The John Redmond Reservoir WRAPS (Watershed Restoration & Protection Strategy) program provides cost share assistance to producers for establishing best management practices (BMPs) to improve water quality in designated priority areas of the John Redmond Reservoir watershed.
John Redmond Reservoir Watershed
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John Redmond Reservoir Watershed
About
Priority Areas
Our Work
Get Involved
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About
Current focus priorities, all excess nutrient influenced :
- Eagle Creek – Dissolved Oxygen
- Allen Creek – Dissolved Oxygen
- South Fork Cottonwood River – Biology
- Fox Creek – Biology
Additional impairment being addressed:
- John Redmond Reservoir – Sedimentation and Eutrophication
Watershed Coordinator:
Derek Haines
Stakeholder Leadership Team
- Roger Wells – Lyon County landowner
- Chris Mushrush – Chase County Producer
- Joe Heathman – Chase County Producer
- Kevin Wellnitz – Lyon/Coffey county Producer
- Michael Wendel – Lyon county Producer
- Craig Adkinson – Wolf Creek Generating Station
- J.R. Glen – Evergy
- Payton Delong – Lyon county Producer
- Eugene Goff – Corp of Engineers, John Redmond
- Anthony Capizzo – Nature Conservancy
Partners*
- Coffey County Extension Service
- Lyon County Extension Service
- Flint Hills District Extension Service
- Flint Hills Watershed Specialist, KSU Extension
- Kansas Forest Service
- Coffey County Conservation District
- Lyon County Conservation District
- Chase County Conservation District
- Morris County Conservation District
- Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Watershed Management Section
- WRAPS
- US Army Corp of Engineers
- USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
- USEPA
- Kansas Water Office
- Kansas Department of Agriculture, Department of Conservation
- Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
- Evergy
*This list is ever-changing as the John Redmond WRAPS develops
Priority Areas
The John Redmond Watershed has four priority areas:
- Allen Creek
- Eagle Creek
- South Fork Cottonwood
- Fox Creek
Maps
- John Redmond Reservoir Priority Area Map
- John Redmond Priority Map with Parcels
- John Redmond – Biology Impairment Map
Counties
- Marion
- Morris
- Chase
- Wabaunsee
- Lyon
- Coffey
Our Work
Are you a landowner in the
John Redmond watershed?
Need assistance implementing
Best Management Practices?
KAWS’ Watershed Technician may be able to help!
Best Management Practices
Allen Creek Priority Area
– Alternative Water Systems
– Cover Crops for Grazing
– Exclusion Fencing
– Feed Site Relocation
– Permanent Vegetation
– Vegetated Filter Strips & Buffers
Eagle Creek Priority Area
– Alternative Water Systems
– Cover Crops for Grazing
– Exclusion Fencing
– Feed Site Relocation
– Permanent Vegetation
– Vegetated Filter Strips & Buffers
South Fork Cottonwood Priority Area
– Alternative Water Systems
– Cover Crops for Grazing
– Exclusion Fencing
– Feed Site Relocation
– Permanent Vegetation
– Vegetated Filter Strips & Buffers
Fox Creek Priority Area
– Alternative Water Systems
– Cover Crops for Grazing
– Exclusion Fencing
– Feed Site Relocation
– Permanent Vegetation
– Vegetated Filter Strips & Buffers
Featured Project:
Get Involved
Workshops: TBA
Public Meetings: Held quarterly. See below or contact Derek Haines for information.
Volunteer Opportunities: TBA
Contact
Derek is the Watershed Coordinator for the in the John Redmond Watershed and Toronto Fall River Watershed and works closely with the John Redmond Watershed Technician and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.
Derek brings a unique blend of skills and experiences to his work at KAWS. He has over a decade of agricultural Co-op management experience, time with law enforcement and in fleet maintenance, and most notably served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force. He has transformed the Conservation Technician role into a full-service conservation program offering everything from brush clearing to interseeding cover crops. In 2023, Derek was promoted to Watershed Coordinator for the John Redmond and Toronto-Fall River WRAPS.
When not at work, you can find Derek with his family, working on the farm, or indulging in his love of classic cars.
