• Non-toxic shot required for ALL SHOTGUN hunting.
• No motorized boats allowed - carry-in ONLY.
• Electronic Daily hunt permits ARE REQUIRED for ALL hunting.
• Target practice or target shooting is NOT ALLOWED.
• Trapping is by permit only. The permit may be obtained from the Lovewell Area Office.
• No trash receptacles are provide on the area. Please take your trash with you.
• All motorized vehicles MUST remain on maintained roadways or parking areas.

In Republic County just southeast of the  town of Talmo, lies a 1,400 acre historic wetland known as Talmo or Seapo(a Native American word meaning ‘great salt basin’), and sometimes known as the “Tuthill Marsh”(named for the first European settler in this area, J.G. Tuthill).  Parcels of this rather large, alkaline wetland have been purchased by the KS. Dept. of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism to create approximately 950 acres of new lands open to outdoor recreation. Soon after Kansas statehood, the marsh at Talmo was also one of the original salt marshes deeded to the State by the 36th Congress during Abraham Lincoln’s term in office. Before Kansas was settled by Europeans, salt marshes and salt springs were used by wildlife, Native Americans, and early travelers. Wild animals of the plains, especially bison, deer, antelope, and elk obtained salt from places known as licks or salt flats, where saline ground water reaches the surface and then evaporated during dry times, leaving salt on top of the ground. Early hunters visited the salt marshes to hunt and collect salt. During the wetter times of the year waterfowl and shorebirds in large numbers used these areas for migration stopovers. The area was highly modified during the late 1960's in an attempt to farm the area. After multiple years of farming and flooding, the area was primarily used for grazing cattle.