Outdoors
A Leisurely Kayak Trip Leads To The Remarkable Discovery Of A Grizzly In Kansas
WICHITA — Ashley and Erin Watt have always enjoyed the outdoors.
Over the years, they’ve spent a lot of time floating down the Arkansas River in south-central...
Outdoors
(NEBRASKA) Why You Won’t Throw a Big Bait
I have been blogging for a number of years now. Many topics come around seasonally year after year, and I am always reluctant to...
Outdoors
People In The Emptying Parts Of Rural Kansas Insist ‘We’re Not Going To Let Them Die’
COURTLAND, Kansas — Rural Kansas has a storied past, but decades of population decline stand poised to turn many once-vibrant places into ghost towns.
The...
Outdoors
KDWPT Law Enforcement Division Loses K-9 Officer in Tragic Incident
PRATT – A Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) Law Enforcement K-9 known as “Tibbie” died August 6, 2019 when the idling...
Kansas News
A KU Med School Hoped To Keep Grads In Rural Areas, But City Practices Beckoned
SALINA, Kansas — The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina opened in 2011 — a one-building campus in the heart of wheat country dedicated...
Outdoors
Agencies Warn of Seasonal Increase in Vehicle-Deer Crashes
TOPEKA – Mating season and the quest for more secure habitat have deer on the move this time of year, increasing the chances of...
Outdoors
Extreme Floods Unearth Ancient Bear Skull in Southcentral Kansas
EMPORIA – A mid-August kayak trip down the Arkansas River in southcentral Kansas took a fascinating turn for sisters Ashley and Erin Watt when...
Outdoors
KDWPT Receives National Award for Lesser Prairie-Chicken Project
EMPORIA – On October 2, 2019, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) was presented the Wildlife Restoration Award (Wildlife Research category)...
