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2008 deer, antelope seasons highlight evening public hearing PRATT -- The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission will conduct a public meeting and hearing at the Finnup Center at Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City April 17. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 p.m. The evening public hearing will begin at 7 p.m.
The afternoon session will ... Read More


2008 deer, antelope seasons highlight evening public hearing The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission will conduct a public meeting and hearing at the Finnup Center at Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City April 17. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 p.m. The evening public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. The afternoon session will include su ... Read More


Additional samples taken to monitor chronic wasting disease prevalence ST. FRANCIS – Kansas Department Wildlife and Parks staff collected a total of 51 deer in Cheyenne County this week, in follow-up sampling after chronic wasting disease was detected in a whitetail doe taken during the 2005 firearms deer season. The 51 deer – 29 mule deer a ... Read More


Additional samples taken to monitor chronic wasting disease prevalence ST. FRANCIS -- Kansas Department Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) staff collected 51 deer in Cheyenne County this week for follow-up sampling after chronic wasting disease was detected in a whitetail doe taken during the 2005 firearms deer season. The deer -- 29 mule deer and 2 ... Read More


KDWP staff collect data on aquatic wildlife; info available to public PRATT -- One of the lesser-known activities of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) is the work of its stream survey crews . The crews, part of KDWP's Environmental Services Section (ESS), were created in the mid-1990s to monitor aquatic life in streams thro ... Read More