Kansas Alliance For Wetlands and Streams Hosts Playa Workshop

Kansas Alliance For Wetlands and Streams Hosts Playa Workshop

PRATT – The Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams (KAWS) is conducting a free Playa Lake Workshop and Tour on Jan. 10-11, 2017. The event will feature an optional landowner tour on Jan 10, followed by the workshop at Finnup Center For Conservation Education, 312 E Finnup Drive in Garden City on Jan. 11. Landowners with an interest in playa lakes and wetland conservation should make plans to attend.

The Jan. 10 playa lake tour in Lane County will feature onsite demonstrations from playa lake landowners. Information provided also includes advice on program cost delivery and how playa lakes can be managed for better conservation, recharge and recreational enjoyment. Sharp Brothers Seed Co. will be provide lunch at their headquarters in Healy.

The workshop will feature speakers who have decades of experience in playa lake management, ecology, hydrology research and program cost delivery. Three local landowners will share their personal experiences with playa lakes on their farms and ranches. Lunch will be provided.

To register for the free conference, go to the KAWS website, www.kaws.org. For more information contact Joe Kramer, jkramer@kaws.org, Mary Howell, kfu.mary@gmail.com or Jessica Mounts, jmounts@kaws.org.

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