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A map of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. KDOT map of Stafford County . Quivira National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1955 and in 1998 the refuge reached its present size of 22,135 acres (89.58 km 2). [3] The Refuge is bisected by Rattlesnake Creek from which it receives the main flow of water. [4]
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a wildlife refuge located north and east of the city of Hartford, Kansas, United States, in northwestern Coffey and southeastern Lyon Counties. It was established in 1966 as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, John Redmond Reservoir flood control project. [1]
The list of mammals of Kansas comprises 100 mammals recorded in the U.S. state of Kansas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It includes both native and introduced species which can have a negative impact on the ecosystem but does not include domesticated animals. [ 3 ]
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The other preserves in Kansas, are the 17-square-mile (44 km 2) Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in northern Chase County near Strong City, [7] [8] the Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie Preserve east of Cassoday, "the Prairie Chicken Capital of the World", [9] and the Konza Prairie, which is managed as a tallgrass prairie biological research ...
County or counties Size Elevation Established Image Notes Cedar Bluff State Park: Trego: 850 acres (344.0 ha) 2,185 ft (666 m) 1962 Cheney State Park: Kingman, Reno: 1,913 acres (774.2 ha) 1,450 ft (442 m) 1964 Clinton State Park: Douglas: 1,500 acres (607.0 ha) 889 ft (271 m) 1975 Crawford State Park: Crawford: 500 acres (202.3 ha) 994 ft (303 ...
About 90% of plants can’t reproduce through wind pollination. They depend on animals to do the work, and bees rank among the most important of pollinators. Yet bees remain as mysterious as they ...
In 2004, A Kansas Game Warden shot a suspect during a police hunt. KBI agent Bruce Mellor said the incident began when officers with the Goodland Police Department and the Sherman County Sheriff's Office tried to apprehend two men. Officers called a Kansas Wildlife and Parks Officer for help during the altercation.