Darker areas indicate lesser vegetative habitat. Courtesy of Kansas State University Ecology and Agricultural Spatial Analysis Laboratory.

Sugarbowl is the smallest wetland in the Milford Wildlife Area with approximately 60 acres. It is located just north of the lake directly across from the lower refuge. Sugarbowl is surrounded by native vegetation and is cut off of the river when the river is low.

A summer burn was conducted at Geary State Fishing Lake on July 24th.  The purpose of this burn was to reduce encroachment of woody vegetation, reduce noxious weeds and aide in clearing brush off of the dam.  KDOT had large brush piles within the burn area as well from clearing the trees along the  roadside of Highway 77.  The growing season was deemed a safer time to burn these piles then a spring burn.

Southeast Region is made up of 18 counties in the southeastern corner of the state. This area is dominated by the Osage Questas physiographic region, which is characterized by rolling grasslands, limestone bluffs and heavily timbered bottomlands. The far eastern areas of this region receive more than twice as much annual rainfall as western Kansas, and the vegetation is lush. This region also includes the Chautauqua Hills, the Cherokee Lowlands and a small section of Ozark Plateau in the far southeast corner. The unique mix of hardwood timber and native grass in the region makes it popular with quail, turkey and deer hunters. This corner of Kansas includes nine reservoirs and five state parks, as well as dozens of state and community fishing lakes.