Quivira Scout Ranch Ranger

08/07/2025

08/04/2025

A chance to soar higher with a scholarship! Cowley College proudly offers the Eagle Scout Scholarship. This opportunity is open to Eagle Scouts with the requirements of a minimum 2.5 GPA, will assist a Cowley County unit in Webelo's Cub Scout rank and demonstrate leadership as role models for youth. Applicants must enroll in at least 9 credit hours on the Arkansas City Campus and live on campus unless residing locally with a parent or guardian.

Apply now: cowley.edu/apply-and-pay/scholarships/cowley-college/eagle-scout-scholarship.html

07/31/2025

07/31/2025

Want to earn up to $100 per fish caught? A research project funded by USFWS and the Illinois DNR is paying $100 for every black carp catch, up to 10 catches a month!

As of now there is no record of a black carp being caught in Oklahoma, but recreational anglers, including bowfishers, who catch one are eligible – as long as the correct reporting procedure is followed.

Check out our release outlining how to properly report your catch and claim the prize: https://shorturl.at/R2l0t

07/31/2025

🪲🪲Two shiny beetles are active in Kansas right now and often get confused: the Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida) and the Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica). Here's how to tell them apart, and why it matters:

Green June Beetle:
-Big (up to 1 inch), velvety green with bronze-brown wing covers
-Loud, bumblebee-like flyers that may (will) bump into people
-Often found swarming over turf, compost, or fruit
-Larvae crawl on their backs and tunnel in soil, creating mounds

Japanese Beetle
-Smaller (about ½ inch), with a metallic green body and bronze wings
-Feeds in groups on over 300 plant species, skeletonizing leaves
-Releases pheromones while feeding, attracting even more beetles
-Hand-picking is effective—traps can actually draw more beetles in!

Why it matters: Misidentifying these beetles can lead to ineffective control, or control when it isn't needed. Know your beetle, choose the right strategy!

07/18/2025

This group is very supporting of Scouting. Chance to give back.

The Eckes Camp will be at Riverview Cemetery in Ark City on Saturday July 19th cleaning, raising and straightening Civil War markers in the GAR section next to the large Grand Army of the Republic Monument.
Please feel free to stop by and ask us any questions you may have. Or if you feel compelled, jump in and help.
We'll start about 8:30am and finish about noon.

07/17/2025

07/16/2025

Special thanks to Quivira Scout Ranch for letting Game Warden Gerler stop by to discuss fishing regulations and the Game Warden profession with participants of the Fish Camp program. Remember to do your good turn daily and be prepared.

07/16/2025

07/11/2025