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KDWP proposes waterfowl season dates and zone structure for 2025; September teal season shortened under federal framework
Summary
Agency staff presented the department’s recommendations for 2025 waterfowl seasons, including adopting federal bag/possession frameworks, shortening September teal seasons where the federal pintail index reduced days, and opening consideration of zone reconfiguration windows that states may request every five years.
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks staff on March 27 reviewed proposed 2025 waterfowl season dates, bag and possession limits and described a window to request zone‑structure changes under federal frameworks.
Tom Podrowski, migratory game bird program manager, told the commission the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service sets national frameworks that determine maximum season lengths, earliest openings and latest closing dates; states set specific dates within those limits. For 2025, staff recommended Kansas adopt federal frameworks for daily bag and…
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