Dawn Buehler spent her childhood helping out on the family farm in De Soto, next to the Kansas River. But when her chores were done, the river beckoned. She and her family would canoe and fish ...

The Kansas River is cleaner today than half a century ago, but pollution and trash remain problems. Kayakers and others who love this river are helping the river's sandbars by hauling away tons of ...

Dawn Buehler, Kansas Riverkeeper and executive director of Friends of the Kaw, speaks at a talk on how climate change affects the Kansas River on Thursday, April 3, 2025. • • • ...

Over the past decade, these are the kind of people — with a strong connection to the Kansas River — who have set about cleaning up sites that have long needed attention.