Oct 20 - Dec 1: Soil Health Advising Program Applications
Over the last year, farmers from Cheney Lake Watershed have been learning from experts gaining knowledge and experience on working with their neighbors toward soil health success. If you are a farmer with land in Cheney Lake Watershed and have an interest in having an advisor to talk with as you adopt soil health practices, advisors that have been incorporating soil health practices in their own operations, and understand farming in South Central Kansas, this program is meant for you. For an PDF of the application click here. For more information, contact Garrett Smith at 620 - 202 - 3705. Please send completed applications to garrett.smith@USDA.gov before December 1st, or stop into the Cheney Lake Watershed Office at 18 E 7th Avenue South Hutchinson, KS 67505.
Citizens Working for Clean Water
We are farmers and landowners working in partnership with the City of Wichita to protect Cheney Reservoir - the primary source for Wichita's water supply. Through this unique rural-urban partnership, farmers provide the outreach to their friends and neighbors and the City of Wichita provides funding for conservation work in the watershed.
“Our best conversations happen when two pick-up trucks are parked along a dirt road.”
— Citizens Management Committee member
Summer field day with Jimmy Emmons and Michael Thompson
Our Work
The CMC focuses educational efforts and funding in the most vulnerable acres of the watershed with the practices that will have the greatest reduction in sediment and nutrient loading. These include practices such as reduced tillage, cover crops, grass plantings, relocation of livestock feeding areas, and an strong emphasis on soil health in both cropland and rangeland.
