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KANSAS JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONTEST

2013 Best Of Show - by Clarissa Miller

March 25, 2013

The Junior Duck Stamp competition is a wildlife art contest for students in grades K-12 all across the nation, sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Great Plains Nature Center hosts this event every year for the state of Kansas.

Click here to see who the winners were for 2013, where you can go to see them on display and how you can enter the 2014 competition!

Deadline for entries each year is March 15.

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LATEST GPNC POCKET GUIDES!

A Pocket Guide to
Common Kansas Butterflies

Butterfly Pocket Guide

This is the ninth in our series of
GPNC Pocket Guides.

This Pocket Guide has
species accounts on 61 of the more
common and interesting
species in Kansas.

Find out how you can get a copy

A Pocket Guide to
Common Kansas Backyard Birds

Backyard Birds Pocket Guide

This is the tenth in our series of
GPNC Pocket Guides.

This Pocket Guide has
species accounts on 65 of the
birds most likely to be found
in Kansas backyards.

Find out how you can get a copy

KANSAS SYMBOLS POSTER!

Kansas Symbols Poster

April 15, 2011

Our most recent poster celebrated the sesquicentennial of Kansas by featuring the 8 different species of animals and plants that have been selected as official Kansas symbols, as well as our State Soil, the Harney Silt Loam!

Also included is a list of all 8 categories of the "8 Wonders of Kansas"!

Learn more about this and previous posters!

THIRD KANSAS CRITTERS BOOK IS PUBLISHED!

The Great Plains Nature Center is proud to announce the publication of
"Kansas Critters: BUGS", A Wildlife Book Written and Illustrated by Kansas Kids!

August 2010

The Lattner Family Foundation provided the funding for this project.

Copies of this book are no longer available.

NEW GPNC POCKET GUIDE TO KANSAS FLINT HILLS WILDFLOWERS!

A Pocket Guide to Flint Hills Wildflowers and Grasses

August 6, 2010

Our new GPNC Pocket Guide covers the beautiful and charismatic flora
of the Kansas Flint Hills.

   Copies of the Pocket Guide to Kansas Flint Hills Wildflowers and Grasses
   can be mailed to you for $3.00 each, postpaid.
   Make your check out to:
   "Friends of the GPNC"
   and mail it to:
   Owl's Nest Gift Shop
   Great Plains Nature Center
   6232 E. 29th Street N.
   Wichita, KS 67220

Be sure to include your full mailing address!

Browse the online version in the Meadow!

Pocket Guide to Great Plains Waterbirds

December 22, 2009

The seventh GPNC Pocket Guide covers the Waterbirds of the Great Plains.
Click on the thumbnail image to browse the online version in the Shoreline!

Pocket Guide to Kansas Freshwater Mussels

December 5, 2008

The sixth GPNC Pocket Guide covers the 48 different species of Unionid mussels known from Kansas.
Click on the thumbnail image to browse the online version in the Mussel Bed!

SECOND KANSAS CRITTERS BOOK IS PUBLISHED!

The Great Plains Nature Center is proud to announce the publication of
"Kansas Critters: Birds", A Wildlife Book Written and Illustrated by Kansas Kids!

August 2008

The Lattner Family Foundation provided the funding for this project.

Copies of this book are no longer available.

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Pocket Guide to Great Plains Shorebirds

January 24, 2007

The fifth GPNC Pocket Guide covers the common shorebirds of the Great Plains.
Click on the thumbnail image to browse the online version in the PEEP'S PUDDLE!

Pocket Guide to Kansas Snakes

November 3, 2006

The fourth GPNC pocket guide covers all 38 species of snakes known from Kansas.
Click on the thumbnail image to browse the online version in the SNAKE'S BURROW!

KANSAS CRITTERS BOOK IS PUBLISHED!

The Great Plains Nature Center is proud to announce the publication of
"Kansas Critters: Mammals", A Wildlife Book Written and Illustrated by Kansas Kids!

September 21, 2006

The Lattner Family Foundation provided the funding for this project.

Copies of this book are no longer available.

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Pocket Guide to Kansas Threatened & Endangered Species

August 3, 2005

The third GPNC pocket guide covers the species at risk in Kansas.
Click on the thumbnail image to browse the online version in the KANSAS WILDLIFE REFUGE!

Pocket Guide to Kansas Mammals

September 3, 2004

The second GPNC pocket guide covers the common mammal species of Kansas.
Click on the thumbnail image to browse the online version in the MAMMAL'S DEN!

Pocket Guide to Kansas Raptors

December 6, 2003

The first GPNC pocket guide covers the raptors of Kansas.
Click on the thumbnail image to browse the online version in the RAPTOR'S ROOST!

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Questions or comments? Send Email to Jim Mason Spidey

Or write us at:
Great Plains Nature Center
6232 E. 29th Street North
Wichita, KS 67220-2200 Call: 316-683-5499 Fax: 316-688-9555