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Public invited to an 1800s style rendezvous at Fall River State Park Sept. 24. Duck, goose cooking demonstration planned for Cabela’s on Oct. 1.
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On Sept. 25, the Arkansas River Coalition will host a twilight float down the Little Arkansas River in Wichita. The club that’s dedicated to promoting wise use of the Arkansas River system holds the floats of about two hours about every month when the weather is warm. This float begins at a launch site near 30th and Porter and will end at North Woodland Park, near 20th and Shelton.
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This fall’s duck migrations should mirror those of last fall and winter, according to a Ducks Unlimited press release. They got their facts and figures from counts made this summer by waterfowl biologists in the U.S. and Canada. The total flight is estimated to be about 48.4 million birds. Mallard numbers are about one percent higher than last year. Blue-winged teal are down about 22 percent and green-winged teal are up five percent over last year. With the exception of pintails, most duck species are well above longterm averages.
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After several years of lawsuits, petitions, campaigns and flat-out arguing, the lesser prairie chicken has officially been removed from the U.S. threatened species list.
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For several years tens of thousands of purple martins have gathered in downtown WichitaProblems can arise as noise keeps residents awake, droppings cover cars and sidewalks
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The mud’s a mess, and this spring’s rains have surely wrecked a lot of outdoors plans. But Doug Nygren predicts it will be more than worth the trouble for years to come.
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Key personnel continue to depart the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Most recently Jessica Mounts, fisheries biologist for the Wichita area, announced she’s leaving soon to become the executive director for the Kansas Alliance for Streams and Wetlands. Within a few weeks Roger Wolfe, Wildlife and Parks regional wildlife supervisor for northeast Kansas, will leave to take a position with the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
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A reminder that Thursday’s Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission meeting, in Fort Scott, can be followed online. The agency provides audio and video of the meetings, and most times the quality is certainly good enough keep viewers informed.
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The Arkansas River, from Great Bend to the Oklahoma border, has been named a National Water Trail by the U.S. National Park Service. It was one of three rivers so designated last week, and joins the Kansas River as one of the few National Water Trail streams in the nation, according to Jessica Mounts, of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.
