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EPA Approves $900,000 Targeted Watershed Funds
for
Marais des Cygnes River Basin Implementation Project.
The Marais Des Cygnes River Basin is located south of the Kansas City
metropolitan area and is home to more than 125,000 Kansas and Missouri
residents. The river basin is experiencing urbanization, population
increase, and land use shifts, placing strains on the water quality and
water supply. The proposed projects will improve water quality though the
implementation of an innovative market-based water quality protection
auction and a targeted decision making tool for education activities.
EPA
Press Release
KDHE Press Release
Map of Marais des Cygnes Basin
Check Presentation
Ceremony
Hillsdale Water Quality Project recently contracted with Lesley Rigney to
serve as Marais des Cygnes Program Specialist, coordinating implementation of
the recently awarded $900,000 national U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Targeted Watershed Implementation Grant program activities.
Rigney worked in Community Development for the City of Lawrence, Kan., where she
facilitated citizen's groups working to address issues related to affordable
housing, administered federal and state grants and served as a liaison to
neighborhoods. She also operates a farm in Miami County, the Louisburg Corn Maze
and Pumpkin Patch.
"This project is really exciting for me," she said. "I'm looking forward to
working with all the organizations and especially the landowners to implement
best management practices."
Lake
Region Resource Conservation & Development
Osage Valley Resource Conservation &
Development
Hillsdale Water Quality Project
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
The Main Objectives of the Targeted Watershed Grant Include:
1. Assure riparian areas produce the best possible water quality.
2. Reduce adverse water quality impacts of livestock production.
3. Reduce adverse water quality impacts from on-site wastewater systems.
4. Reduce adverse water quality impairments of developed and developing
areas in and around towns and communities.
5. Complete bioassessments along major stream and river segments in the
basin using the EPA bioassessment protocols.
More Press Releases:
Local Watershed Project Selected to Apply for Grant to Improve Water Quality
More
Informational Links:
EPA Targeted Watershed Program
http://www.kdheks.gov/nps/index.html
 Targeted Watershed Grant Forestry Workshop
Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Refuge in Pleasanton, KS
November 13, 2008
1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Please RSVP for this event by Nov. 10 by calling 913-829-9414. In the event of
heavy rain the workshop will be moved to the Linn County Fairgrounds in Mound
City, KS just North of the Little Sugar Creek on Hwy. 7.
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