Fishing Hole Rebuilt by Erosion Torn Fields to Terraces
Charles and Grace Stephens fought erosion that filled in a knee deep run-off in front of their LeLoup area home. They installed 11,341 feet of terraces on 116 acres, built a 483 foot diversion, cleaned ponds, and stocked new fish to restore recreation. The couple earned the Kansas Bankers Association Conservation Award for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Charles Stephens
Stephens
Grace
Wellsville
Stephenses
Kansas Bankers Association
LeLoup
Soil Conservation Service outlines its services
The Soil Conservation Service provides technical assistance to individuals groups and governments to reduce waste of land and water resources. It lists staff roles and aims including watershed protection, RC&D projects, cost sharing, land use planning and recreation development. It notes maintenance of waterways through mowing fertilization and ditch stabilization.
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The
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Soil
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
USDA
National Cooperative Soil Survey
Farmers Home Administration
Water and sediment control basins for terraces and erosion
Kansas growers increasingly use water and sediment control basins to straighten terraces, trap soil, and slow water flow where terrain limits terrace construction. Applications include beneath terrace outlets, tight hairpin curves, and filtering sediment from adjacent fields, with maintenance required as sediment nears two feet.
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Kansas
Doniphan County
Topeka
The
Soil Conservation Service
W. 2Nd
Ottawa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles and Grace Stephens
Springs Creek
John
Akron
Ohio
Lynne Conrick
Raytown
Wellsville U.S.C
Frank C
Mercurio
the Stephens
Franklin County
Eugene F. Hart
Pomona
William Sanders
Lane
Kansas State Bank
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