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 Kansas
wildlife is a thing of natural beauty. Kansas prairies, rivers,
lakes, and forests serve as a home to deer, rabbits, squirrels,
fish, pheasants, quail, and various songbirds, as well as thousands
of other species of wildlife.
It is important to maintain and protect wildlife habitats here in Kansas.
Your ponds, pastures, farm grounds, and even trees offer many species
a place of residence.
The term wildlife, in its most comprehensive sense, includes all animals
on earth that have not been domesticated by humans. Their habitat
is the general environment in which they naturally live.
This habitat provides the species with all the essentials necessary
for its survival: cover (protecting the
animal from
adverse
weather conditions), food, water and breeding site(s).
Kansas State University Contact:
Charlie Lee, Extension
Specialist Wildlife
Kansas State University
Animal Sciences & Industry
131 Call Hall
Manhattan KS, 66506
785.532.5734
Incentive Programs:
Wildlife
Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) - Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS)
Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP) - Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS)
Habitat
Buffers for Bobwhite Quail - Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) - Part of the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program
Conservation Security Program (CSP) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Grant Programs - National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
Publications:
K-State Research and Extension
Wildlife
Habitats - Website reporting various wildlife species and their preferred
habitat.
Windbreaks for Wildlife
Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Handbook: Participant's Manual
Upland Game Birds Becoming a Kansas Resource in Trouble?
Attitudes of Kansas Producers About Riparian Areas, Wildlife Conservation, and Endangered Species
Farmed Kansas
Wetlands Vital in Providing Bird Habitat, Food
Ag Wildlife Damage, Category 1C: Commercial Pesticide Applicator Certification and Recertification - Information on wildlife control: coyotes, deer, rodents, rabbits, birds, etc.
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog: Pest, Pet or Plains’ Prey?
Prairie
Dog Backgrounder: It Lives on the Prairie But It’s Not a Pooch
Are Midwest Mountain Lions Real Puma on the Prairie?
Search for other
wildlife extension publications.
Other publications:
Best Plants for Wildlife Habitat - Kansas Forest Service
Spacing of Trees for Wildlife Habitat - Kansas Forest Service
Wildlife
Bundle - You can build a wildlife "home base" by planting
woody plants in areas near grain fields and native grass. - Kansas Forest
Service
Songbird
Bundle -
The Songbird Bundle contains 20 trees and shrubs selected for their
attractiveness to songbirds. - Kansas Forest Service
Eastern
Kansas
Quail and Pheasant Bundle
- The Eastern Kansas Pheasant and Quail Bundle was created in cooperation
with Quail Unlimited and Pheasants Forever to provide excellent food and habitat
for upland bird species in eastern Kansas. - Kansas Forest Service
Damage
Caused By Rabbits - Kansas Forest Service
Better
Wetlands - Upland Wildlife Habitat - Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS)
Family, Friends, Wildlife Benefit from Trees - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks - Website
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) -
Website
Pheasants Forever - Website
Quail Unlimited - Website
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