Newsletter

Winter 2023
Conservation District Annual Meeting
Local Working Group To Hold Meeting
Barber County Proud!
Application Deadline For Inflation Reduction Act
State Cost Share For FY 2024

Spring 2023
Drought Resiliency Initiative Funding Available
State Cost Share Sign-Up
Barber County Surveys

Fall 2022
EQIP Contract Planning Underway
Conservation District Plans Annual Meeting
The Importance Of Water Sampling By Justin Goodno, KSU Extension
Cable For Fencing Back In Stock
Survey Questions Designed To Assist Barber County Producers
Recreational Leasing Survey

Summer 2022
Conservation Grant To Assist In Planting Cover Crops
2022 Pasture Leasing Arrangement Survey
USDA NRCS to Allow Greater Flexibility Regarding Farm Bill Program Contracts

Spring 2022
Just A One-Page Survey
Local High School Artist Wins National Competition
Wheat Pasture & Forage Crop Grazing Survey
State Cost Share Sign-Up
Spring Wildflower Tour
Range Youth Camp

Winter 2021
Conservation District Annual Meeting
What Is The Local Working Group
Local Working Groups
Maintaining A Good Pipe Inventory: It's Not Always Easy
State Cost Share Programs For FY 2023

Summer 2021
KGLC 2021 KS Range School
Water, Water Everywhere (Except in the Pond That Lost Its Dam) By Carl Jarboe, Soil Conservation Technician
Monitoring Grass Consumption By Lody Black, Rangeland Mgt. Specialist

Spring 2021
USDA KS Announces Application Cut-Off For Conservation Stewardship Program
April Is State Cost Share Sign-Up
Spring Wildflower Tour
Range Youth Camp Scholarship
NRCS Announces New Grasslands Initiative
No Tree Left Behind By Jess Crockford, KS Prescribed Fire Council, SW KS Coordinator
District Equipment Rental
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
And By The Way

January 2021
Atypical Conservation District Annual Meeting
BCCD Annual Meeting Minutes
2020 District Highlights
An Update From Acting District Conservationist, Blake McLemore

Winter 2020
Conservation District To Hold Annual Meeting
NRCS Cost Share Programs By Wyatt Sperry, Supervisory District Conservationist
Silver Bluestem - The Ideal Range Health Indicator By Lody Black, Rangeland Mgt. Specialist
All Conservation Work Is Important
Dates To Remember

Fall 2020
Conservation District Plans Annual Meeting
Conservation Service vs. COVID Restrictions
Kansas Announces Environmental Quality Incentives Program Application Deadline
New Faces

Spring 2020
Little Mule Creek Prescribed Burn Association By Jess Crockford, KS Prescribed Fire Council, SW KS Coordinator
April is State Cost Share Sign-UP
Spring Wildflower Tour Cancelled
Range Youth Camp Scholarship
"Movin' On"
Personal Experience: Range Youth Camp By Lody Black, NRCS Area 2 Rangeland Mgt. Specialist
BULLETIN: USDA Service Center Encourages Appointments Due To Public Health Concerns as Issued by USDA/FSA 3/18/2020
And By The Way...

Winter 2019
Conservation District To Hold Annual Meeting
NRCS Cost Share Programs By Wyatt Sperry, NRCS Supervisory District Conservationist
Silver Bluestem - The Ideal Range Health Indicator? By Lody Black, NRCS Range Management Specialist
All Conservation Work Is Important

Fall 2019
Old World Bluestem: Good or Bad? By Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Conservation Technician
Plant ID & Grazing Management Field Days By Lody Black, NRCS Range Management Specialist
Seeking Nominations For Kansas Bankers Conservation Award
Seeding Native With The Best Chance Of Success By Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Conservation Technician
Until We Meet Again

Summer 2019
KGLC 2019 KS Range School
BCCD Offers Scholarship
Water, Water Everywhere (Except In The Pond That Lost Its Dam) Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Conservation Technician
Monitoring Grass Consumption Lody Black, Rangeland Management Specialist

Spring 2019
Why Would You Want To Attend The Barber County Wildflower Tour?  By Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Conservation Technican
Spring Green-Up  By Lody Black, NRCS Range Management Specialist
Cover Crop Coffee Shop
April Is State Cost Share Sign-Up
Spring Wildflower Tour
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
Range Youth Camp Scholarship
Have You Ever?  By Carl Jarboe
And By The Way...

Winter 2018
Conservation District To Hold Annual Meeting
USD 255 Conservation Field Day
Water Availability Before And After Red Cedars: Rancher Observations (Survey)
NRCS Sets Program Funding Application Cutoff For December 21
Winter Grazing Lody Black, NRCS Range Management Specialist
Dates To Remember

Fall 2018
Banker's Conservation Award Nominees
Livestock Watering Facilities - Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Conservation Technician
Practice Maintenance - Martin Gugelman, Civil Engineer Technician, Scott City, KS

Summer 2018
Barber County Welcomes New Range Specialist
KGLC Range School
Range School Scholarship
Cost Share Programs By Wyatt Sperry, NRCS Supervisory District Conservationist
DUNS & SAM Requirements for Farmers
Another Wildflower Tour In The Books
Is Soil Health Important On Range Sites? By Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Conservation Technician
Livestock Pipeline Maintenance By Martin W. Gugelman, NRCS Civil Engineering Technician
Conservation Program Funds Now Available By Jess Crockford, SW Regional Coordinator-KS Prescribed Fire Council
Barber County Fair

Spring 2018
USDA Offers Renewal Options For Expiring Conservation Stewardship Contracts
New Conservation District Board Supervisor
April Is State Cost Share Sign-Up
Spring Wildflower Tour - May 12
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
Range Youth Camp Scholarship
Fence Line Erosion By Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Conservation Technician
Oh, By The Way
Let's Start A Conversation About Soil Health By Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Conservation Technician

Winter 2017
Conservation District To Hold Annual Meeting
Kansas Wildfire Cost Share Initiative
Watching For Invasive Plants  By Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Conservation Technician
Kansas NRCS And The Nature Conservancy Providing $1.4M Financial Assistance
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
Good-Bye Kelsey
Kansas NRCS And The National Fish And Wildlife Foundation Providing $182,000 In Financial Assistance
Conservation Field Day On The Z Bar Ranch
Poster Contest Winners
Conservation District Supervisor Honored At KACD Annual Convention
Dates To Remember

Fall 2017
Red Hills Cedar Rodeo
Practice Maintenance  By Martin Gugelman, Civil Engineer Technician, Scott City, KS
Just So You Know
Dealing With Invasive Plant Species  By Carl Jarboe, NRCS Sol Technician
Invasive Species Are Here To Stay  By Carl Jarboe, NRCS Soil Technican
Kids And Conservation
Extreme Habitat Management Techniques For Whitetail Deer  By Jess Crockford, KPFC
Seeking Nominations For 2017 Banker's Awards
Kansas NRCS Announces Deadline For EQIP Funding

Summer 2017
2017 Spring Wildflower Tour
KGLC 2017 Kansas Range Schools Announced
Scholarship Offered To Attend Kansas Range School
Cost Share Programs
Check Your Waterways This Summer
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Spring 2017
KS NRCS And The Nature Conservancy Providing $1.4M Financial Assistance
April Is State Cost Share Sign-Up
Spring Wildflower Tour - May 13
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
Range Youth Camp Scholarship
Defensible Space By Jess Crockford, KPFC
By The Way...
Helping Your Neighbors
The Recovery Years By Toni Flax, Rangeland Mgt Specialist

Winter 2016
2017 Anderson Creek Wildfire Initiative
Conservation District To Hold Annual Meeting
Winter Care For Windbreaks And Other Landscaping Is Important By Carl Jarboe
Poster Contest Winners
USDA Announces Applications Available For Updated Conservation Stewardship Program
John Farney Memorial Scholarship

Fall 2016
Kansas NRCS Announces Deadline For EQIP Funding
Client Gateway
Seeking Nominations For 2016 Banker's Awards
Cut And Stuff by Jess Crockford
SAM Scam Warning

Summer 2016
Meet The New Girl
Two More Things To Think About After The Big Fire by Ken Brunson
Range Recovery From Wildfire  by Carl Jarboe
2016 Range Schools
See You In Fairadise
And Don't Forget
On The Prairie, Wildfires Happen  by Jess Crockford

Spring 2016
Annual Meeting Honorees
So You Have A Cost Share Contract: What Now?  by Carl Jaboe
April Is State Cost Share Sign-up Month
"Are You Ready For Rain?"  by Toni M. Flax
Scholarships Available

Fall 2015
What Are Your Exclusion Cages Telling You?  by Carl Jarboe
It May Be Native Pasture But It Isn't Native Range  by Dwayne Rice
2015 Conservation Poster Contest Winners
Coffee Shop Meetings
Does Your Windbreak Need Some Help?  by Carl Jarboe
Conservation District Annual Meeting

Summer 2015
Meet The New Guy
"My health is always better in the fall.", by Jess Crockford
Are Your Livestock Water Tanks in Good Shape?, by Carl Jarboe
No-Till On The Plains Winter Conference
Barber County Bus Tour

Spring 2015
Spring Showers Brought May Flowers
Conservation Field Day
Range Youth Camp Scholarship
Summer Burning, by Jess Crockford
2015 Prescribed Burn Tour
Summer Range School Scholarship Available
Come To The Fair
By The Way...
Isn't Rain Wonderful!, by Carl Jarboe

Winter 2015
USDA Accepting Applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program
Helping Pheasants Recover from Drought, by Daryl Fisher, KDWPT Biologist
"Neighbor to Neighbor" the Future of Prescribed Burning, by Jess Crockford, SW Regional Fire Coordinator

Fall 2014
NRCS Announces Deadline for EQIP Funding in Kansas
Trees Are Good, Right?, by Carl Jarboe
Conservation Poster Contest
The High Cost of Letting the Little Things Go, by Carl Jarboe
Conservation District Annual Meeting

Summer 2014
Adapting to the Changes Around You is 2014 Range School Focus
Much Needed Rains, Much Needed Repairs, by Carl Jarboe
See You At The Fair
Are There Weeds In Your Pasture?, by Carl Jarboe
2014 Spring Wildfower (Wildlife) Tour

Spring 2014
Cost-Share Applications Accepted Through April 30, 2014
Spring Wildflower Tour, May 10
Youth Range Camp Scholarship Offered
Conservationists Honored At BCCD Annual Meeting
Stewardship Week Is April 27-May4
Prescription For Good Range Health, by Jess Crockford
FY 2014 Cost-Share Projects
Used Oil Trailer To Make Collections

Fall 2013
Conservation District Annual Meeting
No-Till On The Plains Winter Conference
Barber County Conservation Posters Win State Honors
"Where Does Your Water Shed?"
Applications for Conservation Stewardship Program Due January 17


Summer 2013
Tree and Shrub Care During Years of Drought, by Carl Jarboe
Pond Issues, by Jarred Kneisel
Range School Focus on Soil Health in Early August

Spring 2013
Prescribed Burn Workshops Enjoy Good Attendance, by Ken Brunson
Ponds or Water Wells: Which is Better, by Carl Jarboe
April - State Cost-Share Sign-Up Month
Fire Council Places Regional Coordinator to Assist Ranchers
Wildflower Tour - May 11
Soil's Role in Effective Rainfall (March 2012), by Jarred Kneisel
Soil's Role in Effective Rainfall - Update (April 2013), by Jarred Kneisel
Continuing Education 2013 Summer Graduate Course
Soil and Water Stewardship Week
Ted Alexander Ranch Tour

Winter 2013
Outstanding Conservationist - Alexander Ranch
Bankers Award - Max Nichols
Bankers Award - Jason Howell
What About My Trees? - Thad Rhodes
Burn Equipment Available
Scholarship Available
Cost-Share Sign-Up

Fall 2012
Poster Contest Winners
Eating "Cake" With The Buffalo
Claims Filing Period for Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers Who Claim Past Discrimination at USDA to Open on Septmeber 24, 2012
Cover Crop/Soil Health Demonstration Study Set Up
No-Till Education Grant Approved
Scholarship Available
Emergency Drought Initiative
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
Bankers Tour
EQIP Application Evaluation Cutoff is Friday, November 16, 2012
District Sales and Services
Cover Crops Trap Residual Nitrogen Following Drought

Summer 2012
Wildflower Tour
Tree Spade For Sale
Managing After Drought Serves As Range School Theme
William Lavergne - Student Trainee Profile
Speech Contest

Spring 2012
Outstanding Conservationists - Calvin & Carla Boyd
Bankers Award - Brook Ranch
Bankers Award - Robert Schrock
Soil's Role in Effective Rainfall - by Jarred Kneisel
Wildflower Tour
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
Cost Share Sign-Up
South Central Kansas Residue Alliance Soil Improvement Workshop
Winter Canola Risk Management School
Current Sign-Ups and Announcements

Fall/Winter 2011
Annual Meeting Invitation
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
Poster Contest Winners
5th Grade Field Day
Scholarship Recipient
Lease Roads
Cleaning Out Ponds

Summer 2011
Wildflower Tour
5th Grade Conservation Field Day
Student Trainee - James Ungerer
eWaste
Fair
Range School Scholarship
Waterways, Do They Need Maintenance? - by Carl Jarboe
Terrace Maintenance - by Jarred Kneisel
KGLC Range School Format is Rancher-Friendly, Questions Welcomed - by Tim Christian
Drought Information for Livestock Producers - by Jim Wright, Rangeland Management Specialist

Spring 2011
Banker's Award Winners
Were Bagworms On Your Windbreak Last Year?
Wildflower Tour
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
Cost Share Sign-Up
Prescribed Burn Workshop
Smoke Management Plan Approved
Improving Your CRP For Wildlife!

Winter 2010/Conservation Edition
5th Grade Conservation Field Day
Achieving A Better Grass Stand, With Proper Cover Crops
Caleb Papenhausen's "Consider This"
Equipment Available For Use
E-Waste Collection A Success!
Food Plots Done Right
Get Paid To Make Your Grazing Land More Productive!
If You Build It, They Will Come
Is CSP Right For Me?
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
Kansas Forest Resource Assessment and Strategy
Grazing Coalition Active In Western Kansas
Make The Connection At The No-Till On The Plains Winter Conference
Making Cover Crops Work For You
New Employee - Caleb Papenhausen
Noxious Plants and Their Impact on Wildlife by Caleb Papenhausen
Cheatgrass?
Partnership Creates Funding Opportunities
Diversion vs. Terraces
Oklahoma Awards State CIG Grant To Increase Sustainable Agriculture
Poster Contest Winners
Products For Sale
Scholarship Recipient
SCKRAC 2010 Summer Farm Tour
Soil Compaction
What Is It, A Wildflower, A Forb or A Weed?
Wildflower Tour

Fall 2010
Bankers Award Nominations by Tim Marshall, County Agent
Scholarship Recipient
Poster Contest
Making Cover Crops Work For You
Patch Burn Grazing, Improved Wildlife Habitat and Ranching Made Easy?
EQIP/WHIP Application Cupoff Date - November 15, 2011
SCKRAC 2010 Summer Farm Tour
Fair
Waste Oil Collection Trailer
E-Waste Trailer
Achieving A Better Grass Stand, WIth Proper Cover Crops

Summer 2010
E-Waste Collection Day
Get Paid To Make Your Grazing Land More Productive by Caleb Papenhausen
Non-Point Source Funds Available
Come Join Us At The Fair
New Employee - Caleb Papenhausen by Caleb papenhausen
Applications Open For Private Landowner Program provided by Chris Berens
Applications Accepted For Walk-In Hunting Access Program provided by Chris Berens
USDA Urges Producers to Sign Up Now for Conservation Stewardship Program provided by Kansas NRCS
Wildflower Tour
5th Grade Conservation Field Day
2010 SCKRAC Spring Workshop by Terry D Hodgson
SCKRAC 2010 Summer Farm Tour by Terry D Hodgson

Spring 2010
Banker's Winners
Join Us For A Bloomin' Good Time at the 2010 Wildflower Tour
John Farney Memorial Scholarship
Cost Share Sign-Up
Equipment Available For Use
Products For Sale
What Is It, A Wildflower, A Forb, or A Weed? by Carl Jarboe
Soil Compaction by Steven P. Graber, Resource Conservationist
Celebrating 60 Years of the Barber County Conservation District
Upcoming Events