Flatlander Podcast

At the Confluence of Diverse Users and Invasive Carp: the 2022 Kansas River User Survey

AIS Certification Course

Invasive Carp

One KC Cleanup

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KDWP Wildlife Division Assistant Director - Research, Richard Schultheis, joins us to chat about the role scientific research plays in the conservation efforts of KDWP.

Wildlife Research and Survey publications
https://ksoutdoors.com/Services/Research-Publications

Summary of KDWP's harvest survey methodology at the commission meeting in Garden City:
https://www.youtube.com/live/suijvMY1PnM?si=9wW3WvkUQxHJXuCx&t=1932

Summary of KDWP's population surveys from the Commission meeting in Emporia:
https://www.youtube.com/live/UNiEkR7D9Rs?si=8U39y6drPTo3drjA&t=5627

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KDWP District Wildlife Biologist, Vickie Cikanek, joins us to chat about working lands for wildlife in the southern Flint Hills and Chautauqua Hills. We get into fun things like blackjack oaks, where trees belong, soil composition, big deer, trailer backing-up, shy snakes, Habitat First, fire culture, passenger pigeons, losing meadowlarks, what people get wrong about quail and deer, Kansas' outstanding landowners and hunters, and much more!

Habitat First Program: https://ksoutdoors.com/Services/Private-Landowner-Assistance/Wildlife-Biologists/Habitat-First-Program

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Hey Flatlanders! We've missed you. Co-hosts Tanna, Lyndzee, Laura, and Nadia (and Megan) are back on the mics and catching up after a hiatus. We're getting back into the podcast groove and starting with a hosts episode! 

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Tanna and Lyndzee are flying solo in this episode to talk about a program that is near and dear to their hearts. Becoming an Outdoors-Woman is a workshop focused on the learning of outdoor skills - skills usually associated with hunting and fishing, but useful for many outdoor pursuits such as foraging, backpacking, camping, outdoor cooking, boating, and more!

Hosts
Tanna Wagner, Lyndzee Rhine

Sources
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Kansas
BOW Events Notification Sign-up
International BOW

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What's that...you haven't read the Kansas Water Plan yet? Fret not! Join us for an hour while we learn about Kansas reservoirs, irrigation, groundwater management districts, important meetings, local enhanced management areas, soil moisture probes, municipal water reuse, and some cool Kansans doing heroic things for water conservation. If you hunt, fish, eat food, or drink water in Kansas, this episode is for you!

Hosts
Laura Mendenhall, Nadia Marji

Sources
Kansas Water Office
Kansas Water Authority
The Kansas Water Plan

Book Recommendations
Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water

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Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants

Finding Trails in Kansas

• Hiking, Biking, Horseback Riding Trails
• Get Outdoors Kansas
• Trail Link
• Travel Kansas

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The Kansas Wildscape Foundation (KWF) was established by the Kansas Legislature in 1990, in coordination with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. They are an independent, 501(c)(3), tax-exempt foundation dedicated to raising funds to benefit wildlife and outdoor recreation activities in Kansas.

Their mission, to create and promote outdoor opportunities in Kansas. Executive Director of KWF, Marc Murrell, visits us on Flatlander to tell us about the projects and programs that make up this amazing organization and how Kansans benefit.

Hosts
Tanna Wagner, Lyndzee Rhine

Sources
The Kansas Wildscape Foundation
KWF Programs
KWF Projects
KWF Fundraisers

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This episode is chock full of trivia night factoids: the defunct mussel button industry, 30 miles of hand-laid limestone fencing, 1800's style refrigeration, prescribed fires, bison wallows, and the secret Flint Hills pronghorn herd. Join Laura and Nadia as they chat Flint Hills ecology and history with Brian Obermeyer,  Director of Protection and Stewardship at The Nature Conservancy in Kansas. 

Hosts
Nadia Marji, Laura Mendenhall

Sources
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
The Nature Conservancy in Kansas
My Flint Hills by Jim Hoy

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