Welcome to the SCC

Welcome to the State Conservation Commission website.  Conservation of natural resources is an important concern for all Kansans.  The State Conservation Commission (SCC), working with the 105 local conservation districts, the 88 organized watershed districts, other special purpose districts, and state and federal entities administer programs to improve water quality, reduce soil erosion, conserve water, reduce flood potential, and provide local water supply.  The SCC has the responsibility to administer the Conservation Districts Law, the Watershed District Act and other statutes authorizing various programs.  The agency budget is financed from the dedicated funding of the Kansas State Water Plan Special Revenue Fund, State General Fund, and fee funds.

 
What's New
  • The Water Right Transition Assistance Pilot Project Program (WTAP) Fall Enrollment is open Oct. 1 - Nov. 15.  The payment for water right retirement grants is now based on a state-wide, fixed price rate per ac-ft of the available Historic Consumptive Water Use.  In addition to last year's high priority ranking areas in the Rattlesnake Creek Subbasin and Prairie Dog Creek Basin, six new target areas in NW Kansas have been designated.  Read More...   
  • Gary Mast, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA, and Senator Derek Schmidt, Majority Leader of the Kansas Senate, are scheduled to speak at the 64th Annual Kansas Association of Conservation Districts Convention, Wichita, Nov. 23-25.   
  • Construction underway for HorseThief Reservoir west of Jetmore in Hodgeman County.  Read more...
  • Installing Principal Spillway

     HorseThief Reservoir

     Photo by Ron Allen 
     
    Financial Assistance

    The State Conservation Commission's cost-share programs are aimed at providing financial incentives to landowners to apply enduring conservation practices that reduce soil erosion and improve water quality or reduce irriation water use.

    Photo of riparian area fence All landowners within the state of Kansas may apply for financial assistance on eligible conservation projects.  For more information regarding state financial assistance, please contact your county conservation district.

      Click on the map below for contact information

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    Conservation Partners
    Kansas Natural Resources Conservation Service Kansas Department of Agriculture Kansas Department of Health and Environment Farm Service Agency State Association of Kansas Watersheds Environmental Protection Agency Kansas Association of Conservation Districts National Association of Conservation Distritcts Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks KState Research & Extension Kansas Water Office
     

    State Conservation Commission, Topeka, Kansas