Metzger joins KCARE as associate director
Susan Metzger has been appointed associate director of the Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and Environment, or KCARE. Metzger also works as the senior executive administrator to the dean/director of K-State s College of Agriculture and K-State Research and Extension.
In her KCARE leadership role, Metzger will use her considerable experience to help secure and administer funding for the Kansas Water Resources Institute, the Fertilizer Research Fund, the Ogallala Aquifer Program and others. She will work closely with the KCARE team of watershed specialists to support their efforts to improve water quality throughout the state and their work with Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies projects. She also will represent KCARE with local, state and federal agencies and help coordinate work with water and soil conservation issues associated with increased cotton acres in Kansas. Metzger will be part of the leadership team coordi
Ogallala Aquifer Virtual Summit to be held Feb. 24-25, 2021. Summit topics focus on water management along with producers and rural communities who rely on the Ogallala Aquifer.
The Ogallala Aquifer is one of the largest fresh groundwater resources, underlying 175,000 square miles or 112 million acres across eight states. Water pumped from the High Plains aquifer system supports nearly 30% of the U.S. irrigated crop production along with cattle, dairy and hog production, according to ogallalawater.org.
The aquifer is recharged primarily by precipitation. Use along with limited rainfall has reduced the aquifer s water quantity and quality. To address concerns and ongoing aquifer projects and priorities that could benefit producers, communities and the aquifer, an Ogallala Aquifer Virtual Summit is being held Feb. 24-25, 2021.