Thursday, March 27, 2025

In Person

Topeka & Shawnee County Library, Marvin Auditorium B
1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka, KS

If notified in advance, the department will have an interpreter available for the hearing impaired. To request an interpreter, call the Kansas Commission of Deaf and Hard of Hearing at 1-800-432-0698.  Any individual with a disability may request other accommodations by contacting the Commission Secretary at (620) 672-5911.

Zoom

• Visit: https://ksoutdoors.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtc-6urj0sHdBgRYiD9yVUWnNAZ9cFIOZM
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Live Video & Audio Stream 

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I.    Call to Order at 12:00 P.M.

II.    Introduction of Commissioners and Guests

III.   Additions and Deletions of Agenda Items

IV.    Approval of January 2025 Meeting Minutes

V.    Department Report

          a) Regulations in Promulgation – Kurtis Wiard

• • 115-2-3 – Camping Fees – On hold per HB 2648
  • 115-8-26 – Nonresident Waterfowl Hunting – Currently in SB 213
  • 115-2-1 – Trout Fee and Senior License Fees – Through AG; returned to DOA
  • 115-25-14 – Nonlead Muzzleloader Shot – Through AG; returned to DOA
  • 115-1-1; 7-1; 7-2; 7-4; 7-10; and 18-8 – Sport/Nonsport Fish Distinction and Snagging of Invasive Carp – Through AG; returned to DOA
  • 115-25-14 - Creel Limits, Size Limits, and Possession Limits – With AG
  • 115-25-9a – 2025 Deer Seasons on Military Units – With DOA
  • 115-15-1; 15-2 – Threatened and Endangered Species Downlisting – Notice pursuant to K.S.A. 32-960(c)(1)(C)(ii) sent.

VI.    General Public Comment*

VII.   Secretary’s Remarks – Secretary Kennedy

VIII.  Informational Items

          a) Night Vision Coyote Hunting Season – Secretary Kennedy

IX.    General Discussion

X.     Workshop Session

          a) 2025-26 Waterfowl Season Dates, Bag and Possession Limits – Tom Bidrowski

          b) Kansas Duck Zones – Tom Bidrowski

          c) K.A.R. 115-25-8 – Elk; open season, bag limit, and permits – Matt Peek

          d) K.A.R. 115-25-9 – Big Game Regulations – Levi Jaster

          e) 2025 Deer Permit Quotas

XI.   General Public Comment*

XII.  Old Business

XIII. Other Business

          a) Future Meeting Dates and Locations

XIV.  Adjournment

*All public comments are limited to ten minutes per presenter. Presenters who need additional time may request up to an additional five minutes from the Chair. 

The next commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2025, at Noon at Flint Oak Hunting Resort, 2639 Quail Road, Fall River, KS 67047.