Saturday, January 3, 2026

Outdoors

Staying active contributes to healthy holidays

K-State’s Jackson offers tips for exercising when the weather turns cold   MANHATTAN, Kan. – Cold, winter days can often lead to thoughts of curling up...

Christmas Gifts

Maybe you have your Christmas shopping all wrapped up already (pun intended).  But, I am betting like me, most of you are still wondering...

Central Kansas Farmers Clash With Local Wildlife Refuge Over Water

ST. JOHN, Kansas — Water — who gets to use it, when and how — sparks fights all over the world. The latest battleground is in...

KDWPT Working to Combat Declining Turkey Numbers

PRATT – Wild turkey populations are declining across the Midwest and Kansas isn’t immune. Though the Sunflower State still boasts one of the strongest...

How To Hunt Nebraska’s Wild Turkeys in Winter

I truly love wild turkeys and it’s no secret that I am a hardcore wild turkey hunter. I hunt wild turkeys in spring, fall...

A Shrinking Kansas Town Pins Its Hopes For Growth On The Promise Of Free Tuition

NEODESHA, Kansas — Three hundred middle and high schoolers filed into their school auditorium last week in the small, southeast Kansas town of Neodesha, uncertain...

Chickadee Checkoff Small Grants Proposals Due January 1

PRATT — The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism (KDWPT) is accepting proposals for the Chickadee Checkoff Small Grants Program through January 1,...

A Kansas Find Reveals A 17-foot, Previously Unknown, Long-Extinct Shark Species

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Paleontologist Mike Everhart had found a rib from a plesiosaur — an ancient ocean reptile — on the Ringneck Ranch in...