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Irrigation blamed for drying Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands
Harris News Service reports the Kansas Wildlife Federation challenges state evidence linking Ness Rush and Barton county irrigation to Cheyenne Bottoms water declines. The group warns of a lawsuit to curb Wet Walnut Creek irrigation and protect senior water rights amid SCS and geological survey findings.
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Dave Ranney
Harris
The
Kansas Wildlife Federation
Ness
Rush
Barton
Cheyenne Bottoms
Great Bend
Walnut Creek
Federation
Jerry Hazlett
Soil Conservation Service
Wildlife Federation
Hazlett
Geological Survey
Kansas
Arkansas River
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Manhattan
Wet Walnut Watershed
Federal Soil Conservation Office
Salina
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Office
SCS
Environmental Services
State Department of Wildlife and Parks
Cheyenne
Environmental Services Section
Bill Layher
Layher
Division of Water Resources
Joe Kramer
Department
Fish and Wild
Pope