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- PRATT – While Kansas state parks, fishing lakes and wildlife areas will remain open to the public, effective March 23, 2020, all Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) offices will close for two weeks to prevent potential spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. KDWPT staff plan to resume essential business activities beginning Apr ... Read More
- PRATT – The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) has developed a plan to keep Kansas’ 28 state parks, 63 state fishing lakes, and more than 100 wildlife areas open to the public during the COVID-19 crisis. In addition, KDWPT’s online and mobile sales options allow Kansans to purchase the licenses, permits and reservations th ... Read More
- PRATT – To ensure the health and safety of the public, commissioners and staff, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) is cancelling its March 26, 2020 commission meeting that was scheduled to be held at the Kansas State Historical Society and Museum in Topeka.Regulations that were scheduled to be voted on during the publi ... Read More
- PRATT – Looking to catch a fish, and don’t care whether it’s a crappie, bass or “whatever?” There’s a list for that. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s (KDWPT) “Whatever’s Biting” list ranks waters that provide good fishing for a variety of species. The idea for this list came about from KDWPT fisheries biologists who noted ... Read More
- PRATT – The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) will continue to partner with school districts across the state to offer the Hunter Education in Our Schools program in 2020. The Hunter Education in Our Schools program is an opportunity for students to learn safety, ethics and responsibility while hunting, among other outdoo ... Read More
Current Year News Release Packages
- 3-20-20 KDWPT Offers Online, Mobile Services
- 3-20-20 Kansas State Parks, Fishing Lakes Are Open
- 3-17-20 Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission Meeting Cancelled
- 3-13-20 Catch Rates High at Kansas’ Top “Whatever’s Biting” Waters
- 3-13-20 KDWPT, Kansas Schools Team Up to Teach Hunter Education
- 2-14-20 KDWPT, KDHE Announce Clearest Lakes in Kansas
- 2-14-20 KDWPT, Humboldt High School Provide Safe Haven For Birds
- 1-29-20 KDWPT Launches CampIt KS, HuntFish KS Mobile Apps
- 1-24-20 KDWPT Trails Advisory Board Meeting
- 1-22-20 2020 Fishing Regulations Available Online
- 1-22-20 Potential Regulation Changes Presented to KWPT Commission
- 1-21-20 2019 Birding Big Year Results, 2020 Contest
- 1-21-20 Commission Big Game Permit Winners Announced
- 1-7-2020 World-class Whitetail
- 12-23-19 2019 Wild About Kansas Photo Contest Winners
- 12-19-19 Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission to Meet in Iola
- 12-12-19 Walk Off the Holidays with a First Day Hike
- 12-4-19 KDWPT Working to Combat Declining Turkey Numbers
- 11-27-19 Opt Outside at Kansas State Parks this Black Friday
- 11-21-19 Select Fishing, Hunting, State Park Regulations
- 11-21-19 2019 Kansas State ECO-Meet Results
- 11-21-19 Chickadee Checkoff Small Grants
- 11-15-19 Innovative Efforts of Fisheries Staff Surge Bass Populations
- 11-7-19 Repairs at Clark State Fishing Lake Completed Early
- 11-6-19 KWPT Commission Meeting November 14 in Scott City
- 11-6-19 KWPT Commission Big Game Permits
- 10-15-19 Ancient Bear Skull
- 10-14-19 Agencies Warn of Vehicle-Deer Crashes
- 10-11-19 KDWPT Law Enforcement Loses K-9 Officer in Tragic Incident
- 10-11-19 Rare Species Not Listed as Federally Endangered
- 10-11-19 KDWPT Receives Award for Lesser Prairie-Chicken Project
- 9-26-19 E-bicycles Now Legal at Kansas State Parks
- 9-17-19 Upland Bird Hunting Prospects Are Good
- 9-16-19 Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park to Open October 12
- 9-10-19 KWPT Commission Meeting in Great Bend
- 8-28-19 Kansas State Parks Open for Labor Day
- 8-28-19 KDWPT-managed Dove Fields
- 8-28-19 Gear Up For Fantastic Fall Fishing
- 8-21-19 Commission Approves Backcountry Access Pass Removal
- 8-21-19 Youth Dove Hunts Planned for Opening Day
- 8-5-19 KWPT Commission to Meet August 15
- 8-5-19 Tuttle Creek State Park is Open
- 8-5-19 Kansas Hunting Atlas Debuting Soon
- 7-26-19 Public Waterfowl Meetings
- 7-26-19 Klataske Receives Conservation Award
- 7-17-19 Becoming An Outdoors-Woman Workshop
- 7-17-19 White-nose Syndrome Update
- 7-3-19 Fourth of July at Kansas State Parks
- 7-3-19 Flint Hills Trail Advisory Council Meeting
- 7-3-19 Zebra Mussels in Lyon State Fishing Lake
- 6-26-19 Employee Killed in ATV Accident
- 6-18-19 Commission Approves Select Deer, Antelope Seasons
- 6-18-19 Kansas Wildlife and Parks Magazine
- 6-7-19 Resident Big Game Permit Application Deadline
- 6-5-19 Wild About Kansas Photo Contest
- 6-5-19 KWPT Commission Meeting
- 6-5-19 Great Outdoors Month
- 5-30-19 Free Fishing Weekend
- 5-29-19 Hunter Education Class in Spanish
- 5-29-19 Nonresident Deer Draw Results
- 5-23-19 Flood Impacts on State Parks
- 5-15-19 Update on State Parks
- 5-6-19 Latest Commission Action
- 5-1-19 Chickadee Checkoff Small Grants
- 4-30-19 Kansas Monarch Conservation Plan
- 4-18-19 Miller Appointed
- 4-18-19 Hunting Incidents
- 4-18-19 State Archery Tournament
- 4-16-19 Wings & Wetlands Festival
- 4-10-19 Burn Workshop
- 04-5-19
- 04-5-19 Loveless Confirmed
- 4-3-19 Commission Approves Seasons, Duplicate Fee Removal
- 3-29-19 Glen Elder Walleye Study
- 3-29-19 NR Deer
- 3-20-19 Council Grove Youth Hunt
- 3-15-19 Topeka Commission Meeting
- 3-8-19 Westar Youth Turkey Hunt
- 3-7-19 Spring Turkey Combo
- 2-28-19 Fishing Forecast
- 2-22-19 CWD Update
- 2-13-19 Park Ranger Recognized
- 1-4-19: Unit 4 Spring Turkey Permit Deadline Feb. 8
- 2-1-19 Rooks County Mountain Lion
- 2-8-19: Fisheries Biologist Andrew Schaefer
- 2-6-19 Chickadee Checkoff
- 2-6-19 Spring Special Hunts
- 2-1-19 Legislation Would Not Increase Fees
- 1-31-19 Big Birding Year 2018 Results
- 1-30-19 ANS Testing
- 1-25-19 Kansas Fall and Spring Hunting Atlases Combined
- 1-25-19 Fishing Regulations Available Now
- 1-23-19 Commissioner Big Game Permits Awarded
- 1-23-19 Commission Action
- 1-18-19: Wild About Kansas Photo Contest Results
- 1-18-19 Loveless New Leader of KDWPT
- 1-17-19: Late-season Waterfowl Hunting
- 1-10-19: Kansans Compete In Year-long Competition To Crown State’s Top Birders
- 1-4-19: Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission To Meet In Lawrence
- 12-27-18: Land and Stream Health Workshop
- 12-21-18: New Trail Fee, Fishing Regulations, Turkey Seasons
- 12-20-18: First Day Hikes
- 10-30-18: Celebration of Cranes
- 12-18-18: T&E, SINC List Meetings
- 12-11-18: KDWPT To Remove Access Fees at Two Major Trails
- 12-10-18: Commission Big Game Permit Drawing in January
- 12-10-18: KDWPT Commission Meeting in Wichita
- 12-04-18: Kansas’ Firearm Deer Season Underway
- 11-21-18: Commission Approves Regulations
- 11-21-18: 2018 Pheasant Hunt For Youth and Women At Glen Elder
- 11-15-18: #OptOutside With Kansas State Parks
- 11-13-18: Track Chair Program
- 11-13-18: KDWPT Trails Advisory Board To Meet
- 11-08-18: 2018 State Eco-Meet Results
- 10-9-18: Chickadee Checkoff Small Grants
- 11-05-18: KDWPT Commission to Meet in Russell
- 10-4-18: Deer-Vehicle Accidents
- 10-3-18: Clark SFL
- 10-30-18: Trout Season Opens November 1 at Most Trout Waters
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