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Donation adds approximately 4,000 acres for spring turkey hunters PRATT -- Kansas turkey hunters will have new hunting areas during the 2006 spring turkey season through a partnership between the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP). The NWTF Kansas State Chapter has donated funds to ... Read More


Donation adds approximately 4,000 acres for spring turkey hunters Kansas turkey hunters will have new hunting areas during the 2006 spring turkey season through a partnership between the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP). The NWTF Kansas State Chapter has donated funds to KDWP's Kan ... Read More


KDWP to collect deer in vicinity of state’s first chronic wasting disease occurrence ST. FRANCIS – Kansas Department Wildlife and Parks staff will conduct additional sampling of deer in Cheyenne County this month, in response to the recent confirmation of the state’s first occurrence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer. A total o ... Read More


Hunters gear up for traditional opening day The 2006 Kansas firearms deer season opens Wednesday, November 29, and runs through Sunday, December 10, and to borrow a line from an old commercial, “We’ve come a long way, baby!” Just more than 40 years ago, Kansans went afield for the first modern deer season, and since then, we’ve seen many pos ... Read More


Regulations to be set on general sportfish length and creel limits,
prohibition of white perchPRATT -- The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission will conduct a public meeting and hearing at Southwestern College, Wroten Hall in Winfield on Thursday, Jan. 11. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 p.m. The evening public hearing will begin at 7 ... Read More


Regulations to be set on general sportfish length and creel limits, prohibition of white perch The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission will conduct a public meeting and hearing at Southwestern College, Wroten Hall in Winfield on Thursday, Jan. 11. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 p.m. The evening public hearing will begin at 7 p.m ... Read More


Counting backyard birds doubles the pleasure of winter activityPRATT -- Thousands of Kansans enjoy watching birds at backyard feeders, and this month, they can enjoy it even more. As snow, rain, and frigid winter temperatures entice finches, cardinals, juncos, woodpeckers, and a variety of other birds to backyard bird feeders across Kansas, bi ... Read More


Tests conducted nationwide, in Kansas, reveal no current threatWASHINGTON, DC -- In 2006, tests on nearly 75,000 wild ducks, gulls, and other birds revealed no sign of dangerous H5N1 avian influenza -- commonly known as "bird flu" -- in the United States, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although the tests revealed sev ... Read More