June 2006 - Upper Wakarusa Watershed Report

WRAPS - Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy

• Helped with a booth at Wakarusa Festival and was interviewed about Wakarusa water quality by a reporter from lawrence.com.
• Attended a conference on conservation easements. Deb Baker told me that WRAPS funds could potentially be spent on purchasing easements/development right.
• Helped Shawnee County Partners in Conservation plan the Lynn Creek
• stakeholder meeting.
• Discussed agriculture and water quality education needs with Douglas County Extension Program Development Committee.
• Helped Agriculture Agents in Douglas, Shawnee and Osage Counties develop a proposal to K-State for water quality education/demonstrations.

Work with landowners/local stakeholders

• Helped lead the well plugging demonstration and local water quality discussion held at Mike Fawl's in Douglas County.
• Met with Ken Krause from the Overbrook area to discuss potential water quality related improvements for the Overbrook City Park Pride Project.
• Continued work with five livestock producers in the watershed this month.