In Kansas’ surviving wild places, a connection from the distant past to a hopeful future

Ten years ago this January, I began to worry about my upcoming birthday. It was one of those ages that sits neatly on a ten, ...

Kansas wild turkeys, plagued by years of population decline, subject of conservation funding

The consistent, dramatic decline in Kansas’ wild turkey population prompted the state in 2023 to forbid hunting them in the ...

Over 414,000 Kansas birds have contracted the bird flu, marking the nation’s worst current outbreak

Federal officials say migrating wild waterfowl are driving the surge, though the public health risk to humans remains low ...
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Are Kansas raccoons becoming domesticated?

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Wildlife experts say the local raccoon population is changing as members of the ‘trash pandas’ show signs of ...
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Game, greens, even invasive species: Taste Kansas’ wild foods at a cook-off at the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center

Venison pastrami with mustard and milkweed capers at a previous Wild Foods Cook-Off event. Invasive species. Wild mushrooms. Plants that people might think of as weeds. It may seem “taboo or ...