Kickapoo Environmental Office

As we inch closer to winter, if anyone in the Kickapoo community would like to exchange their freshly-cut or non-seasoned wood with some ready-to-burn, seasoned wood, come give us a visit. We have a lot to exchange. And your participation will ensure the program can continue into the future.

Today, the State of Kansas Water Authority released its State of the Resource Reports, covering water use trends, water resource conditions, water quality, implementation progress and needs, and regional goals and action plan progress for 14 regional planning areas. You can find our region's (the "Kansas Regional Planning Area") at https://kwo.ks.gov/docs/default-source/State-of-the-Resource/stateoftheresource_kansas_final.pdf.

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For the month of May 2018, we measured 2.52 inches of rain at the Environmental Office, with only five days measuring more than 0.1 inch. According to the US Drought Monitor, Brown County is with a majority of Kansas counties experiencing moderate drought. Other interesting notes, May 2018 was the second warmest May on record for Kansas, and the warmest on record across the country.

The released today shows essentially the same as last week with 70% of counties in moderate drought (D1), 46% in severe drought (D2), 16% in extreme drought (D3) and 1.4% in exceptional drought (D4).

Unfortunately May precipitation did not compensate for the accumulated precipitation deficits since the first of year.

May 2018 was the warmest May on record for the contiguous US (not Hawaii and Alaska). May 2018 was the 2nd warmest on record for . If you recall this was after the second coolest April on record.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) National Drought Mitigation Center Kansas Division of Emergency Management

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Please join us this Thursday (5/3/18) at the Kickapoo Mekoskaatikani Community Center at 6PM for a gardening workshop. Click on the flyer for more details.