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Pratt Tribune On January 15, Audubon of Kansas filed suit in federal court to restore the water rights belonging to the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Audubon of Kansas is a nonprofit environmental organization with more than 4,000 members concentrated in Kansas, Nebraska, and the central Great Plains. Defendants are David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior, and other federal and state officials, who have failed over many years to protect the refuge s water priority, which dates to 1957. Quivira NWR encompasses 22,135 acres and lies mostly in Stafford County, southeast of Great Bend. It is a wetland of international importance and provides sanctuary to a wide variety of waterfowl, shore birds and other wetland species, several of them listed as endangered or threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. For example, the refuge is a key stopover point for the federally endangered Whooping Crane as it migrates annually between its breeding grounds in Canada ....
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GREAT BEND TRIBUNE More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Audubon sues to restore Quivira water rights Group claims feds, state not doing enough to protect refuge Shown are pelicans flying over Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Stafford County. Audubon of Kansas has sued to restore water flow to the wetland. STAFFORD COUNTY – Audubon of Kansas on Friday, Jan. 15, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Kansas City to restore the 60-plus-year-old water rights belonging to the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, claiming irrigation along the Rattlesnake Creek has hampered water flow into the refuge. This is the latest action in a dispute that dates back nearly a decade. ....
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P.J. Griekspoor WATER IN SPOTLIGHT: The flow of water into Quivira National Wildlife Refuge from Rattlesnake Creek has been a contentious water issue in the last decade, culminating in the filing of a water rights impairment two years ago. A dry La Niña winter will elevate water shortages for the rest of the year. Jan 14, 2021 As a dry La Niña winter continues across Kansas, the spotlight has again turned to water issues in arid Kansas. Despite a heavy, wet snowstorm in early January, Kansas is dry. And the water watchers in Topeka have taken note of this, putting some of the thornier water issues back in the spotlight to become dominant topics of discussion by the end of this year. ....