For Immediate Release: 
July 3, 2023 

https://ksoutdoors.com/KDWP-Info/News/Weekly-News/7-3-23-Kansas-Department-of-Wildlife-and-Parks-to-Explore-Issues-Surrounding-Baiting-Wildlife/Kansas-Department-of-Wildlife-and-Parks-to-Explore-Issues-Surrounding-Baiting-Wildlife 

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Nadia Marji, Chief of Public Affairs
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Megan Mayhew, Digital Communications Manager
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Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to Explore Issues Surrounding Baiting Wildlife

• On June 22, 2023, KDWP held apublic panel discussionon baiting wildlife with subject matter experts from Kansas, North Dakota, and Oklahoma
• The Department defines baiting wildlife as “The act of intentionally placing food, or nutrient substances, to manipulate the behavior of wildlife species;” This is not to be confused with agricultural food plots or backyard birdfeeders.
• KDWP will host several town hall-style public meetings in the coming months to solicit broader input on these complex issues
• Though staff intend to make baiting wildlife a regular discussion item at future Commission meetings, no official regulation recommendations are planned.
• In Kansas, it is illegal to bait wildlife on public lands, and lands enrolled in the Walk-in…