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Event to be held March 15 in Topeka Sedimentation in federal reservoirs will be the focus of the 24th Annual Water and the Future of Kansas Conference, Thursday, March 15, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka. The conference is a forum for state agency, university, and organization representatives who study, plan, regulate, or have an intere ... Read More


Young essayist can win guided hunt and new shotgun; essay deadline March 15
The Flint Hills Gobblers Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) has invited young hunters to write a story and win a guided spring turkey hunt and a new turkey shotgun. This is the fifth year of this contest, and past winners have all harvested a gobb ... Read More


Deer feeding at Lake office feeder.

Meade State Park winter campers

Quality emphasized over quantity in habitat management bidsEDGEFIELD, SC-- Quail Unlimited (QU) and Budweiser recently announced that they will continue to sponsor the Adopt-A-Covey Program introduced last year. In its inaugural year, almost 300 landowners participated, enrolling more than 100,000 acres in projects to enhance habitat for quail ... Read More


Awards highlight environmental education excellenceTOPEKA -- The Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) has announced recipients of their 2006-2007 Excellence in Conservation and Environmental Education awards. Nominated by peers for outstanding leadership and achievement, award recipients work individually and ... Read More


Business honored for supporting O.K. Kids Days, wetland development, park cabins OLATHE -- On Feb. 18, the Kansas Wildscape Foundation recognized Bass Pro Shops commitment to the Outdoor Kansas for Kids (O.K. Kids) program, as well as their role in helping Kansas Wildscape being named the 2006 National Foundation of the Year by the National ... Read More


Tests conducted nationwide, in Kansas, reveal no current threatWASHINGTON, DC -- In 2006, tests on nearly 75,000 wild ducks, gulls, and other birds revealed no sign of dangerous H5N1 avian influenza -- commonly known as "bird flu" -- in the United States, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although the tests revealed sev ... Read More