Public Health Advisories for Kansas Lakes Due to Blue-Green Algae

Topeka, KS – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) have issued several public health advisories for Kansas lakes due to blue-green algae.  A harmful algal bloom (HAB) may look like foam, scum or paint floating on the water and be colored blue, bright green, brown […]

Wildlife and Parks Commission Holds Second-to-Last Meeting of 2022

Kansas City, KS – Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commissioners will meet on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, to conduct their second-to-last public meeting of the year. The meeting will begin promptly at 1 p.m. with general public comment on items not listed on the agenda, followed by an agency and state fiscal status update from Kansas […]

Vegetable Prep Affects Flavor, Texture

By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service Manhattan, KS- A potato is a potato is a potato…right?   Maybe not, says Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee.   “If you taste a whole vegetable, such as a baked sweet potato, compared to slices of sweet potato that are baked, you’ll have two […]