2008 Fish for the Lake Scheduled!
June 14, 2008 at Hillsdale Lake
Show your
concern for water quality by signing up for this annual event!
The day will include lunch, awards, prize drawings and a silent auction.
Proceeds will benefit Hillsdale Water Quality Project and its mission to
improve, protect and restore water quality.
Are you looking
for a fun and unique gift for Father's Day?
Contact Hillsdale Water Quality Project to purchase a gift certificate for this
year's Fish for the Lake!
Cost is only $20 if
registered by May 30, 2008 and
$30 after May 30, 2008. Children 16 and Under are FREE!
Call 913-829-9414.
Members will receive $5 off their Fish for the Lake
registration fee if registered by May 30, 2008!
Call the Project
office today to ask about becoming a member!
Click HERE for
more details!
EPA Approves $900,000 Targeted Watershed
Grant Funds
for Marais Des Cygnes River Basin Implementation Project
EPA Region 7 Administrator John
Askew to Present Check Monday Dec. 3 to KDHE
Click here for EPA Press Release
Click here for KDHE Press
Release
Click HERE
to View the Check Presentation Ceremony at Hillsdale Lake
National EPA Targeted
Watershed Grant Program
Finalists Announced
Local Watershed Project Selected to Apply for Grant to Improve Water Quality
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment http://www.kdheks.gov/nps/index.html The Marais Des Cygnes River Basin is located south of the Kansas City metropolitan area and is home to more than 125,000 Kansas and Missouri residents. The river basin is experiencing urbanization, population increase, and land use shifts, placing strains on the water quality and water supply. The proposed projects will improve water quality though the implementation of an innovative market-based water quality protection auction and a targeted decision making tool for education activities. |
EPA Targeted Watershed Program
Spring Hill
Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy
by Following This Link:
www.oasites.com/springhillWRAPS/
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2007 'WRAPS' Meetings Completed
Four public meetings were held to gather public input for a
WRAPS document. The meetings were held in Spring Hill, Edgerton, Wellsville and
Gardner.
The Hillsdale WRAPS- or Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy- is a
planning tool for restoration and protection measures within Hillsdale Lake's
Watershed. It will be a tool used to implement best management practices,
educational practices and monitoring and assessing of the Hillsdale Watershed's
water resources. It combines public comments from all over the watershed to
create a master WRAPS plan.
For more information, please contact the office at: 913-829-9414.
Layman's Guide to Kansas'
Water Terminology and Acronyms
Second Printing Still Available! Supplies Limited!
A Guide for Stakeholders, Agency Representatives, Commission and Board
Members
and Everyone Interested
in Kansas' Water
Resources!
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EPA REGION VII Regional Administrator JOINS students monitor water quality in Hillsdale Watershed streams; celebrates Clean Water Act AND WORLD WATER MONITORING DAY! |
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View
real-time data at two stream gauging stations within the watershed: |
Organize your own stream team, staff will help you!
The Hillsdale Water Quality Project is funded by local private, corporate and municipal contributions in addition to an EPA Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grants, administered by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and a Johnson County Stormwater Management Advisory Council Grant funded through the Johnson County Stormwater Management Program. .
One New Century Parkway Suite 115
New
Century, Kansas 66031
(913) 829-9414 Fax: (913) 393-1394
