Watershed Management Plan signed

Representatives from the Marais des Cygnes, Marmaton and Little Osage River areas, gathered Thursday March 8, 2007, for an official Management Plan signing ceremony in which all parties will be working together on plans to manage those watershed areas for better water quality. The purpose of the Management Plans are to assure clean water for the three watershed areas whose rivers and tributaries, flow through 17 counties in eastern Kansas and western Missouri, which includes Bates, Barton, Cass and Vernon Counties. The three watersheds eventually drain into the Truman Lake.