Kansas Natural Resources Conservation Service Administrative Area 3 Contact: Bruce Wells, Assistant State Conservationist [email protected] Area 3 includes 24 counties, 19 field offices, and 24 conservation districts. Area Office: • Emporia Area 3 Field Offices: 19 • Allen County - Iola • Anderson County - Garnett • Bourbon County - Ft. Scott • Butler County – El Dorado • Cherokee County - Columbus • Coffey County – Burlington Major Ag Production: • Cowley County - Winfield • Corn • Wheat • Crawford County - Girard • Milo • Grazing Lands • Elk County and Chautauqua County - Howard • Soybeans • Sorghum • Franklin County - Ottawa • Hay • Cattle • Greenwood County - Eureka • Labette County - Altamont Major Practices: • Linn County - Mound City • Ponds • Lyon County and Chase County - Emporia • Brush Management • Miami County, Johnson County, and Wyandotte County - • Pasture and Rangeland Management Paola • Erosion Control on Cropland • Montgomery County - Independence • Pest Management • Morris County - Council Grove • Terraces - gradient, tile-outlet, grass-back • Neosho County - Erie • Waterways • Wilson County and Woodson County - Fredonia • Grade Stabilization Structures • Grass Seeding Partnerships: • No-till and Reduced Tillage • Conservation districts offices: 24 counties • Ag Waste Structures • Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism: 1 biologist Resource Concerns: • Kansas Forest Service: 1 forester • Cropland soil erosion occurring from cropland under • Pheasants Forever: 1 biologist continuous annual crop production • Division of Conservation, Kansas Department of • Invasive species in pasture and rangeland Agriculture: 3 technicians • Surface water quality degradation due to sediment and nutrients Major Land Resource Areas: • Pasture use rates • Bluestem Hills (Flint Hills) • Decline of grassland wildlife species • Cross Timbers • Grasslands under managed and unevenly used • Cherokee Prairie • Wetland and riparian area losses due to past farming • Missouri Loess Hills practices • Central Kansas Alluvial Plain • Occasional flooding damaging agricultural crops and infrastructure Helping People Help the Land An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer .