Meetings and Save the Date events
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Spring Operation and Maintenance Workshop
Spring Operation and Maintenance Workshop - April 29 - May 1, 2025 - Decatur Conference Center - Decatur, Texas
The workshop will include technical presentations and in-field demonstrations.
If you have interest in dam maintenance and inspection, including roller-compacted concrete (RCC), field demonstrations of modern equipment (including cameras, drones and remote-control mowers), and presentations on land rights, easements and GIS, this is the workshop for you!
Agenda, other details and registration form: Registration Form 2025 v4 PDF 2 Copy
Watch videos of the January 15, 2025 Webinar: NRCS/Project Sponsor Responsibilities now available on the NWC YouTube Channel: National Watershed Coalition - YouTube
NWC News Release- Organization Changes 2025
The National Watershed Coalition has announced Leadership Changes in January 2025. Click on the link for a press release with the details. NWC-News-Release-Organization-Changes-2025.pdf
Become A NWC Member!
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Click here to view our 2025 newsletter and the membership form to become a NWC member!
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KS WRAPS Kansas Healthy Watersheds website
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
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We Want To Hear From You!
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