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Watershed Protection Education Days set for April 14 and 15 in SalinaKansas Anyone interested in restoring and protecting the health of their watershed will find something of interest on April 14 and 15 in the Salina area. There's the "Watershed Wise" bus tour from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., April 14 and the 2008 Kansas Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy Conference April 15 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The bus tour will travel through the Big Creek and Middle Smoky Hill River watersheds that drain into Kanopolis Reservoir. Stops will include the wetlands project at Loder Point, the Environmental Quality Inventive Program projects on the Brad Windholz farm, the Post Rock Rural Water District, and the Big Creek Watershed Monitoring Project. Participants will meet to board the bus at the Salina Holiday Inn, 1616 West Crawford. A BBQ dinner is included for the $15 pre-conference tour fee. A pre-conference social will start at 7 p.m. "The Big Creek and Smoky Hill River Watershed Monitoring Project is a cooperative effort to monitor and implement best management practices to keep the waters of the watersheds clean and usable for generations," says Stacie Minson, area Watershed Specialist based in WaKeeney. The work is in cooperation with the local WRAPS plan and is funded by EPA 319 funds administered by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and State Water Plan Funds. The 2008 Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy Conference will be held at the Bicentennial Center at 800 The Midway in Salina. The day's events begin with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. "We're here to support the thousands of local groups working hard to protect the freshwater resources in their backyards," says Don Elder, President of River Network. Elder will deliver the keynote address at the WRAPS Conference. River Network provides information, technical help and resources to local water groups. "Together we can build a national movement for watershed protection." A series of four concurrent sessions, each with four breakout presentations will be held during the day. Topics include community water quality education, media outreach for WRAPS projects, Pomona Lake Watershed Best Management Practice auction, bio-fuels and water, groundwater issues in western Kansas, sediment management and public water supply demand projections. The complete schedule is posted on the Kansas WRAPS website: www.kswraps.org Registration may be completed on line. The conference registration fee is $25. 3/31/08 Date: 3/27/08
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