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Complaints from other boaters, lake users impetus for change in state law Before 1994, Kansas boating laws required motorboats with above-water exhausts to have a muffled system and motors with exhaust stacks to have water-induction systems to reduce noise. The law was difficult to enforce, and when the boating laws were rewritten, the regul ... Read More

12,000 wetland acres to be restored and protected in four states The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission recently awarded $2.17 million in North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) funds for three projects within the Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) region during its Sept. 12 meeting in Washington, D.C. The combined projects will p ... Read More

National, state officials pledge comprehensive effort to connect children and nature A recent National Conference on Parks ended with a ground-breaking agreement designed to improve the health of America’s children. The National Association of State Park Directors, under the leadership of newly-elected President Greg Butts -- director of Ark ... Read More

Oct. 5 - 7 event stresses horsemanship, horse care The Flint Hills Competitive Trail Ride at Tuttle Creek State Park has been an annual event for the last 30 years. This year, the event will be held Oct. 5-7 at the park's Randolph Area. The event is sanctioned by the North American Trail Ride Conference (NATRC), headquartered at Sedalia, Col ... Read More

10/6/07 - Crappie Busters
Fishing Tournament
(South Boat Ramp/Perry State Park)

Weeks of repair, cleanup required after June 30th ‘drowning’ of southeast Kansas park Elk City State Park is open for business, following weeks of repair and cleanup after severe flooding. Elk City Reservoir rose 32 feet above normal after heavy rains June 30th. Flood waters covered about 85 percent of the park’s electrical utility campsites ... Read More

Flooding, delayed water turnover creates unsuitable water conditions HAYS -- Trout season opens Oct. 15 in Kansas. While most of the designated trout waters in the state will be stocked with trout in time for opening day, two will not: the stilling basin below Cedar Bluff Reservoir and Lakewood Lake in Salina. Because of water conditions, th ... Read More

Other locations stocked for opening day Trout season opens Oct. 15 in Kansas. While most of the designated trout waters in the state will be stocked with trout in time for opening day, three will not: the stilling basin below Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Hutchinson's Dillon Nature Center, and Lakewood Lake in Salina. Because of water conditions, H ... Read More

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