One year after wildfires, Kansas ranchers vow to ‘get by … somehow’
It’s been one year since widespread wildfires tore across western and central Kansas. For the ranchers who lost so much, the rebuilding process is far from over.
Drone no-fly zone issued over Keystone oil spill site in Kansas
TC Energy has established a no-fly zone over the Kansas site where its Keystone pipeline spilled 14,000 barrels of oil following drone footage of the disaster.
Kansas State research: Growing frequency of dry, hot and windy conditions damage wheat yields
The compounding influence of adverse dry, hot and windy climate patterns slashed wheat yield 4% in Kansas and five other Great Plains states over the past 40 years, Kansas State University researchers reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
Ken Lassman
Kaw Valley Almanac for Dec. 19-25, 2022
With super cold, snowy, windy conditions predicted this week, be sure to help overwintering songbirds survive by putting out plenty of bird seed. Don’t be surprised if you live in the country if wild turkeys, opossums and even a deer or two show up to grab a little snack to stay warm, too.
Not just any oil spill. The Keystone pipeline dumped notoriously hard-to-clean ‘dilbit’ in Kansas
The spill in Kansas is now the second-largest spill of tar sands crude on U.S. soil. And scientists say this stuff comes with major complications for containing and cleaning it.
‘It’s time to deal with this’: Kansas Water Authority wants to save Ogallala Aquifer
Kansas should scrap its de facto policy of draining the Ogallala Aquifer, a state board decided Wednesday.
250 workers deployed to the Keystone pipeline spill in Kansas, but the cleanup’s end isn’t in sight
The largest inland oil spill in nearly a decade has prompted the owner of the Keystone pipeline to build an earthen dam 3 miles downstream from the release in an attempt to limit the contamination in north-central Kansas.
Ken Lassman
Kaw Valley Almanac for Dec. 12-18, 2022
Much of the state has experienced foggy weather of late, without much precipitation.
Regulators order Keystone Pipeline to investigate after 14,000 barrels spill in Kansas
Federal regulators have ordered operators to temporarily shut down part of the Keystone Pipeline in northern Kansas and investigate after it spilled 14,000 barrels of crude oil.
Keystone pipeline spills in Kansas, dirtying creek and causing oil prices to spike
An oil spill in north-central Kansas dirtied a creek Wednesday night and prompted the emergency shutdown of a major international pipeline.
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