Event takes place March 31 at Valentino’s in Seneca
SENECA — The Nemaha County Chapter of Pheasants Forever will conduct a game habitat seminar at 6:30 p.m. at Valentino’s South Room in Seneca. After the audience is settled in with free beverages and hors devours, Pheasants Forever Senior Field Coordinator Pete Berthelsen of Elba, Neb., will [...]
March 26, 2009 | Posted in
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CWD-positive deer reported from 2,693 samples collected by KDWP
PRATT — The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has reported 10 chronic wasting disease (CWD) cases from among almost 2,700 deer tissue samples collected and submitted for lab analysis by KDWP in recent months. Eight of the CWD-positive deer tissue samples had been reported earlier [...]
March 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Limited to 35 women, participants must pre-register as soon as possible
CHANUTE — On May 30, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Lil Toledo Lodge, the Kansas Wildlife Officers Association, and the Kansas State Rifle Association, the Women of the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the Kansas Bow Hunter Association will join forces to conduct [...]
March 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Good duck hunting still ahead; goose seasons extend into February
PRATT — Avid Kansas waterfowl hunters never worry about the post-holiday blues. For them, January and February mean some of the best hunting of the year. Late-migrating mallards are often abundant when shallow waters freeze, and mallards concentrate on rivers and reservoirs. In much of the [...]
January 15, 2009 | Posted in
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After five dry years, river flow returns to levels that support stocking
STOCKTON — In 2000, above average river flows allowed the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) to experiment with seasonal rainbow trout stocking in the South Fork of the Solomon River above Webster Reservoir. Habitat was enhanced in three zones between the upper [...]
January 15, 2009 | Posted in
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St. John, McLouth, Ottawa to host launch of county chapters
SALINA — Quail Forever (QF), a non-profit organization dedicated to quail conservation and education, will conduct organizational meetings at three locations in Kansas this November. Sportsmen and women are invited to attend the meetings, designed to launch QF chapters in Stafford, Jefferson, and Franklin counties.
Meeting location [...]
November 9, 2008 | Posted in
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Cabins, reduced prices, uncrowded conditions make parks attractive in fall and winter
PRATT — Summer is over, but for many outdoorsmen and women, that doesn’t mean the end of Kansas state park visitation. Many hunters and anglers — and even campers looking for a cool-season adventure — take advantage of the “off-season” in Kansas state parks. [...]
October 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Dry impoundments, late lake turnover may delay stocking at three sites
PRATT — The Kansas trout season begins Oct. 15 and runs through April 15. During this season, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) stocks rainbow trout in designated waters throughout the state. Some waters stocked with trout require a $12.50 trout permit for [...]
October 13, 2008 | Posted in
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Special event designed to encourage youth participation in outdoor shooting sports
COUNCIL GROVE — Youth from Morris and surrounding counties are invited to a free shotgun, pellet rifle, and archery shooting and safety clinic on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Council Grove Reservoir. Sponsored by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), the U.S. Army Corps [...]
September 18, 2008 | Posted in
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Boater, angler precautions critical to contain further spread
PRATT — The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Marion Reservoir. An angler reported finding a single zebra mussel in the Cottonwood Point area of the reservoir during the past weekend. KDWP biologist Jason Goeckler investigated immediately and found two [...]
August 4, 2008 | Posted in
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