Alysia Kysar of Liberal, Kansas writes Governor Joan Finney of Topeka concerning a water rights conflict at Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands in Barton County, Kansas. Kysar is eleven years old. She argues that the importance of wildlife habitats and communal ownership of natural resources, like water, supercede the rights of individual water users along Wet Walnut Creek. Kysar further questions the suitability of irrigated agriculture to an arid environment. In Wet Walnut Irrigators v. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area (1992), the Kansas Supreme Court ruled in favor of Cheyenne Bottoms, citing its earlier claim to water rights.
Date: March 19, 1991
Creator: Kysar, Alysia
Item Number: 208239
Call Number: Governor's Records, Finney, Acc 1995-043 Box 9 Folder "Cheyenne Bottoms"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208239
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Irrigation
Agriculture - Environment - Water
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Finney, Joan
Date - 1990s - 1991
Education - Primary - Students
Environment - Water - Wetlands - Cheyenne Bottoms
Environment - Wildlife - Birds
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Finney, Joan
Home and Family - Children - Girls
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Finney, Joan
Places - Cities and towns - Liberal
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Barton
Places - Counties - Seward
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Regions - Central Kansas
Thematic Time Period - The Recent Past, 1975 - present
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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