Mark Rude is Executive Director, Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3.  He grew up in Wichita spending weekends on the family farm near Rose Hill.  Mark holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from Wichita State University and is a licensed geologist in the State of Kansas.  He has worked water rights and [...]

Chris Wilson, of Manhattan, KS, is executive director of the Kansas Aqueduct Coalition, a coalition of interested persons and organizations recently formed to explore potential for water transfer in Kansas. Wilson is also a farmer and rancher and attorney. She and husband Ron and their children operate the family ranch in Riley County. Their operation [...]