St. John resident Dick Smith shows his love for his community with pictures, taking thousands and thousands of snapshots at community and school events and sharing them on Facebook for good memories.
Fran Brownell
Pratt Tribune
Big Bend Groundwater Management District 5 Board of Directors will take a proactive stance in response to the Audubon of Kansas lawsuit pertaining to Quivera National Wildlife Refuge water rights, announcing this action at the GMD5 Annual Meeting held Thursday evening, February 18, at the Twilight Theatre in Greensburg, also broadcast via Zoom.
“We have an inherent interest in the outcome of the case, so the board has asked legal counsel to take steps to intervene in the lawsuit,” GMD5 District Manager Orrin Feril said.
Participants in the meeting also included Stacy Armitage of Denver, assistant regional director of U. S. Fish and Wildlife service for the Department of the Interior, and Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Manager Mike Oldham, who referenced water conservation efforts his staff is taking, including removal of woody species and of cattails and sediment along canals.
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Fran Brownell
Pratt Tribune
St. John retired veterinarian Dr. Jim Doran issued a call to action for St. John City Council members to be proactive regarding the Audubon of Kansas recent lawsuit relating to Quivera National Wildlife Refuge water rights.
“Be aware,” Dr. Doran said, addressing council members at their February 2 meeting. “Talk to your compatriots at the county and in other cities and see what you need to do or can do to join them.”
St. John Council President Marshal Sanders presided with Council Members Ryan Christie, Kyle Bunker, Esai Macias and Ross Fisher all in attendance.
Dr. Doran, a former St. John City Council member, told council members that the Audubon lawsuit impact poses an economic threat that could be far reaching.
Fran Brownell
Pratt Tribune
There were no power outages in Pratt during last week’s arctic freeze when other areas of the state were experiencing mandated rolling blackouts.
“Our solar farm worked up to its potential,” said Pratt Director of Electric Utilities Jamie Huber. “It can generate six megawatts per hour.”
The solar farm east of Pratt Community College, going into its third year of energy production, is not affected by cold weather, Huber said, although cloud cover and snow on panels can impact solar energy production.
The 36-acre solar farm has 22,232 solar panels each 10-foot high, in 500-foot rows, plus 32 combiner boxes and two inverters.