Released: March 06, 2007

Environmental Leadership Program Names Class Members of 2007

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas Environmental Leadership Program (KELP) has named the members of its class of 2007.

The members, in alphabetical order by last name and including the community in which they live, are: Leslie Barnt, (Lenexa); Douglas Blex (Independence); Shelly Briley (Hays); Janice Cole (Manhattan); David Coltrain (LaCrosse); Sherry Davis (Randolph); Bruce Frost (Wichita); Douglas Helmke (Tecumseh); Krista Harding (Erie); Catherine (Cate) Holston (Kansas City); Barbara Johnson (Salina); James Leiker (Hays); Rhonda Montgomery (Topeka); Christa Mulder (Norton); Carolyn Nichols (Osborne); Ricky Nix (Liberal); Cade Rensink (Burlington); Tracie Schardein (Abilene); Heather Ross Schmidt (Lawrence); Karen Schmidt (Hays); Craig Smith (Manhattan); Marlene Spence (Weir); Marcia Stapp (Garden City); and Maurice (Mo) Terrebonne (Wichita).

KELP is a cooperative project of Kansas State University Research and Extension and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Class members will participate in five training sessions held in several communities throughout the state over a 10-month period. The sessions are designed to help members hone their leadership skills and learn about the environment and water resources in Kansas, said Judy Willingham, KELP coordinator. The program is administered through the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Kansas State University.

Each session includes field trips, group activities, and opportunities to network. Participants visit water and wastewater treatment plants, learn about urban stormwater management sites, explore streams and their inhabitants, and view aquifer recharge projects.

More information about the Kansas Environmental Leadership Program is available at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/kelp/  or by contacting Willingham at 785-532-5813 or email judymw@ksu.edu.

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K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.

Story by:
Mary Lou Peter-Blecha
mlpeter@oznet.ksu.edu
K-State Research& Extension News