Watershed Task Force

The Carthage Press, reported Saturday, June 23, 2007, that Officials are hoping to turn a number of separate efforts to clean up the waters of the Spring River and North Fork of the Spring River in Jasper and Barton counties, into a coordinated effort to get more federal money for water cleanup projects. Jasper County Commissioner Jim Honey, Jasper County Health Department Director Tony Moehr and Bob Nichols, with the Tri-State Water Resources Coalition, met on Tuesday with Ron Paul, USDA offices in Jasper and Barton Counties, to discuss forming a Spring River Watershed Task Force, to coordinate groups and people wanting to clean up the waters flowing into the North Fork River and the Spring River.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a new Watershed Builder program (Internet based), called Watershed Planning Process - Design an Implementation Program. Perhaps we can get the Lawrence County, Barton County, and Newton County Commissions involved, along with Cherokee County Kansas. That would be a comprehensive plan.