Livestock related projects with a water quality benefit, including livestock waste facilities and facility improvements for both confined and non-confined feeding site,  may apply for supplemental funds through the Marais des Cygnes Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS) Grant.  This grant covers a portion of 13 counties in east central Kansas with funds from KDHE/EPA Section 319 grant and is administered through the Franklin County Conservation District.   

 

There is also funding available through the Kansas Alliance of Wetland and Streams (KAWS) for riparian & wetland protection projects.  These projects may include riparian fencing, riparian buffers and wetland restoration/protection which are often components of livestock feeding facility relocation projects.  KAWS will review applications in which funds are requested for seeding a grass filter area and riparian fence when cattle are relocated away from the stream. 

 

There are also federal funds available through Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP ) for livestock waste facilities.  For more details on the federally funded programs contact the Natural Resource Conservation Service staff at the USDA Service Center located at 343 West 23rd, Ottawa (785) 242-1109.

 

Livestock Waste Facilities are completed in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas State Research and Extension and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.