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Big Bend Groundwater Management District 5

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      • Board of Directors
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      • Newsletters
      • Water Blog
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      • CKWBA
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Quivira NWR Resolution

Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 is working to achieve an effective resolution to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("USFWS") impairment complaint on Water Right File No. 7571.


This page is intended to provide information to stakeholders in the area regarding this process.

Current Status

The District is working with area stakeholders to provide a sustainable remedy to the Quivira NWR impairment complaint. The issue at hand is extremely complex and affects the livelihood of several generations throughout this region. As such, the District is considering every option thoroughly and consulting expert hydrogeologists to ensure that the objectives put forward are effective and based on the best science available. 


In October 2019, Senator Jerry Moran's office announced, following a meeting with Aurelia Skipwith, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, that Ms. Skipwith committed to work with local stakeholders to find a voluntary solution for the Quivira NWR impairment before requesting KDA-DWR to regulate junior water rights. The full statement can be found here.

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following statement regarding this issue:


"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not make a request for water to the State of Kansas for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Fiscal Year 2020. Throughout the year, the Service will continue to work to find local, voluntary, collaborative and non-regulatory solutions, including augmentation, to address the water needs of the community and the wildlife conservation purposes of the refuge before determining if more formal measures are necessary to ensure the refuge's water rights are secured. We look forward to working with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, the Kansas congressional delegation, and all water users to develop concrete milestones and lasting solutions."  


The District is leading a team that is in direct discussions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service leadership. The two parties have met regularly since 2019 to find a local, voluntary, collaborative solution. In a special board meeting on July 24, 2020, the District board approved a Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that outlines a pathway forward for the resolution for years to come. 


The Memorandum of Agreement can be found here.


The work is not yet complete. The District stands committed to working to resolve this issue and is currently working through the Watershed Plan process with NRCS.

Background Documents

Background Documents

Background Documents

  • 2020-07-25 Memorandum of Agreement - District/USFWS
  • 2019-11-01 Resolving the Quivira NWR Impairment claim
  • 2019-11-06 Administrative Review Dismissal
  • 2019-10-21 KDA-DWR Presentation Slides
  • 2019-10-21 KDA-DWR Public Meeting Video (7:00pm)
  • 2019-10-21 KDA-DWR Public Meeting Video (3:00pm)
  • 2019-09-30 Proposed Administration Sample Letter (KDA)
  • 2019-09-24 Proposed Administrative Zones (KDA)
  • 2019-08-30 Petition Order from KDA
  • 2019-08-23 KDA Memo on Resolving Impairment
  • 2019-08-14 Administrative Review Petitions
  • 2019-07-30 Letter to District from Chief Engineer
  • 2019-05-30 KDA-DWR Technical Review
  • 2019-05-09 Keller-Bliesner Peer Review
  • 2019-03-08 Streamflow Augmentation Wellfield (Fig 3)
  • 2019-02-22 Quivira NWR LEMA Transmittal Letter
  • 2019-02-21 Quivira NWR LEMA Document
  • 2019-02-21 Quivira NWR LEMA Map
  • 2019-02-21 Video of Annual Meeting courtesy SSC TV3 (YouTube)
  • 2019-02-20 Balleau Groundwater Inc. - LEMA Issues
  • 2019-01-30 District Memo on Resolving Impairment
  • 2019-01-11 KDA Memo on Resolving Impairment
  • 2019-01-04 KDA Memo on End Gun Removal
  • 2019-01-04 KDA Memo on Augmentation Sufficiency
  • 2019-01-02 Judicial Review Dismissal without Prejudice
  • 2018-12-23 WaterPACK Economic Study
  • 2018-12-21 KDHE Initial Analysis of Water Quality
  • 2018-12-20 Letter to District from Chief Engineer  
  • 2018-12-13 WR 7571 Request to Secure Water 2019
  • 2018-12-13 Rattlesnake Creek / Quivira NWR LEMA Transmittal Letter
  • 2018-12-13 Rattlesnake Creek / Quivira NWR LEMA Document
  • 2018-11-19 Augmentation MOU [signed]
  • 2018-08-27 Video of Q/A Session courtesy SSC TV3 (YouTube)
  • 2018-08-27 Video of Presentations courtesy SSC TV3 (YouTube)
  • 2018-08-27 Proposed LEMA Presentation
  • 2018-08-27 Public Meeting Handout
  • 2018-08-23 KDA Feedback (rev 10)
  • 2018-08-09 Proposed LEMA Presentation
  • 2018-08-09 LEMA Document [DRAFT]
  • 2018-08-09 LEMA Target Use Calculator [DRAFT]
  • 2018-08-06 KDA Feedback (rev 9)
  • 2018-07-12 LEMA Document [DRAFT]
  • 2018-07-09 Stafford County District Court Memorandum
  • 2018-05-14 Response to Motion to Dismiss
  • 2018-05-03 Motion to Dismiss Judicial Review
  • 2018-04-26 Letter to District from KS Secretary of Agriculture
  • 2018-04-13 Letter to Chief Engineer from District
  • 2018-04-04 Petition for Judicial Review
  • Water Right Lookup Tool (Auth AF, Water Use, Stream Response, etc.)
  • 2018-02-15 LEMA Document [DRAFT]
  • 2018-02-15 LEMA Boundary [DRAFT]
  • 2018-02-14 KDA-DWR Modeled Response Map
  • 2018-02-15 LEMA Fact Sheet
  • LEMA Statute K.S.A. 82a-1041
  • Presentations at Annual Meeting Video courtesy Ginger Pugh (KDA-DWR) (YouTube)
  • Rattlesnake Creek LEMA Overview Lynn Preheim - Stinson Leonard Street LLP
  • LEMA Authority & Methodology Lynn Preheim - Stinson Leonard Street LLP
  • Hydrology of Rattlesnake Creek LEMA Peter Balleau - Balleau Groundwater Inc
  • Remedy Requirements for Quivira NWR Impairment Chief Engineer David Barfield - KDA-DWR
  • 2017-04-14 USFWS Response
  • 2017-02-15 Second Stakeholder Proposal
  • 2016-12-01 USFWS Response
  • 2016-09-09 Initial Stakeholder Proposal to USFWS
  • 2016-07-15 KDA-DWR Final Impairment Report

Feedback & Comments

Background Documents

Background Documents

  • 2019-09-20 Letter to Agriculture Organizations from KDA
  • 2019-08-28 Letter to KDA from Agriculture Organizations
  • 2019-08-23 Letter to Audubon of Kansas from KDA
  • 2019-08-16 Letter to KDA from Audubon of Kansas
  • 2019-08-12 Kansas Grain and Feed Association
  • 2019-08-08 Memorandum
  • 2019-08-07 WaterPACK
  • 2019-08-05 Anonymous
  • 2019-01-18 Stafford County Farm Bureau Letter to Chief Engineer 
  • 2018-12-21 Cross to KWO
  • 2018-12-12 KWO to Skyline Schools
  • 2018-12-07 Wygle
  • 2018-11-26 Kanza COOP
  • 2018-10-22 Letter to SJHS from USFWS
  • 2018-10-15 Letter to Audubon of Kansas from USFWS
  • 2018-11-05 Skyline Schools
  • 2018-10-29 Traster
  • 2018-10-24 City of St John
  • 2018-10-19 Kansas Farm Bureau
  • 2018-10-17 WaterPACK
  • 2018-10-15 Email to Chief Engineer from District
  • 2018-10-03 Stafford County Officials
  • 2018-09-26 Pawnee County Commissioners
  • 2018-09-24 Pratt County Commissioners
  • 2018-09-13 St John Schools
  • 2018-09-11 Newby
  • 2018-08-30 Maechtlen
  • 2018-08-27 Letter to Audubon of Kansas from KDA
  • 2018-08-17 Letter to KDA from Audubon of Kansas
  • 2018-07-18 Maechtlen
  • 2018-05-17 Letter to District from KS Secretary of Agriculture 
  • 2018-05-15 Letter to KS Secretary of Agriculture from District 
  • 2018-03-18 Wygle
  • 2018-03-18 Petrowsky
  • 2018-03-15 Vosburgh
  • 2018-03-15 Spare
  • 2018-03-15 Schwalb
  • 2018-03-15 Maechtlen
  • 2018-03-15 Hornbaker
  • 2018-03-15 Fritzemeier
  • 2018-03-15 Caruso
  • 2018-03-15 Anonymous
  • 2018-03-15 Anonymous (2)
  • 2018-03-12 Schultz
  • 2018-03-12 Bert
  • 2018-03-12 Bert (2)
  • 2018-03-08 Crane Proposal
  • 2018-03-06 Breitenbach
  • 2018-03-01 Wewers
  • 2018-03-01 WaterPACK
  • 2018-03-01 Traster
  • 2018-03-01 Stafford County Farm Bureau
  • 2018-03-01 Schlessiger
  • 2018-03-01 Schlessiger (2)
  • 2018-03-01 Garrett
  • 2018-03-01 Fisher
  • 2018-03-01 Bush
  • 2018-02-28 Wenstrom
  • 2018-02-28 Rugan
  • 2018-02-28 Neeland
  • 2018-02-28 Crane
  • 2018-02-28 Crane (2)
  • 2018-02-28 Chadd
  • 2018-02-28 Barfield
  • 2018-02-28 Anonymous
  • 2018-02-27 Krehbiel
  • 2018-02-26 Pinkston
  • 2018-02-26 Moore
  • 2018-02-26 Chadd
  • 2018-02-22 Maechtlen
  • 2018-02-20 McClure
  • 2018-02-20 Dickson
  • 2018-02-16 Kaiser
  • 2017-09-29 Crane
  • 2017-08-30 Crane

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