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FOUR NEW ACCESS POINTS ADDED
TO KANSAS RIVER
Kansas River is public, but most adjoining
land is not
June 1, 2006 - PRATT -- Four new access points
with boat ramps have been added to the Kansas River, one of three
public rivers in Kansas (in addition to the Arkansas and the
Missouri), according the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
(KDWP). While the Kansas River is open to the public for fishing
and boating, permission must be obtained to cross private ground
to gain access to the river. Therefore, access points are usually
on public land or on private land opened to the public through
programs such as KDWP's Fishing Impoundments and Stream Habitats
(FISH) program.
These new access points are not part of the FISH
program, but KDWP built the Perry/Lecompton site and has provided
some technical assistance, as well as $10,000 grants to sites
in De Soto and Edwardsville and a $40,000 grant for a site in
Manhattan. The Manhattan site is owned by Riley County, while
the other sites are municipally-owned. Most of the technical
assistance on these sites has been provided by the Friends of
the Kaw, a nonprofit group dedicated to the river.
Locations of new access ramps to the Kansas River
include the following:
Rising Sun (Perry/Lecompton) Access on the northwest
side of the Lecompton Bridge over the Kansas River on Lecompton
Road south of U.S. Highway 24. (This site is actually one year
old.);
De Soto Access located northwest of downtown De
Soto. Take the Lexington Avenue exit from K-10 and go north.
Turn north on Ottawa Street. Go over two railroad tracks to the
city park entrance two blocks on the right. (At this time access
is locked because of additional construction. Phone Friends of
the Kaw, 877-RIV-KEEP, for more information.);
Edwardsville Access located southwest of the corner
of Woodend Road and 9th St. in Edwardsville. Take the Woodend
Road exit from I-435 north of the Kansas River and go west several
miles to the access park; and Manhattan Access located under
the Highway 177 Bridge on the southeast edge of Manhattan.
For more information on Kansas River access points,
a map may be found on the Friends
of the Kaw website.
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