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Marais des Cygnes
Basin Riparian Forestry Initiative
What is the Marais des Cygnes Basin?
The Marais des Cygnes Basin is a vital
natural resource, providing drinking water and other domestic uses including
municipal and industrial uses, recreational opportunities, agricultural
benefits, wildlife habitats and other benefits to thousands of residents in
portions of 13 counties in east central Kansas. The basin is
characterized by increasing development expanding from the Kansas City area;
growing recreational demands and municipal needs; a robust agriculture
comprised of feed grain production, grazing lands, and confined animal
feeding operations, especially dairy and beef cattle; and critical wildlife
habitat, including the Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area, a natural wetland
providing habitat for migratory waterfowl.
The 1990 total population for the Marais des Cygnes
Basin in Kansas was 110,023. The Kansas Water Office projects an increase to
177,000 by 2040. Similar growth is taking place in Missouri. The Marais des
Cygnes Basin includes four HUC-8 subwatersheds: Upper Marais des Cygnes
(10290101), Lower Marais des Cygnes (10290102), Little Osage (10290103) and Marmaton (10290104).
Watershed planning has occurred throughout this basin.
During 2002, several local Kansas entities conducted TMDL educational
efforts. The Lake Region RC&D and K-State Research and Extension offices
co-sponsored public tours and a workshop to develop a Watershed Restoration
Action Plan. During those sessions, residents identified the basin’s water
resources, determined watershed threats and defined opportunities for
restoration. A watershed protection plan was completed for Melvern Lake’s
223,360-acre watershed. A Hillsdale Watershed Resource Plan, for the
92,000-acre watershed, has also been completed.
Identified impairments in the basin’s streams include:
dissolved oxygen, nutrient loading and fecal coliform bacteria. Low
dissolved oxygen levels typically coincide with an abundance of algae and
are associated with heavy organic matter and nutrients. Sources of fecal
coliform bacteria found in the streams are human and warm-blooded animal
waste. The impairments in the basin’s lakes include eutrophication,
excessive biomass and sediment.
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Lake Region Resource
Conservation and Development
Marais des Cygnes Watershed
Riparian Initiative
Forester Works Throughout
Marais des Cygnes Basin
 Ryan
Neises serves as Watershed Forester, Ecotone Forestry, for the Marais des
Cygnes Watershed. He works with the Marais des Cygnes Watershed Riparian
Forestry Initiative sponsored by Lake Region Resource Conservation &
Development (RC&D).
Neises not only provides technical assistance to
landowners with riparian tree plantings and managing existing forestland
within the basin, but provides on the ground assistance in implementing
forestry practices. He also delivers forestry workshops and educational
presentations to stakeholders. Practices are made possible through an
EPA 319 Clean Water Act grant administered through the Kansas Department of
Health and Environment, sponsored by Lake Region RC&D.
The Kansas Forest
Service, Lake Region RC&D and the Hillsdale Water Quality Project partner in
this joint effort to improve water quality in the Marais des Cygnes River
Basin by implementing best management practices long streams and increasing
vegetation and forest areas along stream banks.
For more information contact Neises at 785-242-2073 or
Ryan.Neises@ks.usda.gov.
Watershed Forester
Biography
RYAN D NEISES
Watershed Forester
Ottawa, KS 66067
Phone: 785-242-2073
Fax: 785-242-5568
Ryan Neises grew up in Independence, Kan. He attended Kansas State
University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Park Resource
Management. He also received a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the
University of Missouri.
Before coming back to Kansas, he worked for Missouri Department of
Conservation, U.S. Forest Service and Table Rock State Park in Missouri. He
also worked two seasons with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
Neises began working as the Marais des Cygnes Basin
Forester June 7, 2004. He is now an employee of Lake Region RC&D in Ottawa, Kansas
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Lake Region RC&D,
Hillsdale Water Quality Project and
Marais des Cygnes Basin
Advisory Committee partner on basin education
Initiative.
Lake Region Resource
Conservation and Development
Marais des Cygnes Watershed Water Quality Education Initiative
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For More Information
Email us at: hwqp@hwqp.org
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Marais des Cygnes
Basin Advisory Committee
What is a Basin Advisory Committee?
Who are the
Members of the Marais des Cygnes BAC?
BAC Calendar
Marais des Cygnes
Basin
Education Initiative
Marais des Cygnes Basin Advisory Committee to host activities
through second Information and Education grant.
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Marais des Cygnes Basin Advisory Committee Presented:
Paradigm Shift: Status Quo Is Changing
A Proactive Approach to Water Quality and Supply Summit
The Event was held March 21, 2006. More than
85 local water suppliers and basin leaders attended.
 
 
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Kansas Forest Service:
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 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.
Additional Marais des Cygnes Basin Riparian Initiative
Forestry Tours and Workshops for 2008-2009 To Be Arranged
Landowners Interested in Forestry Management or Hosting a Public Meeting
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Please Contact Ryan Neises, Watershed Forester,
at 785-242-2073.
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