Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

Right now is one of the best times of the year for bird watchers. As Commentator Rex Buchanan tells us, as many as 800 million birds will soon be moving through this part of the world as they migrate south.

The ongoing drought in Kansas isn’t only parching crops and drinking water supplies. It’s also hurting wildlife as the Kansas wetlands that normally act as vital pit stops for migrating birds dry up.

Whooping cranes are rare. In 1942, there were only 20. Today there are 500, and some have been spotted at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Stafford…

The Monarchs are passing through Kansas. The monarch lives a life of migration and cycles. During spring and summer, they travel to the north, and then…