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Lake being drained for repairs; length and creel limits suspended BALDWIN -- The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) is draining Douglas State Fishing Lake (SFL) for repair of the dam and valve-intake line. Rather than waste fish currently in the lake, KDWP will open it for public salvage Jan. 7-15.
Legal methods of salvage incl ... Read More


Trophy deer law imposes automatic $5,000 fine SEVERY -- On Thursday, Dec. 1, natural resource officer Dan Melson, Eureka, received a call from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks' (KDWP) Pratt Operations Office regarding a deer poaching report. An anonymous caller had phoned the KDWP Law Enforcement Division claiming that a rural Se ... Read More


Public invited to view, learn more about America's national bird PRATT -- With the arrival of winter, bald eagles have been migrating into Kansas. This provides bird watchers a number of opportunities to observe this magnificent avian predator. To improve such opportunities, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks -- in cooperation with ... Read More


1930's Vehicle with Prairie Chickens

A Good Days Hunt

Kansas Game Wardens 1928

Kansas Game Wardens 1928

Permission Card

Permission Card

Form for Transferring Game or Fish to another person

Form for Transferring Game or Fish to another person

LE Division

Law Enforcement Division

Deer Taken by one Poacher

Deer Taken by one Poacher

Property offers trails, fishing, Kansas River access, day-use potential It is official. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks started 2006 off by assuming ownership of a donated 76-acre tract of land that will become the state’s 24th state park. A development group -- 21st Century Ad Astra, L.L.C. -- donated the property to KDWP. The d ... Read More