Apr 11, 2022
Welcome back to Soil Solutions with Jessica Gnad. This is
the first of three episodes highlighting the Kansas Dept. of
Agriculture's Division of Conservation.
Rod Vorhees and Daryl Donohue are KDA Divison of Conservation
representatives for the Eastern and Southeastern regions of the
state of Kansas. In this episode, they share their thoughts on the
importance soil conservation and conservation partnerships, and the
unique needs and challenges for soil health and conservation in
their part of the state.
A native of Fredonia, Kansas, Daryl Donohue serves as treasurer of the Wilson County Conservation District Board of Supervisors. He serves as Kansas Association of Conservation Districts (KACD) Area V Director. Donohue is a rancher in northern Wilson County, Kansas, and he has been utilizing growing season burns, or “summer” burns, as a management practice for about many years. He actively promotes the use of prescribed burning to prevent cedar tree encroachment and to assist landowners and producers in recovering land invaded by cedar trees and, while doing so, encouraging native grasses and forbs to repopulate and thrive.