One of the first things you read on the Illinois Department of Natural Resources'' Disabled Outdoors Opportunities Web site is a call for ideas. It reads "Tell us more about you and what you would like to see the department do!" and it includes a feedback form. "I always listen, and people are not bashful," said Jay Williams, who runs the program for the IDNR. "I''ll do whatever I can do to help them out." Williams'' department is one of the country''s best, and he''s trying to make Illinois the leader once again in 2003. He plans on 70-plus special events from Rockford to Cave-in-Rock. There are also plans to expand existing programs. "Our calendar of events is pretty much the same, but we''re working on expanding to seasonlong hunts where anybody and everybody can hunt," Williams said. "For example, Starved Rock wanted an archery hunt but couldn''t do it because of the hikers and so many people who use the park. Well there''s a satellite park at Matthiesen State Park. We''ve set up an archery hunt at Matthiesen which will last 3 1/2 months. "We want a goose hunter not just to hunt for two or three days, but to be able to hunt the whole goose season." There are other examples of Williams starting a program because of a phone call. He was contacted about starting a disabled hunt at Jubilee Park west of Peoria two years ago, and the park hosted its second special archery deer hunt there last week. "Two heads are better than one," said Williams, who is based in Benton. "I''m sitting down here trying to think of stuff for everyone in the state. We''re trying to make places reasonably accessible." His next focus will be expanding opportunities for wild turkey hunters. "I''d love to do something more with turkeys," Williams said. "We''re working on different things to make a hunt for turkey hunters. There are places in the state where we''ll be able to do that. People are doing it now, but we''re talking about statewide." Williams said the IDNR is experimenting with upland game carts  carts pushed by Gator ATVs  at Moraine View, Kankakee River and Eldon Hazlet state parks. Along with all the other scheduled events, from shooting tournaments to fishing days, new opportunities will make the state''s program even stronger. And Williams wants to get the word out. "We''ve got a Web site and we''re finally getting around 500 hits a week," Williams said. "We need more than that, and people are finding out more through the Web site, Hunter''s Digest and the media." Anyone interested can check out the Web site at http://dnr.state.il.us/doo/index.htm or contact Williams at (618) 439-9111 or at jwilliams1@dnrmail.state.il.us. * CWD rules change. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is allowing hunters to bring deer and elk hunted out of state back into Illinois as long as the carcasses are brought to a licensed meat processor or taxidermist within 72 hours of entering the state. The rule amends the earlier prohibition on the transportation of hunter-harvested deer and elk into the state. The change helps ensure animal parts are being properly disposed of and is a result of public comment about restrictions put in place this summer to help prevent chronic wasting disease. Brian Dietz is a News-Gazette staff writer. His outdoors column runs Thursdays. If you have an outdoors-related item of interest, please call 443-8945, write to The News-Gazette at 137 N. Walnut St., Danville, IL 61832 or e-mail bdietz@news-gazette.com.