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Hayden featured speaker at Cheyenne Bottoms Rotary visit
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41st Kansas Governor Mike Hayden commented that conditions at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center Saturday were much like those he experienced when he came for the opening of the center years before. After giving the keynote speech at a Rotary gathering, he met with the staff of the Barton County Historical Society museum, Beverly Komarek, Tracy Aris, and Karen Neuforth, to offer his insights on the process of inclusion of the Cheyenne Bottoms to the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance. - photo by VERONICA COONS, Great Bend Tribune
Rotarians flocked to the Kansas Wetlands Education Center Saturday to hear 41st Kansas Governor Michael Hayden talk about the importance of the Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands as a natural resource and of water conservation in light of increased demands on a finite supply. The message struck home with the audience. Rotary sponsors water conservation projects all over the world, from rain water harvesting in Africa to building drinking water pumping systems in Bombay.