Our 76th Annual Meeting will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, February 2-3 2027, Topeka, Kansas.

Watershed Partnership Meeting is scheduled for April 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM at the Kansas Department of Agriculture.

Congratulations to our two $500 SAKW scholarship winners:

Olissa Randa, Wet Walnut Creek WS Joint District #58

and

Cade Whitmore, Upper Verdigris WS District

Watershed Districts, FY 2027

Watershed and Drainage Districts are encouraged to apply for FY 2027 State Cost-Share Assistance for the rehabilitation of existing flood control dams. 

The deadline for state cost-share assistance for rehabilitation is June 30, 2026.

PL-566 structures will not be considered for state cost-share assistance as they could benefit from federal rehabilitation cost-share.

Time and weather take their tolls on flood control dams.  Rehabilitation/repair work includes, but is not limited to:

*Deteriorated components

*Hydrologic (Lake & Structure) inadequacies

*Hazard change due to downstream development

*Addition of municipal water supply

*Protection of sensitive riparian areas

*Addition of recreational features

*Restoration of stream systems

*Limiting future development downstream

*Decommissioning

*Breach Inundation Mapping

DWR Permits/clearances must be acquired prior to any rehabilitation work. 

Applications can be obtained from the Division of Conservation website:

https://www.agriculture.ks.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/1772/638457507611300000

Or

Contact Hakim Saadi at (785) 307-9161 or hakim.saadi@ks.gov