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OUR NEW POSTER!

Kansas Symbols Poster

April 15, 2011

Our latest poster celebrates 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"!

Find out how to get a copy!

KANSAS JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONTEST

2011 Best Of Show - by Christina Stockton

March 25, 2011

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 2011, where you can go to see them on display and how you can enter the 2012 competition!

Deadline for entries each year
is March 15.

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THIRD KANSAS CRITTERS BOOK IS PUBLISHED!
Kansas Critters: Bugs Cover

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.

Single copies of the book may be picked up free at the Owl's Nest Gift Shop in the Great Plains Nature Center.

Single copies may be mailed for $4.00 by sending your check to:
Kansas Critters
Great Plains Nature Center 6232 E. 29th St. N, Wichita Kansas 67220

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

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

Click here to visit the Mussel Bed!  

   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!
Kansas Critters: Birds

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

Pocket Gude 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
A 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!
Kansas Critters book cover

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

Pocket Guide to Kansas T&E 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

A Pocket Guide to Common 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

Kansas Raptors Pocket Guide

   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