Wednesday, January 21, 2026

10:30 AM

Kansas Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, KS

Here is the updated information about the upcoming O&M Workshops:

Contact Sarah Diamond with questions, executive.director@sakw.org.

February 24, 2026- Harvey County East Lake - Lake Hall. (note, this is the 'El Dorado' training that is being rescheduled). The lake and park are 6 miles east of Newton. The lake there is actually a watershed dam built by Whitewater River WS JD 22.

March 3, 2026 - Lincoln (Finch Theater)

Our 75th Annual Meeting will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, February 3-4, 2026, at Hotel Topeka at City Center, 1717 SW Topeka Blvd, Topeka, Kansas. We are planning to follow the same format as in 2025 with a Watershed event at the Capitol Building. Without legislative support, our watershed program will not be as effective.

Draft Agenda

Registration Form

Hotel Registration Form

The National Association of State Conservation Agencies (NASCA) and National Watershed Coalition  2025 joint meeting from October 26-29 in Fort Worth, Texas.

The 2025 Governor's Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas will take place on November 12 & 13 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan.

Additional resources:

Draft Agenda

Submit an Abstract

Success Story & Water Legacy Awards

Student Posters

Photo Contest

Scholarship Winners are:

John Aden Grathwohl, Hiawatha High School nominated by Wolf River WS # 66. He plans to attend Northwest Missouri State University and major in Agricultural Science.

Cade Gossen, Peabody-Burns High School nominated by Doyle Creek WS # 86. Cade plans to attend Kansas State University and major in Agricultural Economics or Animal Science.

The Spring Operation and Maintenance Workshop was held on April 29 - May 1, 2025 at the Decatur Conference Center - Decatur, Texas

The workshop included technical presentations and in-field demonstrations.

You can view the fact sheets at:

https://watershedcoalition.org/fact-sheets/

Watch videos of the January 15, 2025 Webinar: NRCS/Project Sponsor Responsibilities now available on the NWC YouTube Channel:National Watershed Coalition - YouTube

NWC News Release- Organization Changes 2025

Click here to view our 2025 newsletter and the membership form to become a NWC member!

2025 Newsletter and Membership Form

Sign Up Here

https://kswraps.org/kansas-healthy-watersheds-project/discussed this morning.

Unfortunately, some of the Youtube links were taking disabled, I have included the more important one for the topic. If you see something you are interested in on the list but can’t open it, email me and I will see what I can do.  There are 4 things I want to highlight: the Technical Report for the KS Healthy Watersheds project, two Youtube videos one from Union of Concerned Scientists (presenter who is now an assistant professor for the ag extension and research department at the University of Nebraska) “Soils to Sponges” https://youtu.be/5Xv6GRcZwgwand one from The Noble Foundation “How Does Soil Health Prevent Flooding and Drought? Rainfall Simulator “ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xv6GRcZwgw. These is also a double side fact sheet Healthy-Soil-makes-Healthy-Watersheds-both-pages-12-14-2022-wrapsweb.pdf. One can also find the above web link to the project on the front and my email address at the bottom.

Scott L. Satterthwaite

Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Bureau of Environmental Field Services, Watershed Management Section

1000 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 430

Topeka, KS 66612-1367

EMAIL- Scott.Satterthwaite@ks.gov

Phone (785) 296-5573

Mobile (785) 480-9837

FAX- 785-559-4258