Burlington ? Public access to the fishing lake beside the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in southeast Kansas was closed Friday after the federal government raised the nation’s terror alert level.

Coffey County Sheriff Randy Rogers said the lake would remain closed until further notice.

The closing was one of the few visible responses in Kansas to the Bush administration’s decision to elevate the national terror alert to orange, the second-highest level in the color system.

Susan Maycock, spokeswoman for the power plant, said Wolf Creek’s Web site had been disabled, its visitor center was closed and there was additional security coordinated with local and state law enforcement.

“These are the same measures we took on Sept. 11, 2001,” Maycock said.

Joy Moser, spokeswoman for the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, said all state agencies were notified about the increased risk and advised to increase their surveillance.

“Most of it is just taking additional precautions,” Moser said.

No significant changes in access and security were made at the State Defense Building in Topeka, National Guard armories or other state buildings, she said.