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Winner will bag guided spring turkey hunt EMPORIA -- This spring, young hunters can write a story and win a guided spring turkey hunt with KDWP's Jared McJunkin. McJunkin guides annually for the Kansas Governor’s Annual One-Shot Turkey Hunt held each spring in El Dorado and introduces fellow hunters, especially youth, to turkey hunting. Thi ... Read More


In anticipation of the warm summer months, many people are thinking about buying, selling, or trading boats. Among the first questions new boat owners have are, "Do I have to register my boat?” and “”How do I register my boat?" Kansas law requires that all mechanically-powered vessels (including personal watercraft) and all sailboats ... Read More


Lab testing on 51 deer indicates low prevalence of disease ST. FRANCIS – None of the 51 deer collected in follow-up sampling for chronic wasting disease (CWD) tested positive for the disease. Kansas State University lab analysis was completed Monday, Feb. 20th. “This suggests that the presence of CWD in this part of the country is a relative ... Read More


Program offers living stipend, experience, education awards The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) is accepting applications for the 2006 AmeriCorps program. KDWP has applied for the federal grants necessary to fund the program, and department officials expect to be informed about 2006 grant funding by late summer. The department ... Read More


Visitors use global positioning systems to find buried "treasure" EL DORADO -- For those who visit El Dorado State Park to hunt, fish, camp, hike, or just relax and enjoy nature, there is now a new outdoor pursuit to add to this list of activities. "Geocaching" is a worldwide game for Global Positioning System (GPS) user ... Read More


Visitors use global positioning systems to find buried "treasure" For those who visit El Dorado State Park to hunt, fish, camp, hike, or just relax and enjoy nature, there is now a new outdoor pursuit to add to this list of activities. "Geocaching" is a worldwide game for Global Positioning System (GPS) users. The game in ... Read More


Information sought on participation in fishing, hunting, and other wildlife-based recreation The U. S. Census Bureau has begun interviewing people for the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. The survey is sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) at the request of state fish and wildlife agenc ... Read More


Tour of Conservation Reserve Program projects to highlight event MANHATTAN -- The Kansas Farm Service Agency (FSA) has invited the public to attend an event celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) on June 7. The highlight of the event will be a CRP Field Tour conducted in Dickinson County. Participants wil ... Read More


Deadline July 1 PRATT -- Landowners interested in the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ Walk-In Hunting Access Program (WIHA) are reminded that the deadline for enrollment is July 1. The WIHA program, which began in 1995, grew to a million acres in 99 counties in 2005. Almost anyone who owns, leases, or manages 80 contiguous acres of ... Read More


Deadline July 1 Landowners interested in the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ Walk-In Hunting Access Program (WIHA) are reminded that the deadline for enrollment is July 1. The WIHA program, which began in 1995, grew to a million acres in 99 counties in 2005. Almost anyone who owns, leases, or manages 80 contiguous acres of land with ... Read More