Smoky Valley Ranch, owned by the Nature Conservancy, is home to lesser prairie chickens, pronghorn antelope, and black-footed ...

Smoky Valley Ranch in western Kansas, about 40 minutes south of Colby, experienced one of the driest years on record in 2022.

An interest in bison started innocently enough for Richard Duff. He noticed several bison on the edge of a nearby town and made a mental note. Duff now has a herd of his own on his Logan County, ...

Western Kansas towns see the writing on the walls. Water is growing more scarce in the region, and for some of the people who live and work there, it’s a ...

PAWNEE COUNTY —The western side of Kansas is a great place to produce beef. It has wide open spaces that seem to go on forever and low humidity. The region has embraced its beef culture and is now ...

Alex Millershaski stands next to a seed planter used for crops like wheat, corn and sorghum. GRAY COUNTY, Kansas — In dry western Kansas, the sound of artificial rain spraying from center pivot ...