The Kansas Natural Resource Coalition (KNRC) as an instrumentality of its member county governments, engages state and federal agencies during environmental and natural resource administrative rule-making processes and other actions. 

Our members understand the limited role of executive branch agencies, the legal parity enjoyed by local government, and that state and federal procedural mandates require balancing of economic, social, cultural, and property interests when developing and implementing natural resource policies. 

When executive branch agencies propose regulatory actions for our region we investigate the statutory basis for the proposals, a process we call “Show Us The Law.”  Because many agencies believe they have the authority to enact administrative law, we do not accept regulations, policies or memoranda as binding without clear statutory authority.  Similarly, because courts interpret, but cannot make law, KNRC does not accept opinions, decisions, or definitions of by courts as sufficient by themselves to justify administrative proposals. we hold that the legislative branch of government is the sole organic source of lawmaking.