disabled person hunting blind for waterfowl,” Campbell explained. “We built another blind in 2004, and this one had been here, but was deteriorating so bad. We built a new one and tried to make it a permanent structure so it would last for a lot of years.”

Campbell said the effort is about ensu

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