“If you’re patient with us,” Brett Blackburn promised Friday, “we’re going to build a beautiful building for you.” Blackburn spoke in Iola Friday, as development at Lehigh Portland State Park is entering its next phase, …

In a year’s time Lehigh Portland State Park will look more like a state park.  The Lehigh-Portland Visitor Center will look out over the lake and at least two campgrounds will be completed.  State officials…

TOPEKA — The administrative rebellion waged in the Capitol against the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission is being led by men and women with expertise in firearms, arrows, hooks and other tools of hunting, fishing…

More than a dozen bald eagles, juveniles and adults, stopped for lunch on Thursday afternoon at the Neosho River near the spillway at U.S. 54, west of Iola. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks…

What was your experience like the last time you visited a natural area in Kansas? Did you hike at a state park? Boat or fish at a reservoir? Paddle the Kaw or the Arkansas River…

More than 50 gathered at the Prairie Spirit trailhead in Colony on Monday morning to participate in the First Day Hikes event sponsored by America’s State Parks. Most participants headed south along the trail in…

State crews loaded with chainsaws and skid steers arrived at Lehigh Portland State Park this week to cull unwanted trees and vegetation.  “We’re removing some cedars and other invasive species to let the good stuff…

The secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism plans to retire, the governor’s office announced Wednesday. Brad Loveless has led the department since the start of Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration in January…

It took the entire summer, but on Sept. 1, Iola Industries officially handed over an estimated 500 acres to the state of Kansas for the creation of LeHigh Portland State Park. The transition means the…

Cleanup along the Southwind Rail Trail, the hiking and biking corridor connecting Iola and Humboldt that sustained significant damage in last week’s wind storm, received quite a boost Wednesday. A team of Kansas Department of…