Conservation News
No time like the present for water conservation
By Kathy Hanks, [email protected]
Connie Richmeier admits the Finney County Conservation District might maintain a low profile, but its efforts are making a difference in the community.
"We only have a moment to conserve. And this is the moment," said Richmeier, director of the district.
She explained the beginning of the conservation program in the United States Tuesday during the Brown Bag Education Series at the Finney County Historical Museum - a timely topic, considering the drought conditions plaguing Kansas, especially the southwest part of the state.
The Dust Bowl days of the 1930s, when severe drought caused soil to erode and blow away, creating huge black dust storms to form, helped convince leaders to make soil and water conservation a priority.
"While on Capitol Hill testifying about the erosion problem, soil scientist Hugh Hammond Bennett pulled back the curtains to reveal a sky blackened by dust," Richmeier said. "That was enough to convince Congress to unanimously pass legislation declaring soil and water conservation a national policy and priority.
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