2006 NASPD Convention September 4-8, 2006

Hyatt Regency Wichita Wichita, Kansas

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Convention Activity Fees No Refunds After August 20, 2006

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Mail completed forms (pages 1-4) and payment by June 1, 2006 to:

Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Attn: 2006 NASPD Convention Telephone Questions: Linda Lanterman (620) 672-5911 512 SE 25th Avenue E-Mail: [email protected] Pratt, KS 67124

Convention Agenda The draft Convention agenda, as well as other information, can be found on our website at www.naspd2006.org.

Convention Shirts

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Lodging Information Registration DOES NOT include hotel room. Room reservations should be made directly with the Hyatt Regency at 1-800-233-1234 or 316-293-1966. Request “National Association of State Park Directors Convention” to get the convention rates of $89.00 plus tax per night for September 4-8, 2006.

Arrival and Departure Information If you are flying into Wichita Mid-Continent International Airport: ______Date and Time Airline & Flight Number ______Connecting City______Do you need transportation from the airport to the hotel? ______A shuttle or staff is available. Use the courtesy phone at the baggage claim area.

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Exhibitor Set Up Exhibitors can set up Monday, September 4, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with tear down after 4p.m. Thursday, September 7. Exhibits must be removed prior to 6:00 p.m. Thursday, September 7. The first event with convention participants is a reception on Tuesday, September 5, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall.

Convention Events The following events require pre-registration. Note that some require additional fees. Additional information about these events is on pages 5-10.

Monday, September 4 Optional activities on your own – See the list of suggestions on Page __

Tuesday, September 5 Golf - NASPD Tournament $25.00 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. I am interested in playing at Auburn Hills in the NASPD Tournament. Pre-registration is required. I would like a cart: Yes_____ No____ (If yes, include an additional $??.)

Flint Hills Overland Wagon Trips, Inc. $25.00 5:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. I am interested in the Flint Hills Overland Wagon Trip on Monday. My fee of $25 is enclosed. Pre-registration is required.

Wednesday, September 6 Guest Tour: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.--Wichita West River: Botanica, Wichita Gardens, Old Cowtown Living History Museum (lunch included), Wichita Art Museum, historic Delano District. Cost is included in guest registration. I am interested in the Wednesday Wichita West River Guest Tour.

Thursday, September 7 Guest Tour: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.-Wyldewood Cellars, Mulvane, KS, and Old Town, Wichita. Lunch at Wyldewood included in guest registration. I am interested in the Thursday Wyldewood Cellars and Old Town Guest Tour.

Friday, September 8 Main Convention Tour 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. I am interested in attending the main convention tour, which involves a sample of LWCF sites in Wichita and a stop at the Great Plains Nature Center, a cooperative venture of the KDWP, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the City of Wichita. We will lunch at the Sedgwick County Zoo, also an LWCF site, with special programming for our group. Then on to Cheney State Park for buffalo steaks and entertainment by Heather Shelley and the Country Fever Band. Saturday, September 9 Optional tours of Kansas State Parks: Can be arranged on request.

Total Amount Due for all Optional Activities: (Transfer this amount to Optional Activities on page 1): ______

Tuesday, September 5 Pre-Convention Optional Events Pre-registration is required

Golf– NASPD Tournament: 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Auburn Hills Golf Course opened in the spring of 2001. The course, designed by notable architect Perry Dye, is one of the finest municipal courses in the region. The course was nominated for Golf Digest’s “Top 10 Municipal Courses.” The Course takes you through scenic wetlands areas, rolling hills, undulating greens and tight corridors through a new upscale residential development. Lunch will be provided at the Auburn Hills Clubhouse, hosted by Wichita Parks and Recreation Department. http://www.golfwichita.com/courses/AuburnHills/

Flint Hills Overland Wagon Trip: 5:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.– This experience is open to all guests, exhibitors and delegates. Journey back into history and experience the feel of the frontier firsthand on a wagon trip into the scenic Flint Hills. Unbroken by the plow, because of the hard flint rocks so close to the surface, these hills remain nearly unchanged from the time of the frontier. The lush bluestem grasses that nurtured the great herds of bison are now the domain of domestic cattle. Enjoy a Kansas sunrise with an authentic chuckwagon breakfast by wagon train. The group will also tour the ranch and prairie by wagon train and be entertained by a real cowboy band and cowboy poet. After a light lunch, the group will return to Wichita. www.wagontrainkansas.com

Friday, September 9 Main Convention Tour 8:00 AM – 9:30 PM Pre-registration is required

This tour will take us to the newest LWCF project in Wichita—a skate park situated under a highway overpass that would otherwise be wasted space! Deep bowls you’d need a ladder to access without wheels and challenging to local skateboarders.

From there, we’ll visit the Great Plains Nature Center (http://www.gpnc.org/), a cooperative venture between the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the City of Wichita. The Center houses the Koch Habitat Hall, serves as a head for trails running through Wichita’s Chisholm Creek Park (also a site for LWCF and Recreational Trail grants), and is the regional office of the KDWP.

Then we’re off for the Sedgwick County Zoo, Kansas’ #1 outdoor family attraction and LWCF site (http://www.scz.org/). After a special lunch, we will have a tour of the Downing Gorilla Forest, where we’ll watch the gorillas outdoors and maybe catch a glimpse of the rare okapi. Then we’ll be free to tour other exhibits until it’s time to head for our next stop.

Following our time at the Zoo, we’ll head for Cheney State Park, LWCF site and a world class sailing lake, consistently one of our top-rated parks. There we will have options for several activities, such as sailing, Laser Shot booth, archery, fishing and hiking. We’ll be served a dinner of grilled buffalo steaks and Kansas home-grown produce at the Ninnescah Sailing Association’s log clubhouse, the Afterdeck. http://www.ninnescah.org/

Our after-dinner treat is a concert under the sky by Kansas’ own “Nashville Recording Artist” Heather Shelley http://www.heathershelley.com), voted “2005 Best New Act in Country Music.” Hang on to your hats (not just against the wind!) and prepare to be entertained!! Guest Tours

Wednesday, September 6 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. West River Tour. We will visit all these sites!

Old Cowtown Museum, 1871 Sim Park Drive - Cowtown is one of the oldest outdoor museums in the Midwest. Experience living history in a re-created Kansas cattle town circa 1865 to 1880. It contains 40 buildings on 17 acres, including Wichita’s first jail, six historic homes, a pioneer church, general store, one- room schoolhouse, and a working blacksmith shop. www.old-cowtown.org

Botanica, 701 Amidon - Features 9 ½ acres, 24 beautiful themed gardens including Shakespeare Garden, Jayne Milburn Aquatic Collection, Sally Stone Sensory Garden, The Butterfly House, and Frances H. Lattner Wildflower Woodland, with shaded garden seating, exotic flowers and plants that are native to Kansas. Also some flowers that have been adapted to the Kansas environment. www.botanica.org

Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd - The museum features 7,400 American works of nationally renowned art. The Museum possesses important holdings of glass and the decorative arts, western art by Charles Russell and Frederic Remington, works on paper by Prairie Print Makers and WPA artists, and outdoor sculptures by Henry Moore and Tom Otterness. www.wichitaartmuseum.org

The Delano District - The Delano district’s colorful past once included gunslingers and saloon girls. Now, 100 years later, Delano is slightly more refined. Browse unique shops, enjoy a meal and sightsee, all just minutes from downtown Wichita. www.shopdelano.com

Thursday, September 7 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Wyldewood Cellars and then Old Town, on your own!

Wyldewood Cellars Winery, Mulvane - Known as the Heartland’s premiere winery. Family owned and operated in the tradition of Kansas farm families for generations. www.wyldewoodcellars.com

Old Town – Local Tour Guides available

Matinee at the Warren Theater Old Town, 353 N. Mead - Fantastic theatre, first-run movies. TeleTicket line - (316) 773-3232 Movie line - (316) 691-9700 http://www.warrentheatres.com/otmain.asp

Great Plains Transportation Museum, 700 E. Douglas, 316 263-0944 - Displays of railroad transportation equipment. Display tracks located north of historic Union Station. www.GPTM.us

Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, 238 N. Mead, 316 262-2038 The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame showcases the state’s sports history with displays highlighting Olympians, state and national champions and legends such as Dean Smith, Barry Sanders, Jim Ryun, Dave Stallworth, Lynette Woodard, Walter Johnson, Lynn Dickey and Wilt Chamberlin. www.kshof.org

Museum of World Treasures, 835 E. 1st in Old Town, 316 263-1311 -Enjoy a trip through time from the dinosaur age to the present. This is a very worthwhile experience. www.worldtreasures.org

Hotel at Old Town The old Keen Kutter Building If you are interested in old tools they have a wonderful display on each floor of Keen Kutter History.

About Wichita

Wichita, often referred to as the “Air Capital,” has a dynamic history that continues yet today. The city was named for the Wichita tribe of Native Americans that roamed this land at the confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers, now the site of the “Keeper of the Plains” statue by Native American artist Blackbear Bosin. Once patrolled by Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, Wichita became a city where the railroads and the cattle trails met. Later, it served as an incubator for the designs of aviation pioneers. The demands of World War II brought the aircraft industry into full swing, and it remains a powerful force to this day. www.visitwichita.com

Lodging Information

Convention (September 4-8) Hyatt Regency Wichita, 400 West Waterman, Wichita, Kansas 67202 1-800-233-1234 or 316 293 1234 http://wichita.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/ The Hyatt has a variety of things to do while you are there. There is a fitness center, heated indoor pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam bath, as well as two restaurants, a lounge and a coffee bar. Downtown and the new LWCF skate park are just a short walk away. The beautiful Wichita Waterwalk, along the Arkansas River, is accessible right outside the hotel. The new Gander Mountain store is just across the parking lot, and every room has a view of the Arkansas River.

Airline Service to Mid-Continent International Airport

Most major airlines and several regional carriers serve Mid-Continent International Airport www.flywichita.org/FlightInfo/Airlines.htm. Mid-Continent is compact and friendly. Our staff is available to shuttle you to the hotel or the hotel offers a shuttle from 6:00 a.m. to midnight. Taxis and car rentals are also available.

Rental Car Information Eight major car rental companies (see website for most current listings) located at Mid-Continent International Airport. The hotel is located in convenient walking distance to downtown Wichita. You can leave the driving to us or rent a car for side trips on your own. http://www.flywichita.org/Parking/RentalCars.htm

Pre- or Post-Convention Activities On Your Own

Additional optional pre and post-Convention activities are listed on this and the following pages. Outdoor opportunities are as endless as our skyview. Stargazing, sailing, river or lake fishing, river kayaking or canoeing, trail rides, mountain biking, hiking, skateboarding, bird watching, museums, fine dining and shopping can delight you as you settle into the unique Kansas pace of life. Our wide open spaces and expansive skies almost demand that we slow down and enjoy the experience. http://wichita.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/entertainment/restaurants/index.jsp There are two restaurants at the hotel for your pre or post-Convention meals. The Hyatt’s flagship restaurant, Southwinds Bar and Grill, is located in the main lobby and offers a rustic southwestern decor with a menu unsurpassed in robust style and flair. Attached to the lobby and named for its uniquely decorated interior design, the White Rock Café offers a beautiful river view along with its delicious breakfast and lunch menus and abundant buffets for both meals. Leathers Lounge is a library-styled cigar lounge, ideal for unwinding after work in luxurious comfort. Coffee, Etc., in the lobby, offers gourmet Starbucks coffee with breakfast and lunch items, newspapers and various sundries.

Other excellent dining experiences await in downtown Wichita. The Old Mill Tasty Shop at 604 East Douglas, family-owned since 1932, has been billed as the finest diner ANYWHERE, and is listed on many travel sites as an experience not to be missed. With an old-fashioned marble soda fountain counter, the restaurant offers a drugstore luncheonette feel while serving sandwiches and Southwestern fare along with outstanding ice cream concoctions. This place gets personal recommendations from several KDWP staff members! You can enjoy the downtown statues on your stroll to or from the restaurant.

Sculptures on Douglas Avenue - The walking tour is a small taste of the beautiful sculptures in the Wichita community. Fun to notice if you are walking to or from Old Town.

Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita, KS 67203 Explore Flight & Design, Human Life, the Kansas multi-layered landscape. Watch the KSN Weather Lab team’s live weather broadcast and many more unique exploring experiences. www.exploration.org

Indian Center Museum, Mid-American All-Indian Center, 650 N. Seneca, Wichita, KS This museum preserves and showcases the heritage of the many native tribes of the Great Plains. The “Keeper-of-the-Plains” sculpture created by Wichita artist Blackbear Bosin stands at the confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers and is also the symbol on the seal of the City of Wichita. www.theindiancenter.com

Wichita/Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main, Wichita, KS Wichita of years past, including a 1909 drug store and a Wichita cottage. Also includes a Jones Six automobile, which was built in 1917, and a Chisholm Trail Exhibit. The Chisholm Trail Historical Marker is located at the Northeast corner of Douglas Avenue and McLean Blvd. Closed Mondays. www.wichitahistory.org

Sheplers, the World’s Largest Western Store, 6501 W. Kellogg at Dugan, Wichita, KS Kansas owned and operated. Sheplers carries a vast assortment of boots, jeans, shirts and hats in addition to accessories and home décor. www.sheplers.com

Past the Wichita City Limits…. From deep space to deep underground and beyond. Enclosed is the official 2006 Visitors Guide to Kansas, for even more ideas.

Lake Afton Public Observatory 25000 W. 39th St. South (MacArthur Road), Goddard, KS 67025. Exploring the Universe with a 16” telescope is Fun! A cooperative venture by Wichita State University, the City of Wichita, Sedgwick County and the Wichita Board of Education, this observatory is now operated by the Fairmount Center for Science and Mathematics Education at Wichita State, with additional funding provided by Sedgwick County. http://www.cheneyks.org/observatory.html

Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center, 1100 N. Plum, Hutchinson, KS 67501 800 397-0330 The most comprehensive collection of international space artifacts in the world is on exhibit in Hutchinson, just 45 minutes northwest of Wichita. Featuring flown artifacts from the U.S. and Soviet space programs, the Cosmosphere is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute. www.cosmo.org

Kansas State Fair, 2000 N. Poplar, Hutchinson, KS. The Fair begins September 8 and runs through the 17th. With headlining grandstand acts, stock shows, crafts and the ever popular butter sculpture, “It’s a Wild Ride, Baby” at the Fair. http://www.kansasstatefair.com

Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Hutchinson, KS. The only city in North America with a museum 650 feet below ground. The museum will offer exhibits on the history of salt mining, salt mine storage and transportation of salt. Museum scheduled to open June, 2006. www.undergroundmuseum.org/home.htm

Yoder, KS, is the center of the surrounding Amish communities. The town is a quaint mixture of past and present as horse buggies intermingle with cars and trucks. Home-baked goods and hand-crafted furniture are only a sample of the simpler way of life here. www.yoderkansas.com

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Rt. 1 Box 14, Hwy 177, Strong City, KS 66869. The only unit of the National Park System dedicated to the rich natural and cultural history of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. www.nps.gov/tapr

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, RR 3, Box 48A, Stafford, KS 67578 For years the Big and Little Salt Marshes of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge have attracted thousands of migratory waterfowl for centuries, providing them with food, cover, and a place to rest during their long flights between breeding and wintering areas. http://quivira.fws.gov

Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, 56 NE 40 Rd., Great Bend, KS 67530 Cheyenne Bottoms is owned by the people of Kansas and managed by the Department of Wildlife and Parks. The 19,857-acre area is part of a 41,000-acre natural land sink just northeast of Great Bend. In September, 2001, Wildbird magazine ranked the Kansas central wetlands of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge and Cheyenne Bottoms as 8th out of 15 of the “best birding locations in North America.” www.kdwp.state.ks.us

Post-Convention Activities

Saturday, September 9 Pre-registration is required

Parks Tours

To be announced. We can arrange visits to various state parks, with stays in cabins, as requested. Or you can visit some of the area attractions listed previously. It’s all up to you: pick a direction and we can find a destination within the state that is sure to delight.