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Kansas farmers experiment with perennial grains to fight worsening drought
1+ week, 2+ day ago (49+ words) Want your own hosted, self-optimizing clone of this — or any OpenServe site? Open Development for enterprise → © OpenServe Holdings LLC Where do you stand? What each side asserts, disputes — or leaves out entirely. Whose framing of this story rings truest to…...
Kansas Department of Agriculture to enforce quarantine on invasive tree species
3+ week, 5+ day ago (347+ words) Headline: Heat Advisory from TUE 1:00 PM CDT until TUE 8:00 PM CDT KANSAS. (KAKE) - The Director of Communications with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Heather Lansdowne, says starting January 1, the department is issuing a quarantine that prevents the sale or movement…...
New Kansas state park offers cliffs, clear lake and miles of trails
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1161+ words) IOLA — The typical Kansas landscape doesn't include clear waters, sheer limestone cliffs and rock islands, but the state's newest state park is anything but typical. Lehigh Portland State Park officially cut the ribbon at the new visitors center Aug. 12 after…...
12 Kansas lakes now under toxic algae watches, warnings
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (250+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks issued a new public health advisory Thursday due to blue-green algae. The following Kansas lakes are under blue-green algae warnings: Gathering Pond,…...
Engineers race to save reservoirs in Kansas from muddy fate - AOL
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (692+ words) TOPEKA (KSNT) – Engineers are in a race against the clock to find a way to prolong the life of Kansas’ reservoirs and save them from a muddy fate. All reservoirs in Kansas suffer from the same problem: each is gradually…...
Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1247+ words) By ALEXA ST. JOHN and CHARLIE RIEDEL It hasn’t always been easy. For instance, there were challenging economic times through the 1980s and various degrees of drought affecting his yield through the years. But this season feels different. “All in all,…...
Kansas utility regulators stop transmission line path through endangered grasslands | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (552+ words) Numerous landowners testified against the proposed line, arguing it would destroy prairie grasslands and interfere with ranching, farming and oil and gas operations....
Across Kansas City’s urban neighborhoods, lead lurks in the soil: ‘The dirt is contaminated"
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1780+ words) When people see the small rectangular plots cordoned off next to Vanessa and Kenneth Robinson’s house, they sometimes ask what they are growing. But the sprouts of green aren’t a garden. They are a laboratory for testing and treating soil....
A City in western Kansas is asking residents to be more “Water Wise”
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) County Name: Rooks County County Name: Ellis County County Name: Russell County County Name: Rush County County Name: Barton County County Name: Pawnee County County Name: Edwards County County Name: Kiowa County County Name: Pratt County County Name: Comanche County…...
New Kansas license plates carry hidden benefit for wildlife
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (213+ words) TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas drivers will soon be able to start adorning their vehicles with new wildlife-themed license plate designs. Fall turkey hunting season could be brought back in Kansas “It also serves to bolster and boost funding centered around conservation…...