Changes affect handfishing, bass tournaments, and paddlefish and trout anglers PRATT -- Hard copies of the 2007 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary booklet will be available in early January, and anglers should be aware of several new regulations that take effect Jan. 1, 2007. Two new regulations deal with handfishing in certain parts of the ... Read More

Changes include reduced fees, changes to methods of take, much more PRATT -- Hard copies of the 2008 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary booklet won't be available until early January, but anglers should be aware of several new regulations that take effect Jan. 1, 2008. The most welcome regulations should be reduction of youth trout and paddl ... Read More

Changes include reduced fees, changes to methods of take, much more Printed copies of the 2008 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary won't be available until early January, but anglers should be aware of several new regulations that take effect Jan. 1, 2008. The most welcome changes should be reduction of youth trout and paddlefish fees, as wel ... Read More

Changes include reduced fees, changes to methods of take, much more PRATT -- Printed copies of the 2008 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary booklet are now available at most license vendors and offices of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, and anglers should be aware of several new regulations that took effect Jan. 1. The most welco ... Read More

Angler "guidebook" summarizes 2008 changes...and much more Printed copies of the 2008 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary booklet are now available at license vendors and offices of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.Anglers should be aware of several new regulations that took effect Jan. 1. The most welcome regulations shoul ... Read More

Preventive maintenance helps ensure a safe, fun day on the lakePRATT — It's springtime in the Sunflower State, and boaters and fishermen are lining up at boat ramps to enjoy the state's abundant fishing and boating opportunities. But the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) advises boaters to make sure their watercraft are "seaw ... Read More

Could affect Council Grove Reservoir, Emporia water supplyPRATT — In late June, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) research biologists received a report that a zebra mussel had been found in Council Grove City Lake. On June 28, aquatic nuisance species (ANS) specialist Jason Goeckler, fisheries biologist Craig Johnson, and a fisher ... Read More

Two fatalities, two near-misses were all avoidablePRATT — Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) natural resource officers worked three boating-related incidents in the past week, two of which were fatal. The first incident occurred at Marion Reservoir in Marion County at 1:41 p.m. on Friday, April 29, killing a 70-year-old man when th ... Read More

Boaters reminded of threat and prevention steps before holiday weekendEMPORIA – On Wednesday, June 29, 2011, officials with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that zebra mussels have been found in Council Grove Reservoir in Morris County and Melvern Reservoir in Osage County. Addi ... Read More

July 20, 2012EMPORIA – Officials with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and the Wolf Creek Generating Station announced Friday that zebra mussels have been found in Coffey County Lake. Officials knew it was a matter of time before zebra mussels appeared in the lake near Burlington because the aquatic nuisance species (ANS) ha ... Read More