Join us Wednesday, March 18, 2026 for our Annual Meeting at the Western KS Child Advocacy Center!

Lunch will be provided at 12:00 PM, with vendors available to visit with before the meeting starts. Our current vendor list includes: 

• Autonomous Pivot
• Kansas Rural Water Association
• K-State Research and Extension - Tribune Research Station
• K-State TAPS
• Seametrics
• Tomorrow's Water
• VandWater (Sign up for a 2026 VandWater subscription at the GMD1 Annual Meeting for $150 per well. Standard pricing is $185 per well.) 
• Western Valley Irrigation

At 1:00 PM the GMD1 2026 Annual Meeting will begin.

Including the following speakers: 

• Jim Butler - Senior Scientist; Kansas Geological Survey
• Brownie Wilson - GIS Specialist; Kansas Geological Survey
• David Barfield - Four County LEMA / Wichita County LEMA Review

As well as: 

• Legislative and GMD1 Updates by Katie Durham
• Program Updates for NRCS and the GMD1 Irrigation Technology Initiative (ITI)
• GMD1 Election for Wallace County
• Agency updates from DWR and KWO