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Seven conservation groups drawn from 59 applicants PRATT – Seven Kansas conservation groups are winners in the first-ever drawing for Commission Big Game Permits. Fifty-nine organizations applied for the seven available permits, which were drawn and announced at the Jan. 19 meeting of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission in Kansas City. ... Read More


Staff, volunteers already planning for 2006 event Meade State Park staff and their local partners have received a "Commitment to Excellence" award for their efforts in hosting a popular and well-attended OK KIDS Day event in 2005. The award, presented by Kansas Wildscape and Capitol Federal Savings & Loan, recognized the May 7 ... Read More


Space still available for women-only hunt COUNCIL GROVE -- In preparation for spring turkey season, hunters are breaking out turkey calls and other gear. However, many Kansans have never experienced the thrill of hunting spring gobblers. To introduce the uninitiated to spring turkey hunting, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks -- in ... Read More


Space still available for women-only hunt
COUNCIL GROVE -- In preparation for spring turkey season, hunters are breaking out turkey calls and other gear. However, many Kansans have never experienced the thrill of hunting spring gobblers. To introduce the uninitiated to spring turkey hunting, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks -- in ... Read More


Free Park Entrance Days, other events highlight month Each month, Kansas state parks conduct special events, some in conjunction with Free Park Entrance Days, some to celebrate a special historical event or geological attribute of an individual park, and others just for entertainment. Each park sets its own dates for these events, including ... Read More


Kansas among three states honored by Ducks Unlimited Ducks Unlimited (DU) volunteers from Kansas took home a Silver State Award from DU’s annual convention in Phoenix earlier this month. DU’s state awards recognize states whose volunteers excelled at growing and improving their fund-raising and conservation efforts. State Chairman Kent Monte ... Read More


Clay targets, .22 caliber rifle shooting, free dinner to highlight event TOPEKA -- On Wednesday, Aug. 30, the Topeka Chapter of Pheasants Forever , in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, is holding the annual novice shooting clinic at its Leopold Conservation Education Area by Perry Reservoir, north of the Perry St ... Read More


Clay targets, .22 caliber rifle shooting, free dinner to highlight event On Wednesday, Aug. 30, the Topeka Chapter of Pheasants Forever , in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, is holding the annual novice shooting clinic at its Leopold Conservation Education Area by Perry Reservoir, north of the Perry State Park of ... Read More


Flint Hills Friends of the NRA feast Sept. 28 EMPORIA -- The annual Emporia area Friends of the NRA banquet and auction will be held Thursday, Sept. 28 at the Anderson Building on the Lyon County Fairgrounds in Emporia, Kansas. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. featuring a barbecue dinner catered by Bad Ole Berns. Dinner will be followed by ... Read More


Flint Hills Friends of the NRA feast Sept. 28 The annual Emporia area Friends of the NRA banquet and auction will be held Thursday, Sept. 28 at the Anderson Building on the Lyon County Fairgrounds in Emporia. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. featuring a barbecue dinner catered by Bad Ole Berns. Dinner will be followed by an auction and speci ... Read More