diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index eb93077..693fe6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,18 @@ on:
   push:
   pull_request:
     branches: [main, develop]
+  # the release workflow calls this to test a release branch, which a bot
+  # pushes and so does not raise a push or pull_request event of its own
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: 'Ref to test. Defaults to the ref that triggered the workflow.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  # distinct from the calling workflow's group, so a called run cannot cancel
+  # the release that started it
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ inputs.ref || github.ref }}-tests
   cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
 
@@ -23,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Checkout repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
     - name: Setup uv
       uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
@@ -44,6 +56,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
     - name: Setup uv
       uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
@@ -67,13 +81,15 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
-        python-version: [ "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.12", "3.13", "3.14" ]
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
       - name: Setup uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
@@ -118,13 +134,15 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
-        python-version: [ "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.12", "3.13", "3.14" ]
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
       - name: Setup uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
@@ -171,13 +189,15 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
-        python-version: [ "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.12", "3.13", "3.14" ]
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
       - name: Setup uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9701e71..ba84b6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
     steps:
 
       - name: Check release branch
@@ -110,34 +111,6 @@ jobs:
           uvx ruff format --check .
           uvx codespell
 
-      - name: Install modflow executables
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.run_tests }}
-        id: install_modflow
-        continue-on-error: true
-        uses: modflowpy/install-modflow-action@v1
-        with:
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/autotest
-          repo: modflow6-nightly-build
-
-      # the download reaches out to github and occasionally has its
-      # connection reset, failing the job before any test runs
-      - name: Install modflow executables (retry)
-        if: ${{ (github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.run_tests) && steps.install_modflow.outcome == 'failure' }}
-        uses: modflowpy/install-modflow-action@v1
-        with:
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/autotest
-          repo: modflow6-nightly-build
-
-      # temporary. devtools 2.x will autosync, but 1.x needs opt-in.
-      - name: Sync devtools
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.run_tests }}
-        run: uv run mf sync
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.run_tests }}
-        working-directory: ./autotest
-        run: uv run pytest -v -n auto -m "not mf6"
-
       - name: Generate changelog
         uses: orhun/git-cliff-action@v4
         with:
@@ -165,14 +138,11 @@ jobs:
           sed -i '1i # Changelog' $clog
 
       - name: Push release branch
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           ver="${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
 
-          # the release notes have already been prepended to HISTORY.md,
-          # keep a copy for the PR body then drop the standalone changelog
-          notes=$(grep -v "### Version $ver" CHANGELOG.md)
+          # the notes are already prepended to HISTORY.md; the pr job reads
+          # them back from there rather than from this standalone file
           rm -f CHANGELOG.md
 
           git config core.sharedRepository true
@@ -182,6 +152,47 @@ jobs:
           git commit -m "ci(release): set version to $ver, update changelog"
           git push origin "v$ver"
 
+  test:
+    name: Test release branch
+    # a bot pushes the release branch, so no push or pull_request event fires
+    # for it and the pull request would otherwise carry no checks at all
+    needs: prep
+    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.run_tests }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
+    with:
+      ref: v${{ needs.prep.outputs.version }}
+
+  pr:
+    name: Draft release pull request
+    needs: [prep, test]
+    # the tests are skipped when a release is dispatched with run_tests off
+    if: ${{ always() && needs.prep.result == 'success' && (needs.test.result == 'success' || needs.test.result == 'skipped') }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout release branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          ref: v${{ needs.prep.outputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Draft pull request
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          ver="${{ needs.prep.outputs.version }}"
+          notes=$(awk -v hdr="### Version $ver" '
+            index($0, hdr) == 1 { flag = 1; next }
+            /^### Version / { flag = 0 }
+            flag' HISTORY.md)
+
           body='
           # Release '$ver'
 
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 147e7bf..e102c89 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ message: If you use this software, please cite both the article from preferred-c
   and the software itself.
 type: software
 title: MODFLOW API
-version: 1.0.1
-date-released: '2026-09-06'
+version: 1.0.2
+date-released: '2026-11-02'
 abstract: An extension to xmipy for the MODFLOW API.
 repository-artifact: https://pypi.org/project/modflowapi
 repository-code: https://github.com/MODFLOW-ORG/modflowapi
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 10b71ff..6201050 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
+### Version 1.0.2
+
+#### Bug fixes
+
+* [fix(sfr)](https://github.com/MODFLOW-ORG/modflowapi/commit/3b93eb7346936cc4d5d1cee1d8791f7b5ba106d3): Read bedk, manning, and upstream_frac from the input context (#128). Committed by Joseph Hughes on 2026-11-02.
+
 ### Version 1.0.1
 
 #### Bug fixes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e05d20..8d6ce26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ and additional functionality specific to the MODFLOW API. Currently it is a join
 
 ## Installation
 
-`modflowapi` requires Python 3.11+, with:
+`modflowapi` requires Python 3.12+, with:
 
 ```shell
 numpy
diff --git a/autotest/test_interface.py b/autotest/test_interface.py
index 79a0fcc..0c6a932 100644
--- a/autotest/test_interface.py
+++ b/autotest/test_interface.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 from platform import system
+from textwrap import dedent
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
@@ -341,6 +342,157 @@ def callback(sim, step):
             raise Exception(e)
 
 
+def test_sfr_input_context_names(function_tmpdir):
+    def callback(sim, step):
+        if step != Callbacks.timestep_start or sim.kstp != 0:
+            return
+        model = sim.get_model()
+        sfr = model.get_package("sfr_0")
+        if sim.kper == 1:
+            # the write persists into the next time step
+            np.testing.assert_allclose(sfr.packagedata.values["hk"], written["hk"], err_msg="hk write did not persist")
+            written["persisted"] = True
+            return
+        if f"__INPUT__/{model.name}/SFR_0/BEDK" in sim.mf6.get_input_var_names():
+            path = f"__INPUT__/{model.name}/SFR_0"
+            names = ("BEDK", "MANNING", "UPSTREAM_FRAC")
+        else:
+            path = f"{model.name}/SFR_0"
+            names = ("HK", "ROUGH", "USTRF")
+        addrs = [f"{path}/{name}" for name in names]
+        for addr in addrs:
+            assert addr in sfr._package_var_addrs, f"{addr} not used"
+
+        pd = sfr.packagedata.values
+        for column, values in expected.items():
+            np.testing.assert_allclose(pd[column], values, err_msg=f"{column} does not match the input")
+
+        pd["hk"] *= 10.0
+        sfr.packagedata = pd
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(sim.mf6.get_value(addrs[0]), pd["hk"], err_msg="hk is not being properly set")
+        written["hk"] = pd["hk"].copy()
+
+    written = {}
+
+    # three reaches in a row of three cells; reach 1 flows to reach 2 and
+    # diverts to reach 3
+    expected = {"hk": [0.1, 0.2, 0.3], "rough": [0.03, 0.035, 0.04], "ustrf": [1.0, 1.0, 0.0]}
+    packagedata = "\n".join(
+        f"  {i + 1} 1 1 {i + 1} 100.0 {width} 0.001 {rtp} 1.0 {hk} {rough} {ncon} {ustrf} {ndiv}"
+        for i, (width, rtp, hk, rough, ncon, ustrf, ndiv) in enumerate(
+            zip(
+                [10.0, 10.0, 5.0],
+                [9.0, 8.9, 8.9],
+                expected["hk"],
+                expected["rough"],
+                [2, 1, 1],
+                expected["ustrf"],
+                [1, 0, 0],
+            )
+        )
+    )
+    files = {
+        "mfsim.nam": """
+            BEGIN timing
+              TDIS6 sim.tdis
+            END timing
+            BEGIN models
+              gwf6 sfr.nam sfr
+            END models
+            BEGIN exchanges
+            END exchanges
+            BEGIN solutiongroup 1
+              ims6 sim.ims sfr
+            END solutiongroup
+            """,
+        "sim.tdis": """
+            BEGIN dimensions
+              NPER 2
+            END dimensions
+            BEGIN perioddata
+              1.0 1 1.0
+              1.0 1 1.0
+            END perioddata
+            """,
+        "sim.ims": "",
+        "sfr.nam": """
+            BEGIN packages
+              DIS6 sfr.dis dis
+              NPF6 sfr.npf npf
+              IC6 sfr.ic ic
+              CHD6 sfr.chd chd_0
+              SFR6 sfr.sfr sfr_0
+            END packages
+            """,
+        "sfr.dis": """
+            BEGIN dimensions
+              NLAY 1
+              NROW 1
+              NCOL 3
+            END dimensions
+            BEGIN griddata
+              delr
+                CONSTANT 100.0
+              delc
+                CONSTANT 100.0
+              top
+                CONSTANT 10.0
+              botm
+                CONSTANT 0.0
+            END griddata
+            """,
+        "sfr.npf": """
+            BEGIN griddata
+              icelltype
+                CONSTANT 0
+              k
+                CONSTANT 10.0
+            END griddata
+            """,
+        "sfr.ic": """
+            BEGIN griddata
+              strt
+                CONSTANT 8.0
+            END griddata
+            """,
+        "sfr.chd": """
+            BEGIN dimensions
+              MAXBOUND 1
+            END dimensions
+            BEGIN period 1
+              1 1 1 8.0
+            END period
+            """,
+        "sfr.sfr": """
+            BEGIN dimensions
+              NREACHES 3
+            END dimensions
+            BEGIN packagedata
+            {packagedata}
+            END packagedata
+            BEGIN connectiondata
+              1 -2 -3
+              2 1
+              3 1
+            END connectiondata
+            BEGIN diversions
+              1 1 3 UPTO
+            END diversions
+            BEGIN period 1
+              1 INFLOW 10.0
+              1 DIVERSION 1 2.0
+            END period
+            """,
+    }
+    test_pth = function_tmpdir / "sfr_model"
+    test_pth.mkdir()
+    for name, text in files.items():
+        (test_pth / name).write_text(dedent(text).format(packagedata=packagedata))
+
+    run_simulation(so, test_pth, callback)
+    assert written.get("persisted"), "hk was not checked in the second stress period"
+
+
 def test_rhs_hcof_advanced(function_tmpdir):
     def callback(sim, step):
         model = sim.test_model
diff --git a/guide-to-publish.md b/guide-to-publish.md
index 70a9a34..73d16c6 100644
--- a/guide-to-publish.md
+++ b/guide-to-publish.md
@@ -52,6 +52,23 @@ Merging the release pull request into `main` triggers jobs that:
 
 Merge the reset pull request to finish the release.
 
+## 4. conda-forge
+
+A few hours after the upload to PyPI, a bot opens a version pull request on the
+[feedstock](https://github.com/conda-forge/modflowapi-feedstock). To start it immediately instead,
+open an issue there titled `@conda-forge-admin, please update version`.
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> The bot updates the version number and the checksum, and nothing else. **Check the recipe's
+> `host` and `run` requirements against the dependencies the release actually declares**, which are
+> the `Requires-Dist` lines of the sdist on PyPI. Both releases so far needed this by hand: 1.0.0
+> because the build backend had moved from setuptools to hatchling, and 1.0.1 because the pandas
+> lower bound had been raised. A maintainer can push the correction to the bot's branch.
+
+Merging the feedstock pull request builds and uploads the package. It does not appear to a solver
+until the channel index is regenerated, which takes up to about an hour; the package is visible on
+anaconda.org before then.
+
 ## Changelog conventions
 
 Release notes are generated from commit messages, so commits merged to `develop` must follow the
diff --git a/modflowapi/extensions/data.py b/modflowapi/extensions/data.py
index c104da2..80aa0bb 100644
--- a/modflowapi/extensions/data.py
+++ b/modflowapi/extensions/data.py
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ def _set_data(self):
                     else:
                         continue
 
-                reduced = var_addr.split("/")[-1].lower()
+                # keep the column name of a variable read from the input context
+                column_names = getattr(self.parent, "_column_names", {})
+                reduced = column_names.get(var_addr, var_addr.split("/")[-1].lower())
                 if reduced in ("maxbound", "nbound"):
                     setattr(self, f"_{reduced}", values)
                     if not self._spd and reduced == "maxbound":
diff --git a/modflowapi/extensions/datamodel.py b/modflowapi/extensions/datamodel.py
index 669a0d5..1b1b1e7 100644
--- a/modflowapi/extensions/datamodel.py
+++ b/modflowapi/extensions/datamodel.py
@@ -275,6 +275,16 @@
     "maw": {"packagedata": ["nmawwells", ("ifno:range:nmawwells", "radius", "bot", "strt", "ngwfnodes")]},
 }
 
+# advanced package variables read from the input context when libmf6 has them,
+# keyed by column name, with the input context name
+adv_input_vars = {
+    "sfr": {
+        "hk": "BEDK",
+        "rough": "MANNING",
+        "ustrf": "UPSTREAM_FRAC",
+    },
+}
+
 
 def get_package_type(pkg_type):
     from .advpaks import LakPackage, MawPackage, SfrPakage, UzfPackage
diff --git a/modflowapi/extensions/pakbase.py b/modflowapi/extensions/pakbase.py
index 2a48c9b..29e2464 100644
--- a/modflowapi/extensions/pakbase.py
+++ b/modflowapi/extensions/pakbase.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from .data import AdvancedInput, ArrayInput, ListInput, ScalarInput
-from .datamodel import adv_pkgvars, pkgvars
+from .datamodel import adv_input_vars, adv_pkgvars, pkgvars
 
 
 class PackageBase:
@@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ def __init__(self, model, pkg_type, pkg_name, sim_package=False):
         self._sp_var_addrs = []
         self._package_vars = None
         self._sp_vars = None
+        self._input_vars = adv_input_vars.get(pkg_type, {})
+        self._column_names = {}
+        if self._input_vars:
+            self._input_var_names = set(self.model.mf6.get_input_var_names())
 
         if pkg_type in adv_pkgvars:
             self._adv_var_dict = adv_pkgvars[pkg_type]
@@ -550,6 +554,12 @@ def _get_advanced_variable_addr(self, var_str):
         -------
             var_addr : str
         """
+        var = var_str.lower()
+        if var in self._input_vars:
+            s = f"__INPUT__/{self.model.name}/{self.pkg_name}/{self._input_vars[var]}"
+            if s in self._input_var_names:
+                self._column_names[s] = var
+                return s
         s = f"{self.model.name}/{self.pkg_name}/{var_str.upper()}"
         return s
 
diff --git a/modflowapi/version.py b/modflowapi/version.py
index f229cbb..dd36f06 100644
--- a/modflowapi/version.py
+++ b/modflowapi/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # modflowapi version file automatically created using...update_version.py
-# created on...September 06, 2026 12:36:39
-__version__ = "1.0.1"
+# created on...November 02, 2026 16:46:29
+__version__ = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 054124b..c7f0458 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,16 +25,15 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Hydrology",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.11"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
-    "numpy>=1.23",
-    "pandas>=2.2.2",
+    "numpy>=2.2.0",
+    "pandas>=2.3.0",
     "xmipy>=1.5.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 7f20734..e6d5cb8 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+1.0.2
\ No newline at end of file