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Irrigators seek Pratt County pledge to help lease water rights after Fish and Wildlife impairment notice
Summary
A regional group told the Pratt County Commission that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service‑managed wildlife area has been declared impaired and could prompt large groundwater curtailments in 2025; the group asked Pratt County to pledge $50,000 to a multi‑county effort to lease water rights and buy time for a longer solution.
A representative of the Kansas Water Users Association and Pratt Feeders told the Pratt County Commission that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared a nearby wildlife area "impaired" and that state action could reduce irrigated groundwater use in parts of the Rattlesnake Creek Basin beginning in 2025.
The speaker—who said his group has raised or secured about $791,000 in cash and pledges to date—described a short‑term plan to lease water rights on a yearly basis so owners would not pump and thereby persuade the wildlife manager to forbear calling for…
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