Thursday, January 15, 2026

Outdoors

Kansas State Parks Offering Free Entrance on Black Friday

  PRATT – The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) has a Black Friday deal that will give your wallet and your mind...

‘Be the Vision’ Recipients Honored

The sixth annual Governor’s Water Conference was held November 8-9, 2017 at the Hilton Garden Inn & Conference Center in Manhattan, Kansas. This year’s ‘Be...

Bee Buzzes Could Help Determine How to Save their Decreasing Population

COLUMBIA, Mo. – According to recent studies, declines in wild and managed bee populations threaten the pollination of flowers in more than 85 percent...

Driver’s License, Wildlife Checkpoints Planned in Northeast Kansas

TOPEKA – Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism (KDWPT) game wardens, Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) troopers and county sheriff’s deputies will conduct joint...

Glen Elder To Host Youth and Women’s Pheasant Hunt

GLEN ELDER ­– The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) and sponsoring partners will conduct the 2017 Youth and Women’s Celebrity Pheasant...

Reducing High Costs of Harnessing the Wind

As every Nebraskan knows, wind can pack a powerful punch. Wind turbines, which capture all that energy, routinely suffer the wind’s abuses. Maintaining turbines significantly...

What’s Wild

A wild turkey by Lisa Hupp/USFWS. Expanding Public Access on Wildlife Refuges This week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expanded hunting opportunities at 10 national...

Deer season is here. Hunters must-read.

Keep safety top of mind during firearm deer season It's almost go time! Nebraska's firearm deer season starts this Saturday (Nov. 11), and thousands of...