Daily Archives: February 8, 2014

Kansas Wildlife Federation Annual Meeting set for Salina

                               2014 KWF Annual Meeting Set
for Salina
Kansas Wildlife Federation
63rd Annual Meeting
February 21 and 22, 2014
Salina Quality Inn
2110 W. Crawford
Salina, KS
The Kansas Wildlife Federation’s 2014 Annual Meeting
is set for Friday and Saturday, February 21 and 22, at the Quality Inn & Suites by Choice Hotels at 2110 West
Crawford Ave. in Salina. The 2013 Conservation Achievement Program (CAP) awards banquet will
be held Saturday night at the same location.
            Friday night we will convene a
meeting to review pending Kansas legislation dealing with wildlife issues and
discuss any resolutions to be brought before the membership at the meeting
Saturday morning. Come participate in this important process.
            A block of rooms has been reserved
at the special rates of $60 and $65 per night (single or double beds) and will
be held until February 11. Call the Quality Inn at 785-825-2111 to make reservations. Be sure to
tell them that you are with the Kansas Wildlife Federation to receive the
special room rate. Call soon before the rooms run out. See you in Salina.


MEETING AGENDA

Friday, February 21st
6:30 pm           Registration
7:00 pm           2014
Legislation Presentation
                                    Chris
Tymeson, KDWPT
                        2014
Resolution Review
Saturday, February 22nd
8:00 am                       Registration
9:00                 Opening
of KWF Annual Meeting
                                    Pledge
                                    Presentation
of Minutes of 2013 Annual Meeting
9:30                 Committee
Reports
                                    Treasurer
                                    Issues
and Action
                                    Education
                                    Membership
10:00               Affiliate
Reports
10:15               Break
10:30               Resolution
Adoption
11:00               NWF
Report
11:15               Election
of KWF Officers
12:00               Lunch  (included in cost of registration)
                                    Lesser
Prairie-chickens in Kansas
                                                Jim
Pitman, KDWPT Small Game Supervisor
1:30 pm           Getting Kansas Kids Outdoors
                                    Brian
Shaffer, PF/QF Youth Coordinator
                                    Mike
Christensen, Pass It On – Outdoor Mentors
                                    Nick
Prough, Quail & Upland Wildlife Federation
2:45 pm           Break
3:10
pm           Getting Kansas Kids Outdoors
(cont)
Kevin
Reich, Fishing’s Future
Ed
Augustine, Geary County Fish & Game Association
                                    Pat
Silovsky, KDWPT
4:30 pm           Adjourn                       
                        2013 Conservation
Achievement Program Awards Banquet
5:30 pm           KWF
Social Hour with Live and Silent Auctions
7:00 pm           KWF
Annual CAP Banquet and Awards Program
Speaker: Mike Haddock,
President of Kansas Native Plant Society

Author of Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas; A Field
Guide

              2014 Annual Meeting Registration Form
Yes – I am registering for
the 2014 KWF Annual Meeting to be held February 21 & 22 at the Quality Inn
& Suites by Choice Hotels at 2110 West Crawford Ave. in Salina.

Name
_________________________________________________

Address
_______________________________________________

City
__________________________ State ____ Zip ___________

Telephone
_____________________ E-mail __________________

Meeting Registration
(includes Lunch):            ______ @ $15
(before 2-14-14)
                                                            ______ @ $20 (after 2-14-14)

Conservation Achievement
Banquet:  ______ @ $25 (before 2-14-14)
                                                            ______ @ $35
(after 2-14-14)

                                    Total Sent:       ______

I will bring an item to be
auctioned for KWF’s education programs. 
 Yes
___   No ___
Please make checks payable
to Kansas Wildlife Federation
MAIL
TO: KWF Annual Meeting
Kansas
Wildlife Federation
            P. O. Box 771282
            Wichita,
KS 67277-1282

White-tailed Deer

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White-tailed Deer
Photo Credit: Ted Beringer

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) can be found virtually all over Kansas wherever there are natural woodlands, riparian corridors and grasslands, especially near cropfields. Their highest densities occur in the eastern third of the state. White-tailed deer feed mostly at dawn and dusk on leaves, stems, buds and bark, acorns, grain crops and alfalfa. They have relatively short ears and are tawny brown in color. Their bushy tail, brown above and white below, “flags” fromside to side when they are running. Whitetails are excellent swimmers, can run 35 miles per hour and jump an 8-foot fence. Bucks have antlers with 3-6 unforked points on each beam that are shed in late winter. The peak of the whitetail breeding season, or rut, occurs in November. Young does usually have one fawn in May or June while twins are usually the norm in older does. They can live up to 15 years in the wild. For more on Kansas ungulates, visit the Great Plains Nature Center at http://www.gpnc.org/deerwt.htm.