Waterways bring award to Ottawa couple
Mark and Sandra Barnes of Ottawa are among the 2004 Bankers Awards recipients. They will be honored at the Franklin County Conservation District dinner at Celebration Hall at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The Barneses completed two grassed waterways on their farm in 2002 and maintain crop rotation and about 8,500 feet of terraces along with Conservation Reserve Program land.
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Mark
Sandra Barnes
Ottawa
Barnes
Franklin County Conservation District
Celebration Hall
Barneses
Keri Harris
Sandy Barnes
CRP Adds Grass Mixes to Boost Wildlife Habitat
The Conservation Reserve Program, authorized since 1985, expands to include wildlife habitat goals in Kansas Meade County designated as a priority area for lesser prairie chickens. New CRP mixes add native grasses with wildflowers and legumes to provide brood habitat for pheasants quail prairie chickens and other birds, replacing earlier weed control practices.
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CRP
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Meade
Water improvements urged to protect stream quality
Herschel George, Kansas State Extension watershed specialist for the Marais des Cygnes River Basin, advises livestock producers to consider winter feeding site relocations and other improvements to boost water quality. Contact your conservation district for possible cost shares. for guidance call 913 294 6021 or email Hgeorge oznet ksúedu.
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Marais Des Cygnes River
Sericea lespedeza threat to Kansas native rangeland
A Kansas risk briefing outlines Sericea lespedeza known as Chinese bushclover as a noxious invader. It inhibits native grasses, lowers livestock forage value, and can become a monoculture in eastern Kansas. Seeds spread by hay, equipment, and water, with control relying on herbicides like triclopyr or metsulfuron and grazing strategies.
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