19 Aug 2024

Kanopolis Lake 2024 hunting permits now available

Hunting equipment permits for the 2024 hunting season are now available at Kanopolis Lake. This free permit allows individuals to keep privately owned tree stands and blinds for more than a 24-hour period on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public access areas at Kanopolis Lake. Only two stands or blinds are allowed per hunter.

1 Mar 2024

Stockton Lake officials to temporarily limit access to Hawker Point campground and boat ramp

Officials will be closing the boat ramp and encouraging the public to limit access at the Hawker Point campground from March 18 to March 29, 2024. The boat ramp will be closed while lake staff and the Missouri Department of Conservation complete their annual fish habitat project. The campground will remain open, but Stockton Lake staff are encouraging the public to reduce road traffic at the campground while the project is ongoing.

17 Oct 2023

Smithville Lake holds rededication ceremony for Jerry L. Litton Visitor Center

On October 16, 2023, Smithville Lake, along with the Litton Foundation, held a rededication ceremony for the visitor center named after the late Jerry L. Litton, congressman from Chillicothe, Missouri. Congress authorized the Smithville Lake visitor center to incorporate the Jerry L. Litton Museum following Litton’s death in 1976. Prior to the rededication ceremony, the visitor center housed the Jerry L. Litton Museum, was home to several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers informational exhibits and served as USACE administrative offices. In 2022, USACE notified the Litton Foundation of its intent to remodel the building.

24 Jul 2023

Harlan County Lake boater access

Due to lake levels and sedimentation, Harlan County Lake Project’s boat access to Hunter Cove remains closed with the possibility of Methodist and Gremlin Coves closing at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District project. The project’s dredge is currently inoperable, and repair costs exceed routine operation and maintenance funding. The dredge will be removed from the lake in the coming weeks.

2 Jun 2023

Tuttle Creek Lake closes River Pond Road for scheduled maintenance

Tuttle Creek Lake, near Manhattan, Kansas, will be closing River Pond Road starting June 12, 2023, for scheduled maintenance. Work is scheduled to take place throughout the area from June 12 to July 7, 2023, but is subject to change due to weather. Any changes to the dates of closure will be posted as soon as they are made available by the contractor. Public access to the stilling basin or “tubes” area, as well as shelters three and four, will be impacted during this time.