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Proximity to Manhattan doubles the fun for many park users After Labor Day weekend, parks typically tend to start winding down for the season, but at Tuttle Creek State Park , a second season is only just beginning. With the emergence of Kansas State football onto the national spotlight during the 1990s, along came many campers. Camping at T ... Read More

El Dorado State Park Lake Baptisms

El Dorado State Park Lake Baptisms

A local church gathers at the Walnut River Swim Beach to hold an early morning baptismal service.

Wilson Refuge Area

Wilson Refuge Area

Celebrations continue into early fall 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 Free Park Entran ... Read More

Whitetail either sex permits still available; no deer check stations this year Two deer seasons open in September: the muzzleloader season, which runs Sept. 9-22, and the youth/disabled season, which runs Sept. 23-24. Resident hunters who have yet to obtain a Whitetail Either Sex permit may obtain one at Kansas Department of Wildlife and Par ... Read More

Highly-pathogenic strain not yet in North America; risk to hunters extremely low With the start of hunting seasons, bird hunters may be concerned about avian influenza, commonly known as “bird flu." Birds have long been susceptible to bird flu, but the latest strain -- highly-pathogenic H5N1 -- has killed more than 200 million domestic ... Read More

Information booths, conservation programs, food highlight event EMPORIA -- On Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, Sept. 8 and 9, local chapters of Quail Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Lyon County Soil Conservation District, and volunteer Kansas hunter education instructors will conduct Wildlife Appre ... Read More

Celebrations continue into early fall PRATT -- 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 Free Pa ... Read More

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