January 2006
WILDLIFE EDUCATION SERVICE PROVIDES WEALTH OF MATERIALS
From bats to bald eagles to beetles, service aims to educate Kansans
Knowing that education is the key to fostering a commitment to stewardship and the wise use of our natural resources, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks created the Wildlife Education Service (WES) in 1981. The WES utilizes field staff, education ... Read More
RECOMMENDED 2006 BIG GAME SEASON DATES ANNOUNCED
Final action planned at March, April meetings of Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission
Many Kansas hunters are interested in season dates for the fall 2006 hunting seasons. Some season dates have already been established for the 2006 seasons, while others will be established later this year in public hearings conducted by t ... Read More
INTERNET HELPS TRACK PROGRESS OF DEPARTMENT-RELATED BILLS
KDWP and Kansas Legislature websites offer up-to-date reports
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks website is the place to go for the latest news on KDWP-related bills in the 2006 Kansas Legislature. Department staff regularly update information on bills under consideration in the legislature, to provide current report ...
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COMMISSION BIG GAME PERMITS AWARDED AT PUBLIC MEETING
Seven conservation groups drawn from 59 applicants
Seven Kansas conservation groups are winners in the first-ever drawing for Commission Big Game Permits. Fifty-nine organizations applied for the seven available permits, which were drawn and announced at the Jan. 19th meeting of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission in ... Read More
PUBLIC MEETING PLANNED ON CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds site of Feb. 2 informational discussion
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks will conduct an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Cheyenne County Fairgrounds in St. Francis. KDWP and Kansas Animal Health Department officials will discuss the occurrence of chronic wasting disease ... Read More
POSITIVE CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE TEST CONFIRMED
Laboratory testing verifies state’s first occurrence of disease in wild deer
PRATT -- The National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa has verified the preliminary lab test conducted last week, which was positive for Kansas’ first occurrence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer. Tissue samples from the ... Read More
2005 DUCK SEASONS CLOSE; CANADA, LIGHT GOOSE HUNTING CONTINUE
Canada goose season extends into February; light goose hunting through April
The duck seasons are completed, but excellent goose hunting opportunities exist for Kansas hunters.
Canada goose season runs through Feb. 12. The light goose season runs through Feb. 12, but a federal conservation order extends li ... Read More
JAN. 29 KANSAS DAY EVENT IN COLBY FEATURES PLAYA LAKES EXHIBIT
Exhibit on display at Colby's Prairie Museum of Art and History through Feb. 28
The award-winning exhibit on playa lakes, "Playas: Gems of the Plains,” is open at the Prairie Museum of Art and History, 1905 S. Franklin, Colby, through Feb. 28. The display is a traveling exhibit of the Northwest Texas Museum Association. T ...
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PRELIMINARY TESTS POINT TO FIRST CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE OCCURRENCE IN A KANSAS DEER
Follow-up lab testing, confirmation underway in Iowa USDA lab
Preliminary lab testing has identified what may be the first occurrence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild Kansas deer. Tissue samples from a whitetail doe taken by a hunter in northwest Kansas (deer management Unit 1) during the December firearms season ... Read More
Improving hunting and fishing is goal of survey
The National Shooting Sports Foundation and American Sportfishing Association are looking for information on participation and purchasing behaviors of hunters and anglers. The organizations have set up two web surveys – one for Read More
OPERATION GAME THIEF EXTENDS THE REACH OF NATURAL RESOURCE OFFICERS
Online reporting form, toll-free telephone number enable citizen involvement
With natural resource officers spread thin across Kansas, it’s often difficult for them to respond to reports of violation as quickly as they’d like. Read More
OFFICES CLOSED JAN. 16TH TO OBSERVE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 16th, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Offices will reopen for business Tuesday, Jan. 17th.
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New creel & length limit format among many new features
Printed copies of the 2006 Kansas Fishing Regulations Summary booklet are now available, and anglers can enjoy a number of new features. Prominent among these is a new format for listing length and creel limits. Instead of the sometimes difficult-to-read chart fea ... Read More
2006 SPRING TURKEY PERMITS TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE; SEASON IS APRIL 12 - MAY 31
KDWP website offers both hunting license and spring turkey permit
The 2006 spring turkey season runs April 12-May 31, and hunters across the state are already making preparations. In addition to perfecting calling skills and patterning shotguns or practicing with bows, they soon will be able to obtain a turkey permit on th ... Read More
WILDLIFE & PARKS COMMISSION TO MEET JAN. 19TH AT CABELA'S
2006 big game seasons highlight workshop session discussion
The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission will conduct a public meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at Cabela’s, located at I-435 and State Avenue W in Kansas City, Kansas. The afternoon session will begin at 1:30 p.m. The evening session will begin at 7 p.m. All sessions a ... Read More
NEW, MORE DURABLE KANSAS SAFE BOATER CARD AVAILABLE
Boating safety course graduates can get new card for no charge
KDWP now offers a durable plastic card upon successful completion of the Kansas Boating Safety Course, replacing the paper cards that have been issued in the past. These cards will last longer and won’t become illegible if they get wet while boating. Anyone who ... Read More
‘LOGBOOK’ OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO RESOURCE OFFICERS’ ACTIVITIES
Journal entries trace challenges, successes of natural resource law enforcement
They’ve been known in the past as game wardens, game protectors, and conservation officers. These days, KDWP’s law enforcement responsibilities are carried out by Kansas Natural Resource Officers. They each have a variety of responsibilities an ... Read More
PUBLIC FISH SALVAGE SET FOR DOUGLAS STATE FISHING LAKE
Lake being drained for repairs; length and creel limits suspended
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) is draining Douglas State Fishing Lake (SFL) for repair of the dam and valve-intake line. R ... Read More
ANONYMOUS TIP LEADS TO $6,200 FINE FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY POACHER
Trophy deer law imposes automatic $5,000 fine
On Thursday, Dec. 1, natural resource officer Dan Melson, Eureka, received a call from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks' (KDWP) Pratt Operations Office regarding a deer poaching report. An anonymous caller had phoned the KDWP Law Enforcement Division claiming that a ... Read More
DONATED TRACT IN TOPEKA TO BE DEVELOPED AS STATE PARK
Property offers trails, fishing, Kansas River access, day-use potential
It is official. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks started 2006 off by assuming ownership of a donated 76-acre tract of land that will become the state’s 24th state park. A development group -- 21st Century Ad Astra, L.L.C. -- donated the prop ... Read More
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