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Boating safety urged this weekend at Tuttle Creek Reservoir Many people are getting back out on the lakes and rivers this weekend as Memorial Day represents the unofficial start to summer. Riley County Game Warden Ben Jedlicka with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, says it’s a good time to remind residents to execute caution and have a life jacket. “Everybody in a boat which includes kayaks, canoes, paddle boards — each one of those must have a wearable life jacket on board,” he said. The goal he says is to prevent drownings. So far in 2021 Jedlicka says his office has se...

Statewide fishing derby underway The Inaugural Great Kansas Fishing Derby is underway. Ben Jedlicka, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Tourism Game Warden, says an angler’s prized catch may actually be worth a prize this summer. In an attempt to get more people out and fishing the KDWPT, Kansas Wildscape Foundation, the Bass Pro-Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, as well as many other local retailers, have created a statewide fishing derby. At least 500 specifically tagged fish will be located across 37 different Kansas waterbodies. “And those tagged fish will have prizes associated with them...

In Focus 4/30/21 On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism Game Warden Ben Jedlicka and Henry Otto with Blue Valley Youth Sailing Foundation.       0430 Tuttle 1       0430 Fly MHK Jesse Romo Anthony Middle School 8th grader Dakotah Garcia and Manhattan High sophomore Maddie Hsu joined us to highlight their involvement with the Flint Hills Volunteer Center’s Connecting Students to Communities program. Volunteer Coordinator Patty Karr also joined us.       0430 FH Volunteer Center

Outdoor safety advice; Tuttle Creek offers archery The weather is warming up, the birds are singing, and the ice is melting. Ben Jedlicka, Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism Game Warden, says with the recent warm spell, the ice on lakes, rivers, and ponds are melting. He says it is not the time to partake in activity on the ice such as ice fishing. “The ice conditions are not good now,” Jedlicka says. “We have had the warmup and it kind of turns honeycomb or it starts to melt from the bottom and to the top both, and it is treacherous. So, stay off the ice now.”

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