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.