Lower Kansas River - WRAPS

05/14/2026

🎯Join Kansas WRAPS and the Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition this June for our FREE event and lunch!🍗

🏆Candy Thomas & Doug Peterson present Grazing Management for Soil Health & Water Quality at 4 different locations all with the same great information. Come get your questions answered by this duo with over 60 years of combined experience & expertise.

🎟️Registration requested by June 9th to ensure lunch for all, but we will welcome you regardless!

To register scan the QR Code, click the below link, or contact Mary Howell at 785-562-8726 or [email protected]

03/31/2026

Interested in diving into your property's soil health? The Kansas Soil Health Alliance is looking for students from Northeast Kansas to match with coaches who will review your soils, goals, and management alongside you.

This free program is hosted through the Kansas Soil Health Alliance is leading a soil health coaching network that is supported through a collaborative agreement with Kansas NRCS and the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts,

The purpose of the coaching network is to match experienced soil health growers with those who are in the early stages of incorporating soil health systems. Through the program, coaches visit each student's farm and are available for one-on-one conversations and Q&A. Additionally, Kansas Soil Health Alliance board members serve as advanced resource specialists to help answer student or coach questions. Other benefits offered include a monthly open-discussion webinar, online discussion portal, and soil health education stipend.

01/28/2026

Nominations (including self-nominations) are now open, closing June 1st, 2026!
Apply at www.sandcountyfoundation.org/ApplyLCA

The Leopold Conservation Award® honors landowners who inspire others through exceptional conservation and stewardship, following Aldo Leopold’s vision of a strong land ethic.

Nominations (including self-nominations) are now open. Apply at www.sandcountyfoundation.org/ApplyLCA

01/20/2026

Save the date for this FREE series!

The days topics range from cover crops varieties, grazing management and weather permitting soil health field observations

Save the Date! The Whole Farm Health series is back for 2026!
🌱6-8 p.m., February 11, 17, & 24
🌱This years workshops cover topics such as: Soil Test Interpretation, Grazing Management (and how it can help your soil), and Regenerative Cropping Systems! Stay tuned for more details and registration information coming very soon.

Douglas County Conservation District KAWS Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams