SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AGRICULTURE RELATED MAJOR

1. Amount of Scholarship ……$ 500.00

2. Number of Scholarships…………2

3. One nominee per Watershed District and applicants must reside within the boundaries of the Watershed District.

4. Watershed Districts will develop their own selection process.

5. The recipient will be selected in March by the SAKW Scholarship Committee.

6. The Scholarship money will be sent directly to the higher education school of the recipient’s choice.

7. All nominations are sent from Watershed Districts and need to be postmarked by March 1ˢᵗ for consideration in this Scholarship selection to:

Barb Oltjen, Scholarship Chairperson

P.O. Box 216, Robinson, KS 66532

boltjen@sakw.org

785-544-6686 or 785-544-6786 (FAX)

Kansans for Conservation Day at the Capitol-- February 25, 2025 9:00 AM-5:00 PM. Kansas State Capitol Building.

About Kansans for Conservation

The Kansans for Conservation coalition hosts events, conferences, and other advocacy opportunities. They also participate in other events, such as the Natural Areas Conference, the Governor's Water Conference, and the Kansas Environmental Education Conference. 

Why participate?

Participation in the Day at the Capitol helps amplify the collective voice of conservation in Kansas. 

Register now for the 2025 Kansas Dam Safety Conference! We look forward to you joining us on March 20 at the. Please see the attached flyer for the agenda and registration information. The link to register can also be found here: Dam Safety Registration Form. Registration closes on March 7, 2025. If you are registering a large group, please contact the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Water Structures Program at 785-564-6650 or kda.waterstructures@ks.gov. The conference registration fee covers breakfast, lunch, refreshments during breaks, parking, and professional development hours.

Please follow the directions provided on the “Parking Details” page of the conference registration to register your vehicle for complimentary parking. If you fail to register your vehicle with KSU Parking Services before the conference, you will be required to pay campus parking fees. Carpooling is recommended for group registrants due to limited parking availability.

Certificates of attendance for Licensed Professional Engineers and Certified Floodplain Managers will be available after the conference.

If you have already registered please disregard this message.

If you have any questions, please email kda.waterstructures@ks.gov referencing “Dam Safety Conference” in the subject line.

Statewide Women in Agriculture
"The Heart of the Farm"
One Day Workshop

The Most Talked about Event of the Year Is Coming to Corning, Kansas:
Saturday, March 29, 2025

https://kswraps.org/kansas-healthy-watersheds-project/discussed this morning.

Unfortunately, some of the Youtube links were taking disabled, I have included the more important one for the topic. If you see something you are interested in on the list but can’t open it, email me and I will see what I can do.  There are 4 things I want to highlight: the Technical Report for the KS Healthy Watersheds project, two Youtube videos one from Union of Concerned Scientists (presenter who is now an assistant professor for the ag extension and research department at the University of Nebraska) “Soils to Sponges” https://youtu.be/5Xv6GRcZwgwand one from The Noble Foundation “How Does Soil Health Prevent Flooding and Drought? Rainfall Simulator “ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xv6GRcZwgw. These is also a double side fact sheet Healthy-Soil-makes-Healthy-Watersheds-both-pages-12-14-2022-wrapsweb.pdf. One can also find the above web link to the project on the front and my email address at the bottom.

Scott L. Satterthwaite

Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Bureau of Environmental Field Services, Watershed Management Section

1000 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 430

Topeka, KS 66612-1367

EMAIL- Scott.Satterthwaite@ks.gov

Phone (785) 296-5573

Mobile (785) 480-9837

FAX- 785-559-4258

Dear Watershed Districts and Officers,

In order to afford one final opportunity for public input prior to the Kansas Water Authority’ final review and FY2026 budget recommendations, the Governor’s strategic planning team has created a summarized virtual consult meeting website about the current state water planning & funding process.

You may access the webinar and related materials here : https://burnsmcd.mysocialpinpoint.com/kansas-water-planning/home .

A proposed 10-year legislative funding proposal will result from this strategic outreach effort which will certainly involve concepts about streamlining State Water Plan Fund program delivery and outcome-based performance expectations for related organizations. In my opinion, it is very important that watershed districts have a strong presence in this conversation.

As always, we look forward to working with you in the future, and please write or call if …

Steve

Steven K. Frost, Executive Director

Kansas Department of Agriculture