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The Friends of the Konza Prairie is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of the Konza Prairie environmental education program. The origins of the Konza Prairie can be traced to 1872 when C.P. Dewey purchased 175 acres of land in what is now the northwest corner of the Konza. Dewey sold the land and his ranch in 1930, after which the land had multiple owners. Lloyd Hulbert had first proposed the idea for a prairie field station for ecological research at Kansas State University in 1956, but it wasn’t until 1971 that the Natural Conservancy was able to obtain the original Konza Prairie land for K-State. This original purchase did not include the Dewey Ranch land, as this was acquired in 1977 after several years of negotiations with the McKnight family, the last private owners of the property. Hulbert served as the first director of the Konza Prairie until his death in 1986, overseeing the addition of prairie land to the U.S. Geological Survey’s network of benchmark watersheds and the dedication of the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area Network dedicated to long-term ecological research. Bison and cattle grazing were introduced to the Konza in 1987, while from 1987 to 1989, NASA Satellite Land Surface Climatology Projects were conducted at the prairie. In 1993, the Friends of the Konza Prairie was established. Over the past few decades, the Konza’s research and maintenance facilities have continued to be improved and expanded.
Konza Prairie Directors:
Lloyd Hulbert: 1971-1986
Donald W. Kaufman (acting director): 1986-1987
Ted Barkley: 1987-1990
Donald W. Kaufman: 1990-1991
Ted Barkley: 1992-1993
Jim Reichman: 1993-1995
David Hartnett: 1995-2006
Eva Horne (interim director): 2006-2008
John Briggs: 2008-2018
John Blair: 2018-present
Friends of Konza Prairie Coordinators:
Ginny Arthur: 1994-1997
Ann Feyerharm: 1998-1999
Clint Riley: 2000-2001
Jim Guikema: 2002-2003
Charlie Given: 2004
Loren Alexander: 2005
Dan Franke: 2006
Larry Loomis: 2007-2008
Patrick Gormerly: 2009
Vickie Clegg: 2010
Mike Haddock: 2011
Greg Zolnerowich: 2012
Karen Hummel: 2013-2014
Diane Barker: 2015
Joe Gelroth: 2016
Donna McCullum: 2017
John Harrington: 2018
Cydney Alexis: 2019
Ken Stafford: 2020
Kelly Yarbrough: 2020
Jim Koelliker: 2021
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Written in February 2021 by Jarrod Kuckelman.
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