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Survey results available on Department of Wildlife and Parks websitePRATT -- Could the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) have convinced you to fish more in 2006? Could KDWP programs have made your experience more positive? Whether the answers were yes or no, the agency wanted to know what anglers thought about this and a wide rang ... Read More


Survey results available on KDWP websiteCould the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) have convinced you to fish more in 2006? Could KDWP programs have made your experience more positive? Whether the answers were yes or no, the agency wanted to know what anglers thought about this and a wide range of other fishing-related topics. To ... Read More


Limited personal fireworks to be allowed, depending on weatherWEBBER -- The fireworks display normally scheduled for the July 4th holiday weekend at Lovewell State Park has been cancelled. Tentative plans are to allow individual legal fireworks in the Pioneer Playground Area only on July 3 and 4 from dusk to 11 p.m.
Dry conditions will affect ... Read More


Geocache contest in fourth year; prizes include annual camping permit, 14-day camping permit, and annual vehicle permits; contest runs through Nov. 1PRATT — Now in its fourth year, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) geocaching contest will begin May 27 in Kansas state parks. From then until Nov. 1, the game is to find ... Read More


Aug. 31, 2012PRATT — An Aug. 30, 2012, news release from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) announced in its opening paragraph that the annual Kinsley Kids Klassic trap shooting tournament for young shooters will be held on Sept. 17. This date is in error. The correct date is Sept. 15. The date did appear correctly in ... Read More


PRATT – National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHFD) is Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, to recognize the amazing contributions hunters and anglers have made to wildlife conservation over the past 100 years. Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a proclamation officially dedicating Sept. 24 as National Hunting and Fishing Day in Kansas, crediting Kansas hunters an ... Read More


PRATT – Habitat management, R3 (Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation) efforts, pollinators, shooting sports teams, hunter safety and more will be hot topics of the upcoming Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever Kansas State Convention. The annual two-day event, which is open to the public, will take place February 2-3 at the Atrium Hotel and C ... Read More


Precautions taken to treat disease occurrence in bison herd MCPHERSON -- The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has cancelled its 2006 buffalo auction, which was scheduled for November 15 at Maxwell Wildlife Refuge. The cancellation was deemed necessary due to a very recent occurrence of a Mycoplasma bovis-induced pneumonia and arthrit ... Read More


Precautions taken to treat disease occurrence in bison herd The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has cancelled its 2006 buffalo auction, which was scheduled for November 15 at Maxwell Wildlife Refuge. The cancellation was deemed necessary due to a very recent occurrence of a Mycoplasma bovis-induced pneumonia and arthritis among some ... Read More


Cabins, reduced prices, uncrowded conditions make parks attractive in fall and winterPRATT -- Summer is over, but for many outdoorsmen and women, that doesn't mean the end of Kansas state park visitation. Many hunters and anglers -- and even campers looking for a cool-season adventure -- take advantage of the "off-season" in Kansas s ... Read More