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

Trespassers bag stiff fines, damage landowner-hunter relations In Kansas, it is illegal to hunt, fish, shoot, or trap on private land without the owner's permission. Hunting from public roads and railroads requires permission of landowners on both sides of the road or railway. Railroad rights-of-way also require permission from the railroad. ... Read More

Kansas Hunting Atlas available; regulations online; hunters asked to look for banded doves PRATT -- Kansas hunters are preparing for the traditional opening of hunting season when dove season opens Sept. 1 -- a split season running Sept. 1-Oct. 14 and Nov. 1-16. Special hunts are being prepared for youth in some areas of the state, and seas ... Read More

Kansas Hunting Atlas available; regulations online; hunters asked to look for banded doves Kansas hunters are preparing for the traditional start of fall hunting when dove season opens Sept. 1 -- a split season running Sept. 1-Oct. 14 and Nov. 1-16. Special hunts are being prepared for youth in some areas of the state, and seasoned hunters ... Read More

Warm weather has cranes moving late through Kansas; hunters required to take ID testPRATT — Whooping cranes are moving through Kansas late this year, with sightings in only three counties as of Nov. 7. On Oct. 22, two whoopers were spotted at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, in Barton County. On Oct. 29, two more were spotted in Mitchell County ... Read More

Nov. 7, 2013Hunters return each fall to reconnect with land, friends, family and hunting traditions PRATT – The Kansas pheasant and quail seasons open Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013-Jan. 31, 2014 and you can bet avid bird hunters will be in the field. It’s a time-honored tradition where spending time with friends and family, renewing acquaintances with ... Read More

Jan. 31, 2014The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies announces land enrollment by industry partnersPRATT – Five oil and gas companies are voluntarily enrolling nearly 1.5 million acres of land under an innovative plan to conserve the lesser prairie-chicken. This represents the first enrollment in the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-w ... Read More

Excitement mounts as traditional opening of hunting season approaches with the Sept. 1 dove season; 10 days added to this year's seasonPRATT — It's mid-August, and hunters young and old anxiously await the traditional opening of fall hunting seasons, which begins when dove season opens Sept. 1. Preparation begins when hunters dust off their sh ... Read More

Trespassers bag nothing but stiff fines, damaged landowner-hunter relationsPRATT -- Firearm deer season is in full swing, and all hunters are reminded that it is illegal to hunt on private land without the owner's permission, posted or not. Whether a "hunter" actually enters private land without permission or shoots onto it from the ... Read More