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Wichita home to third Kansas QF chapter opening WICHITA -- Quail hunters from the Wichita area have formed the third Quail Forever (QF) chapter in Kansas. The new group, to be called the Keeper of the Plains Chapter, will focus on quail habitat and youth hunter recruitment in southcentral Kansas. The chapter held its first meeting Jan. 10 a ... Read More


Traveling playa lakes exhibit to feature day of demonstrations, crafts, other educational activities; will remain in Colby through Feb. 28 COLBY -- The award-winning exhibit on playa lakes, "Playas: Gems of the Plains,” is open at the Prairie Museum of Art and History, 1905 S. Franklin, Colby, through Feb. 28. The display is a traveli ... Read More


Kansas law requires all motor vehicles entering state parks to have a motor vehicle permit. It does, however, provide a special pass for members of the media to enter state parks for special events or sightseeing. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) would like to provide you with a state parks media pass, which will be valid thr ... Read More


Follow-up lab testing, confirmation underway in Iowa USDA lab Preliminary lab testing has identified what may be the first occurrence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild Kansas deer. Tissue samples from a whitetail doe taken by a hunter in northwest Kansas (deer management Unit 1) during the December firearms season tested positive fo ... Read More


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Exhibit on display at Colby's Prairie Museum of Art and History through Feb. 28 The award-winning exhibit on playa lakes, "Playas: Gems of the Plains,” is open at the Prairie Museum of Art and History, 1905 S. Franklin, Colby, through Feb. 28. The display is a traveling exhibit of the Northwest Texas Museum Association. The exhibit had ... Read More


Canada g oose season extends into February; light goose hunting through April The duck seasons are completed, but excellent goose hunting opportunities exist for Kansas hunters. Canada goose season runs through Feb. 12. The light goose season runs through Feb. 12, but a federal conservation order extends light goose hunting through April 30. ... Read More


Laboratory testing verifies state’s first occurrence of disease in wild deer PRATT -- The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa has verified the preliminary lab test conducted last week, which was positive for Kansas’ first occurrence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer. Tissue samples from the deer, taken by a re ... Read More


4/25/15 - Free Entrance Day & Open House at Glen Elder State Park
Enter the Park Free
(Glen Elder State Park)