- Lesser prairie chicken may get threatened listing
- 11:04 a.m., November 30, 2012 Updated 02:49 p.m.
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it is considering formally listing the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species.
- Area hunters enjoy wild turkey on Thanksgiving - if they can get one
- November 20, 2012
- It sounds quaint and pastoral, the idea of traipsing through a field just before Thanksgiving and shooting your own turkey to bring home for the holiday meal. But wild turkeys are very different birds — and, hunters say, a lot harder to bag this time of year — than the fat, oven-ready Butterballs most of us are accustomed to. By Sara Shepherd
- Disease blamed for rise in number of dead deer
- November 17, 2012
- Hunters in Douglas and Franklin counties may find the local deer herds a little thinner this season. Dozens of the animals have been found dead near lakes and ponds this summer and fall, victims of a seasonal virus that hit the area harder with the help of this summer’s drought. By Ian Cummings
- Opening of Born Learning Trail set for Saturday
- October 15, 2012
- The United Way of Douglas County invites community members to the opening of the Born Learning Trail from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Deerfield Park, which is just west of the intersection of Princeton Boulevard and Lawrence Avenue.
- Course on hunter safety offered
- August 22, 2012
- A hunter education course will be offered this fall for anyone in Douglas County who has not completed the state-approved course on firearms and hunting safety.
- Great American Backyard Campout promotes time outdoors
- June 18, 2012
- School’s out, and it may be getting hot, but that doesn’t mean kids have to stay in. June is Great Outdoors Month, as first declared by President Bill Clinton in 1998. In the spirit of getting outside, the National Wildlife Federation is putting on the Great American Backyard Campout on Saturday. The group encourages families to stay outdoors together and break out of the usual summer routine.
- The right path: Choose trails for skill, activity, safety
- May 14, 2012
- Leslie Swearingen, 66, once hiked regularly but hasn’t gotten out much in recent years. Now, the Lawrence resident says she has a number of health problems and doctor’s orders to start exercising again. “I was thinking I could walk on a trail, and the scenery would be so nice,” Swearingen says. “It wouldn’t be the same as just plodding along the sidewalk.” However, like many potential trail users tempted by spring weather and fresh air, Swearingen wonders, “How safe is it?”
- Clinton State Park to hold open house
- March 15, 2012
- Clinton State Park will be participating in a statewide State Park Open House on March 31.
- Go Green: Tips for observing snowy owls and other wildlife
- February 6, 2012
- Lawrence has had some beautiful visitors from the North this brown winter. Though not unheard of, visits from snowy owls are definitely an exception to the rule in Kansas.
- Expert: Conditions bad for monarchs
- October 9, 2011
- Migrating monarch butterflies are facing especially dire conditions this year as they pass through the Midwest on their yearly migration to northern Mexico.
- Kansas Legislature approves bill allowing silencers for outdoor recreation
- March 28, 2011
- The Kansas Legislature has approved a bill that would allow the use of silencers for hunting, fishing and fur harvesting.
- Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Commission meeting in Lawrence
- January 6, 2011
- Today, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Commission will meet in Lawrence to discuss everything from big-game regulations to mountain lion sightings.
- Annual bird count at Cheyenne Bottoms finds more species than usual
- January 5, 2011
- An annual bird count found that more species than usual stopped at the Cheyenne Bottoms wildlife on central Kansas this winter.
- Fiery Kansas sunsets a true asset to state year-round
- December 29, 2010
- Some of the best sunsets happen in my rearview mirror. That was the case one October evening. I was eastbound, driving from Garden City to Dodge City, when a gorgeous sunset sneaked up behind me.
- Officials plan another deer kill for Shawnee Mission Park in Johnson County
- November 19, 2010
- A northeast Kansas park that was the scene of a controversial deer hunt still has too many deer.
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