STAFFORD COUNTY – Staff from the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Denver Regional Office recently met with representatives from the Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5 (District) to discuss future opportunities to collaborate on water management and conservation. The Dec. 5 meeting at the refuge near Stafford reaffirmed the Fish and Wildlife’s commitment to working closely with partners, including the District, to find local, voluntary, collaborative and non-regulatory solutions to address water needs of surrounding communities, while also achieving the refuge’s wildlife conservation purposes.