* 1937 - President urged all states to pass legislation authorizing a soil conservation program.
* 1937 - Kansas legislature passed the Kansas Conservation Districts Law.
* 1937 - The State Soil Conservation Committee was established by the Kansas Legislature to promote soil and water conservation.
* 1938 - The first Kansas conservation district was formed in Labette County.
* 1943 - An employee of the State Extension Service, Mr. Reuben Lind, was instrumental in organizing and developing conservation districts serving as Committee Secretary.
* 1944 - Kansas Association of Conservation Districts organized.
* 1946 - National Association of Conservation Districts formed.
* 1950 - The State Soil Conservation Committee´s first full time employee was hired.
* 1951 - The Kansas legislature expanded the State Soil Conservation Committee membership from two to five farmer members.
* 1951 - The state was divided into five areas for committee elections.
* 1951 - The U.S. Congress passed Public Law 566 (PL566) providing watershed and flood protection.
* 1953 - County Commissioners were authorized to furnish districts clerical services or monies for that purpose.
* 1953 - The Kansas Watershed District Act was enacted due to the 1951 flood, and to comply with the National Flood Control Act: Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, and to address the serious problems of water management resulting from erosion, floodwater or sediment damages, and instability of natural water supplies in the rivers and streams of the State of Kansas.
* 1954 - The last of the 105 Kansas Soil Conservation Districts formed.
* 1956 - The first Watershed District, Walnut Creek WD 1, Brown County, was formed.
* 1958 - Watershed Planning Assistance Program authorized.
* 1958 - The State Soil Conservation Committee hires their first fieldman.
* 1963 - The State Soil Conservation Committee headquarters office was established in Topeka when the Manhattan and Topeka offices were combined.
* 1963 - Legislature authorized state funds to match up to $3,000 county funds for conservation district operations.
* 1963 - Benefit Area Program authorized - Transferred from Kansas Water Office to the SCC in 1986.
* 1972 - The State Soil Conservation Committee´s name was changed to State Conservation Commission.
* 1972 - Soil conservation districts became conservation districts.
* 1977 - Watershed Dam Construction Program authorized.
* 1979 - Legislature authorized county commissioners to provide assistance up to $7,500 and the state was authorized to match up to $7,500.
* 1979 - Legislature authorized the Water Resources Cost-Share Program.
* 1981 - Legislature authorized county commissioners to levy .5 mill (not to exceed $15,000) in addition to $7,500 from the county general fund.
* 1984 - Kansas Water Plan developed.
* 1985 - Multi Purpose Small Lakes Program authorized in 1985.
* 1986 - Legislature authorized county commissions to levy 2 mills or $55,000, whichever is less.
* 1987 - Legislation was passed requiring water development projects subject to review by environmental agencies prior to approval of a permit to construct.
* 1988 - Water Rights Purchase Program authorized.
* 1988 - The first state-funded detention dams were built.
* 1989 - The State Water Plan Special Revenue Fund was established providing funds to allow Kansas to address natural resource needs in a timely and effective manner.
* 1989 - Legislature authorized Non-Point Source Pollution Control Fund.
* 1989 - Legislature authorized Riparian and Wetland Protection Program.
* 1994 - The Kansas Legislature enacted the Surface Mining Land Conservation and Reclamation Program to be administered by the State Conservation Commission.
* 1994 - The legislature amended laws to provide for the election process to include all qualified electors residing within the conservation district.
* 1994 - State aid to conservation districts limit raised to match county funds up to $10,000 annually and the limit on county general funds removed.
* 1995 - The USDA, Soil Conservation Service (SCS), name changes to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
* 1998 - The legislature creates the Kansas Water Quality Buffer Initiative Program.
* 2006 - The legislature authorized the Water Right Transition Pilot Project Program.
* 2007 - Conservation Districts receive eligibility up to $25,000 state match in District Aid. The legislature authorized the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to permanently retire water rights.
* 2007 - The Watershed Dam Construction Program was amended to include rehabilitation of existing flood control dams.
* 2007 - The Water Supply Restoration Program was enacted.
* 2010 – The SCC cost-shared on the newly authorized Water Supply Restoration Programs pilot project. Mission Lake was dredged in Northeast Kansas.
* 2011 – The SCC staff was consolidated into the newly formed Division of Conservation (DOC), Kansas Department of Agriculture.
* 2012 - Drought Water Supply Initiative
* 2014 - KDA/DOC moved from Topeka location to Manhattan location
* 2017 - Kansas Wildfire Cost-Share Initiative
* 2018 - Livestock Water Supply Financial Assistance Initiative
* 2018 - Legislature authorized the Kansas Sediment & Nutrient Reduction Initiative (SNRI), which replaced the Kansas Water Quality Buffer Initiative Program.
* 2018 - Kansas Reservoir Protection Initiative
* 2019 - Riparian Quality Enhancement Initiative (RQEI)