Twin Lakes WRAPS

01/13/2024

Register today to participate in the 2024 Kansas Natural Resources Conference on February 8-9, 2024 in Manhattan, KS. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about this year's focus: Water on the Plains: Conservation, Innovation and Equity!

01/12/2024

09/16/2022

Thank you to all who helped us bring this fun, educational Kansas water event back in person! Thank you to all that participated!

08/30/2022

For the first time in a decade, Emporia has won the Kansas-American Water Works Association water taste test a...

06/30/2022

What is a healthy stream?

HEALTHY
- Stable Banks: plants growing to water edge
- Narrow Channel
- Diverse Plants: slows water & soil movement
- Deep Water: low temperatures, high oxygen
- High Water Table: stream banks overflow easily
- Natural Substrate: pools present, rocks provide fish habitat

UNHEALTHY
- Incised Channel: water can’t reach stream-bank plants
- Wide Channel
- Eroded & Exposed Banks: unwanted nutrients, sediments, & pathogens flow into water
- Shallow Water: high temperature, low oxygen
- Low Water Table
- High Turbidity: murky water carries sediment, bacteria, viruses & pathogens
- Fine Sediment: fills stream pools, covers rocky fish habitat

Carefully manage livestock access
Keep banks well vegetated
Remove cedars and other invasives

Oklahoma Water Resources Center
Oklahoma State Beef Cattle Research
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6-

05/25/2022

Registration for the Agroforestry Field Day is now open!
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../agroforestry-field-day...

04/13/2022

We now have a state fruit!☺