Elk City Lake A precipitous rock bluff marks the north margin of the river for several miles above the dam site. The State of Kansas uses 11,680 acres of project lands for wildlife management and public hunting. Visit the web site for more information about this and other Tulsa District lakes.
Fall River Lake Flowers, birds and game enhance this project in rolling prairie country. The 10,900-acre Fall River Game Management Area is located here. Visit the web site for more information about this and other Tulsa District lakes.
Flint Hills NWR The Flint Hills NWR lies in the broad, flat Neosho River Valley. The refuge is named for the gently rolling fossil-studded limestone hills to the west of the refuge. The refuge is managed primarily to benefit migrating and wintering waterfowl in the central flyway. A variety of management practices are utilized to meet the needs of wildlife. Along with large numbers of migrating birds the refuge is also a haven for whitetail deer, bobwhite quail, wild turkey, river otter and a diversity of other mammals, neotropical birds, reptiles and insects.
Fort Larned National Historic Site Fort Larned was established in 1859 as a base of military operations against hostile Indians of the Central Plains, to protect traffic along the Santa Fe Trail and as an agency for the administration of the Central Plains Indians by the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the terms of the Fort Wise Treaty of 1861. With nine restored buildings, it survives as one of the best examples of Indian Wars period forts. Most of the buildings including: barracks, commissary, officers quarters and more, are furnished to their original appearance. Fort Larned National Historic Site takes visitors back to this turbulent era in our nation's history.
Fort Scott National Historic Site Promises made and broken! A town attacked at dawn! Thousands made homeless by war! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-73. All of the site?s 20 historic structures, its parade ground, and its five acres of restored tallgrass prairie bear witness to this era when the United States was forged from a young divided republic into a united and powerful transcontinental nation.
Hillsdale Lake This newly developed lake is managed as a state park. It is located in the transition zone between the western prairie lands and the eastern hardwood forests, making it attractive to all types of wildlife.
