Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism

Alan Stark Supervisor – Arkansas & Neosho Regions Kansas State Parks Wilson State Park KANSAS OUTDOOR RECREATION ECONOMY •71,000 Direct Jobs

•$7.3 Billion in Consumer Spending

•$1.8 Billion in Wages & Salaries

•$481 Million in State and Local Tax Revenue

KANSAS STATE PARKS

PARK FEE FUND BALANCE • 2018 Visitation – 6,897,836 $6,000,000

$5,000,000 • Facilities – 463 $4,000,000

FY 2013 $3,000,000 FY • Park Offices – 22 2014 FY 2015 $2,000,000 FY 2016 FY • Miles of Road – 400 $1,000,000 2017

$- • Boat Ramp Lanes - 173 Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Reclamation • • • State Park • • Eisenhower State Park • • Glen Elder State Park • • • State Park • Dog State Park • • • • Milford State Park • • • Tuttle Creek State Park • Wilson State Park HAB – Blue Green Algae

• Cheney State Park • Glen Elder State Park • Lovewell State Park • • Milford State Park • • Historic • Webster State Park Effects of Blue Green Algae on Meade State Park Two consecutive years of blooms hurt park visitation and revenue

• 2010 Visitation down 15,954 with $16,384.00 lost revenue • 2010 Park shut down to all water activities • 2011 Visitation down 31,525 with $37,247.00 lost revenue • 2011 No swimming and boating discouraged • 2011 Fishing allowed with special handling of fish recommended Mitigation Project at Meade State Park

KDWPT/KDHE project using floating vegetation assembly to address eutrophication issues completed in June 2014 • “Aqua gazer protective pens” installed • BeeMats with Soft Rush & Blue Flag Iris added to measure nitrogen & phosphorus uptake • No substantial blooms since project completion

Completed BeeMats Island 2019 STATE PARK FLOODING

Clinton State Park 2019 STATE PARK FLOODING

El Dorado State Park

Cross Timbers State Park 2019 STATE PARK FLOODING

Elk City State Park 2019 STATE PARK FLOODING Milford State Park KANSAS STATE PARKS – Thank you

Kaw River State Park