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	Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area
		Just south of the river, follow the gravel road west into the wildlife area as it passes next to the lake in Unit A. This is the largest pool in the area and is excellent for viewing great blue herons, white pelicans, and double-crested cormorants.
		Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area is near the Frontier Military Scenic Byway.
		Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area and the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge are located along U.S. 69, 5 miles north of Pleasanton.
	www.naturalkansas.org /marais.htm (672 words)

	Marais des Cygnes River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marais des Cygnes River (muhr-ee duh SEEN) is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about 140 mi (225 km) long, in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States.
		Via the Osage and Missouri Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
		In Missouri, it joins the Little Osage River at the boundary of Bates and Vernon Counties to form the Osage River, 6 mi (9.7 km) west of Schell City.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marais_des_Cygnes_River (177 words)

	Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located 39 miles (63 km) south of the Kansas City metropolitan area, along the Marais des Cygnes River.
		The 7,500 acre (30 km²) Refuge was established in 1992 to protect one of the northwestern-most examples of bottomland hardwood forest in the United States as well as the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwood forest in Kansas.
		Marais des Cygnes NWR is located 39 miles (63 km) south of the Kansas City metropolitan area along U.S. Highway 69.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marais_des_Cygnes_National_Wildlife_Refuge (330 words)

	Marais des Cygnes / Region 5 / Wildlife Areas / Locations / KDWP Info / KDWP - KDWP
		This aerial view of the Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area shows the diversity of the environment, as well as oxbow pools left by the Marais des Cygnes River.
		Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area (7,600 ac) lies in the floodplain of the Marais des Cygnes River and is unique for its quantity of managed wetlands and bottomland hardwood forest.
		In general, wetlands are dewatered in the spring and reflooded in the fall with water pumped from the river.
	www.kdwp.state.ks.us /news/kdwp_info/locations/wildlife_areas/region_5/marais_des_cygnes (309 words)

	Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kansas River, formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri at Kansas City, after a course of 150 miles (240 km) across the northeastern part of the state.
		Other important rivers are the Saline and Solomon, tributaries of the Smoky Hill River; the Big Blue, Delaware, and Wakarusa, which flow into the Kansas River; and the Marais des Cygnes, a tributary of the Missouri River.
		I-35 is a major north/south route connecting to Des Moines, Iowa, in the north and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kansas (5242 words)

	Audubon: Issues & Actions
		Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a 7,500-acre wildlife area located 45 minutes south of Overland Park, KS.
		The Refuge is named after the Marais des Cygnes River, which runs through the middle of the Refuge and is the dominant natural feature of the region.
		The floodplain of the Marais des Cygnes River is generally 1-2 miles wide throughout the area.
	www.audubon.org /campaign/LWCF05-Kansas.html (544 words)

	Watershed, West Osage River, Hydrology Chapter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This larger discharge for the Marmaton River is probably due to the effect of large dams on the Marais des Cygnes River in Kansas which reduce flood peak discharges on the Marais des Cygnes, even though its watershed is 11 times larger than the Marmaton's.
		Three major COE dams on the Marais des Cygnes River, or its tributaries, impound 15,375 surface acres of water in Kansas (Table 17).
		Seventeen percent of the watershed area is controlled by 368 structures, including 60% of the Marmaton, 13% of the Marais des Cygnes and 2% of the Little Osage rivers in Kansas (Table 18).
	www.mdc.mo.gov /fish/watershed/wosage/hydro/310hytxt.htm (829 words)

	Watershed, West Osage River, Biotic Community Chapter
		In 1992, a pilot study of the catfish fishery was initiated on Truman Lake and the Osage, Marmaton, and Marais des Cygnes rivers.
		Walleye spawn primarily in riffles on the Marais des Cygnes, Sac, and Pomme de Terre rivers.
		Because anglers typically move with the fish, two creel surveys are conducted, the roving creel on the Osage River and the site-probability creel on the Marais des Cygnes River.
	www.mdc.mo.gov /fish/watershed/wosage/biotic/310bctxt.htm (4885 words)

	Marais des Cygnes
		The Marais des Cygnes River rises near Eskridge in Wabaunsee County, Kansas and flows east and south to join the Little Osage in Bates County, Missouri.
		The climate of the Marais des Cygnes Basin is humid, with average annual total precipitation ranging between 35-40 inches.
		Marais des Cygnes River Water Assurance District No. 2 was organized in 1990 and became operational in 1995 with the signing of a contract and operations agreement.
	www.kwo.org /BACs/MDC/MDC.htm (416 words)

	Farmers increasing production, despite low river flows
		That includes the Marais des Cygnes River at Ottawa, which is listed by the U.S. Geological Survey as running at less 25 percent of its normal flow.
		The most significant impact of low river levels and drought likely would be to felt first by the cities and rural water districts who draw water from wells along the Marais des Cygnes and tributaries.
		Although the river is low, the reservoirs in the Marais des Cygnes basin are at or near full pool levels.
	www.ottawaherald.com /ottsub/news/articles/yrivers070706.html (689 words)

	Indian History, Part 4
		Harmony Station was situated on the margin of the Marais des Cygnes River, six miles above its junction with the Osage, about fifteen miles east from the western line of the State of Missouri, and the same distance from the village of the Great Osages, on the Osage River.
		The buildings of the establishment were erected on the margin of the Marais des Cygnes, "a spacious and handsome green in front, and in the rear a vast prairie covered with grass." The mill site belonging to the mission, and the United States trading house, were a mile below, on opposite sides of the river.
		De Bourgmont does not mention the Pawnees in the account of his expedition to the Padoucas, which is certainly strange, if, at that time, the village was located as far south as Du Tissenet's calculations would place it.
	www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/deschist/indhistp4.html (3093 words)

	Chert gravel
		However, such a dispersal route is necessary to explain the presence of exotic pebbles in chert gravels in headwaters of the Walnut basin near the crest of the Flint Hills.
		A north branch of the ancestral Marais des Cygnes is indicated by exotic-bearing chert gravels on the Wakarusa-Marais des Cygnes divide in northern Osage County.
		River entrenchment has been greatest in the western Flint Hills (Walnut basin), immediately east of the Flint Hills (Verdigris basin), and in the Marais des Cygnes basin, where 70-80 m of downcutting is demonstrated.
	www.emporia.edu /earthsci/chert/chert.htm (5031 words)

	Climate of Kansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They are seldom caused by melting snow, except in the case of the Arkansas River, which on at least two occasions has flooded badly on account of melting snow and heavy rains near its source, in the mountains of Colorado.
		Along the Kansas River and its tributaries, overflows are practically unknown during the winter season, November to February, inclusive, but several overflows have occurred along the Marais des Cygnes River and in streams in the southeastern part of the State during that period and a few have been severe.
		The flood of June 1844 is, beyond reasonable doubt, the greatest ever known in the Kansas River, and along its tributaries, and on the Marais des Cygnes River.
	www.oznet.ksu.edu /wdl/climate/cok/indexcopy.asp?page=279 (569 words)

	Water Q&A - KCCommunityNews.com
		Since the Marais des Cygnes Basin covers approximately 4,000 square miles, this new source of water would be a huge benefit to the county.
		Constructing a plant on the Marais des Cygnes River, obtaining the water rights for the long haul and installing the needed infrastructure to collect and distribute water are the right things to do for Miami County.
		A new plant to be built on the Marais des Cygnes River.
	www.kccommunitynews.com /articles/2007/03/15/miami_county_weekend/news/we_news03-16-07b.txt (1898 words)

	Osage River River, Missouri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Osage River forms as the Marais des Cygnes River (French for "Swan Marshes") in the Flint Hills of Osage County near Eskridge, Kansas, then flows southeast to the confluence with the Little Osage River between Rich Hill and Schell City in Vernon County, where it become the Osage River.
		The river is about 500 miles long and drains 15,300 square miles, but only the last 57 miles or so are called the Osage River.
		The river flows through a completely natural and undeveloped wilderness area that is home to wildlife, birds and fish in great abundance, so those looking for conveniences along the river need to paddle elsewhere.
	southwestpaddler.com /docs/missouri13.html (921 words)

	OttawaHerald.com -- Ottawa's source for E-News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The area around the Marais des Cygnes River is one of the fastest growing areas in the state and because of that growth and for other reasons, the region could find itself running short of water in 20 years or so, Tracy Streeter, executive director of the Kansas Water Office, said.
		The population in the northern part of the Marais des Cygnes basin area, including Franklin County, could grow by 60 percent in those 20 years, he told a regional water summit in Paola Tuesday.
		Unlike many areas of the state, the Marais des Cygnes River basin is largely dependent on surface water -- lakes, rivers and streams -- for its water supply.
	www3.ottawaherald.com /ottsub/news/stories/050907water.shtml (589 words)

	Environment News Service: BP Amoco Pays Big Bucks for Oil Spill in Small Kansas Town
		The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), lodged a consent decree April 16 in the U.S. District Court of Kansas against BP Amoco.
		Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 for the protection and restoration of bottomland hardwood forest.
		The EPA listed the Marais des Cygnes River on its Kansas List of Impaired Waters for 1998, citing low dissolved oxygen levels, high bacteria and eutrophication as some of the problems.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/apr2001/2001-04-23-03.asp (418 words)

	Baldwin City Signal: Rains send river rush in Ottawa
		In Osawatomie, approximately 20 miles southeast of Ottawa, the swollen Pottawatomie Creek and Marais des Cygnes River near the Kansas-Missouri line forced the evacuation of 40 percent of the town's 4,600 residents.
		Because of the heavy rains that began Wednesday, the Marais de Cygnes River rose to about 41 feet, or about 4 feet below the top of the levee, which caused the city to close the levee's underground gates Saturday.
		The Fall River at Fredonia, Elk River at Elk Falls and Verdigris River at Independence hit their highest river stages since 1945, the Neosho River near Parsons crested at its highest stage since 1951 and the Marais des Cygnes River hit its highest level since gauge operation started in 1959.
	signal.baldwincity.com /section/frontpage/story/6524 (1020 words)

	Osawatomie Flooding
		Marais des Cygnes reaches highest level since 1951.
		This week’s flood was the first time the river had topped the 40-foot mark since Sept. 14, 1961, when it crested at 41.8 feet.
		Kansas Highway 152 west of La Cygne was closed from the river bridge, to a point west of County Road 1095 and still rising Wednesday morning.
	www.angelfire.com /hi/cjman/osawfld.html (488 words)

	BASIS+ Tools: Simple Search
		The Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge exhibits a diverse, rare, and abundant mussel community.
		Although 15 miles of river are protected by the National Wildlife Refuge and the adjacent State Wildlife Area, the need to document the distribution, abundance, and relative health of mussel populations is real and immediate.
		Methodology: The 7,600-acre Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 to protect and restore bottomland hardwood forests along the Marais des Cygnes River, in Linn County, Kansas.
	www.pwrc.usgs.gov /brd/BasisSimpleSearch.cfm?PTS=3210APN.14.50&Show=Logo,PTS,Title,Keywords,Leaders,Narrative,Product (980 words)

	Indians of Indiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Later, the name was also given to the river, changed to Delaware and became of the name of the Indians living there.
		The force was attacked near the Wabash River by Kickapoo and Mascouten warriors.
		The Piankashaw and Wea were moved to Missouri and in 1832 moved again to the Marais des Cygnes River in eastern Kansas where they later merged with the remnants of the Illinois.
	www.brisray.com /th/thist2.htm (4874 words)

	Hundreds evacuate as Plains rivers bulge - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A pumping malfunction during the weekend allowed 42,000 gallons of crude oil to escape from the Coffeyville Resources refinery into the swollen Verdigris River in south-central Kansas, producing a floating slick that could be seen and smelled from the air.
		Elsewhere in Kansas, residents of Osawatomie were waiting for Pottawatomie Creek and the Marais des Cygnes River to recede.
		By Orlin Wagner, AP Volunteers sandbag a levy along the Marais Des Cygnes River in Osawatomie, Kan., where the Kansas National Guard was deployed to help with a mandatory evacuation of the city as workers struggled to reinforce a levee on the Marais des Cygne.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/news/2007-07-02-kansas-flooding_N.htm?csp=34 (1039 words)

	Marais des Cygnes - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		MARAIS DES CYGNES [Marais des Cygnes], river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising in E central Kans., SW of Topeka, and flowing SE into W Mo. to join the Little Osage River and form the Osage River.
		Subject to heavy flooding, the river has many flood control projects.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Marais des Cygnes" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-maraisde.html (329 words)

	www.kansascity.com \| 07/16/2007 \| Even wetlands can have a problem with too much rain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marais des Cygnes is located in a zone that received just short of 18 inches of rain in three days in early July.
		Indeed, the Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area, a prime waterfowl area, is like a different world.
		Those problems were noticeable as the Marais des Cygnes River overflowed its banks and spilled water into the surrounding area.
	www.kansascity.com /sports/outdoors/story/192553.html (628 words)

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