Colorado has been transplanting lynx for several years now. The first batch they brought in had a very poor result, most of them starved to death. Hmmm, the CDOW thought, maybe we should make sure they have an ample food supply in the area that we trasnplant them to. And so, they have had better success since. There are documented successful breeding pairs out here now.
As to seeing them in KS., well don't get your hopes up too high, there aren't that many here to start with, let a lone many of them moving to KS. The next thing will be wolves, as there is a group that is pushing hard to introduce wolves into the Rocky Mtn. National Park to help control the out of control elk herd! No one has figured out how to keep the wolves in the park, but they still are concidering it!