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Illuminated nocks approved for use by turkey, big game hunters The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission has approved the use of electronically illuminated nocks for turkey and big game bowhunters. The regulatory change was approved at a public hearing of the Commission in Topeka March 15th. Bowhunters had asked the commission to consider add ... Read More


Expansion of Unit 3 reflects growth of state’s turkey populations The continued growth of Kansas’ wild turkey population has resulted in enhancement of hunting opportunities in 2007. At their March 15th public hearing in Topeka, Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission members approved expansion of Turkey Management Unit 3 for the 2007 fall hunt ... Read More


New law reduces vehicle entrance fees; park users can save even more by purchasing permits by March 31 The cost of visiting Kansas state parks is going down in 2007. In a public hearing in Chanute last October, the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission approved changes in state park vehicle entrance fees, effective Jan. 1 of this year. The ... Read More


DIRECTIONS TO Clinton State Park

Directions: 10 Hwy – take from KC (traveling West), through Lawrence (10 Hwy turns into 23rd Street & then Clinton Parkway – All the same road.) go as far as it will go (to the Dead- End - E900 Road) turn right, then take the second left (before boat storage lot, 1415 Road) this is our entrance to the State Park . Follow the long drive, it goes down a hill then up a hill to the pay booth. You pay your parking permit fee there (when open), park office or use the Self-pay Station across from the Park Office. Then go to the camping area, get set up and pay your camping fees at the camp host during her business hours. (There is also a Selfpay Station available to leave your camping fees, if you arrive after the Camp Host hours.)

Directions: I-70 – take from KC (traveling West), past both Lawrence exits, to Exit #197 –the Lecompton exit. (There will be a brown sign with white letters that says Clinton & Perry Lake) After paying toll, take a left at the stop sign. This is 10 Hwy East take it to the Clinton Parkway exit (3RD Exit after exiting I 70 on 10 hwy) at the bottom of the Exit Ramp turn right at the stop sign (you will be facing E900 Road), take another right at the dead end, then take the second left (before boat storage lot, 1415 Road) this is our entrance to the State Park. Follow the long drive, it goes down a hill then up a hill to the pay booth. You pay your parking permit fee there (when open), park office or use the Self-pay Station across from the Park Office. Then go to the camping area, get set up and pay your camping fees at the camp host during her business hours. (There is also a Selfpay Station available to leave your camping fees, if you arrive after the Camp Host hours.)

Directions: From Topeka Take I – 70 (traveling East) to the Lecompton Exit (There will be a brown sign with white letters that says Clinton & Perry Lake) After paying toll, take a right at the Stop sign onto 10 Hwy East, take that to the Clinton Parkway exit (3RD Exit after exiting I 70 on 10 hwy) at the bottom of the Exit Ramp at the stop sign turn Right (E900 Road-dead end), take another right at the dead end, then take the second left (before boat storage lot, 1415 Road) this is our entrance to the State Park. Follow the long drive, it goes down a hill then up a hill to the pay booth. You pay your parking permit fee there (when open), park office or use the Self-pay Station across from the Park Office. Then go to the camping area, get set up and pay your camping fees at the camp host during her business hours. (There is also a Selfpay Station available to leave your camping fees, if you arrive after the Camp Host hours.)

Directions: From Ottawa – Hwy 59 – Take Hwy 59 (traveling North) to Hwy 10 West – Bypass – (Taking a left onto Hwy 10) follow to Clinton Parkway Exit (3rd Exit) turn left (West) at the stop sign, travel the 100 yards to dead-end of Clinton Parkway to E-900 Road, turn right at the stop sign, then take the second left (before boat storage lot, 1415 Road) this is our entrance to the State Park. Follow the long drive, it goes down a hill then up a hill to the pay booth. You pay your parking permit fee there (when open), park office or use the Self-pay Station across from the Park Office. Then go to the camping area, get set up and pay your camping fees at the camp host during her business hours. (There is also a Selfpay Station available to leave your camping fees, if you arrive after the Camp Host hours.)

Rewards offered for return of tags Crappie fishing will soon pick up across Kansas as the water warms and crappie prepare for their annual spawn. April through June is the time when more anglers fish and more crappie are caught than any other period during the year. Some of these crappie sport special tags that provide important harvest info ... Read More


Seventeen accidents in 2006, down from 20 in 2005; none fatal The number of reported hunting accidents in Kansas dropped to 17 in 2006, down from 20 reported in 2005, according to a Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) Hunter Education Program report. None of the accidents were fatal. "Swinging on game" and its subset, &q ... Read More