Join us for the State Association of Kansas Watersheds 76th Annual Meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 2-3, 2027, at the Wyndham Grand Executive Topeka (formerly the Hotel Topeka at City Center), 1717 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, Kansas. We will follow our 2026 format, featuring a special watershed event at the Kansas State Capitol. The SAKW Board of Directors will contact Watershed Districts in the coming month. They will ask districts to share local projects through picture displays and informational exhibits.

Tuesday, February 2, 2027

• 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration (Wyndham Grand Executive Topeka)

• 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM: Welcome and Keynote Address

• 10:30 AM – Shuttle departs for the Capitol

• 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Lunch and meet-and-greet with legislators at the Capitol

• 1:00 PM – Shuttle departs the Capitol to return to the hotel

• 1:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Business meeting and afternoon presentations resume at the hotel

Wednesday, February 3, 2027

• 8:50 AM: Meeting reconvenes

Registration Details

The fee covers meeting materials, shuttle service, and lunch.

We are emailing invitations to all legislators. We encourage you to personally invite the legislators from your district whom you plan to meet with at the Capitol. Please encourage local watershed districts not yet involved in SAKW to join us and attend the annual meeting.

Also, please contact Executive Director Sarah Diamond or any board member by October 16, 2026, with ideas for session topics or issues to discuss. 

Click on underlined Registration and Hotel link for forms

Watershed Partnership meeting will be September 3, 2026, from 10:30 AM to 12 noon at the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Zoom will be available for those unable to attend in person. Please contact Sarah Diamond for link.

Sarah Diamond, Ed.D., Executive Director
executive.director@sakw.org | 785-341-4869

Congratulations to our two $500 SAKW scholarship winners:

Olissa Randa, Wet Walnut Creek WS Joint District #58

and

Cade Whitmore, Upper Verdigris WS District

23 Years of Dedicated Service State Association of Kansas Watersheds

We are planning two in-person sessions, along with a virtual option in December:

• Monday, October 26 – McPherson (McPherson County Extension Office)

• Thursday, November 5 – Topeka (Topeka & Shawnee County Library)

• Thursday, December 3 – Virtual via Microsoft Teams

These trainings will provide an opportunity for watershed district board members, staff, and others involved with dam monitoring and management to learn more about DamWatch and its use as a tool for monitoring watershed structures.

Additional details, registration information, and the virtual meeting link, will be shared as we get closer.

For now, please mark your calendars and feel free to share these dates with others in your district who may benefit from participating.