08/14/2025 - August 14, 2025 - Garden City, KS

Meeting Location: August 14, 2025 - Garden City, KS - Finnup Center, Lee Richardson Zoo, 312 E. Finnup Drive, Garden City, KS

Meeting Attendance Options

In Person

Finnup Center for Conservation Education at the Lee Richardson Zoo
312 E. Finnup Drive
Garden City, KS

If notified in advance, KDWP will have an interpreter available for the hearing impaired. To request an interpreter, call the Kansas Commission of Deaf and Hard of Hearing at 1-800-432-0698. Any individual with a disability may request other accommodations by contacting KDWP at (785) 294-2645.

Zoom

  • Visit https://ksoutdoors.zoom.us/meeting/register/LkJ6S6o_TZu4HgUFMZYyBA.
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Phone

  • Dial 1-877-853-5257
  • When a meeting ID is requested, enter: 896 0360 8494#
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Live Video/Audio Stream

https://ksoutdoors.com/commission-meeting

Proposed regulations to be voted on:

 

Agenda

I.     Call to Order at 12:00 P.M.

II.     Introduction of Commissioners and Guests

III.     Additions and Deletions of Agenda Items

IV.     Approval of June 2025 Meeting Minutes

V.     Department Report

     a)     Public Hearing (Administrative Rules and Regulations – Pursuant to K.S.A. 77-421)

    • 115-2-1 – Trout Fee and Senior License Fees – John Reinke
    • 115-4-4 – Nonlead Muzzleloader Shot – Jake George
    • 115-25-9 – Deer Seasons – Levi Jaster
    • 115-25-9a – Deer Seasons on Military Units – Levi Jaster
    • 115-25-12 – Coyote Seasons – Jake George
    • 115-5-1 – Coyote Equipment, Taking Methods – Jake George

      b)     Regulations in Promulgation – Kurtis Wiard

    • 115-2-3 – Camping Fees – Under Department Reevaluation
    • 115-7-1; 7-10 – Invasive Carp Snagging and Aquatic Invasive Species Waters – With DOA
    • 115-15-1; 15-2 – T&E Species Downlisting – With AG
    • 115-25-8 – Elk – With AG
    • 115-45-1 – Commission Draft Rules and Regulations – With DOA

VI.     General Public Comment*

VII.     Secretary’s Remarks – Secretary Kennedy

VIII.     Informational Items

     a)     115-2-3 Camping Fees – Conner O’Flannagan

IX.     General Discussion

     a)     Commission Discussion on Nonresident Waterfowl Hunting

X.     Workshop Session

XI.     General Public Comment*

XII.     Old Business

XIII.     Other Business

     a)     Future Meeting Dates and Locations

XIV.     Adjournment

*All public comments are limited to ten minutes per presenter. Presenters who need additional time may request up to an additional five minutes from the Chair.