The Dust Bowl led to the creation of what is now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Just as it celebrates a ...

As Congress works to reauthorize a new Farm Bill, we must remember the lessons of the Dust Bowl and insist on robust funding for USDA conservation programs.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service was established as the Soil Conservation Service on April 27, 1935.

For nine decades now, rural Americans have counted on conservation programs from the Department of Agriculture to help them boost soil health and ensure their lands are productive for generations ...

In a push to make more conservation practices improving water quality and soil health available to landowners, Sens. Joni ...

Healthy soil, essential to growing crops and to providing forage for livestock, was the foundation of conservation efforts by the United States government starting in 1929, prompted by the Dust Bowl.

To help China address these challenges, the World Bank approved a $150 million loan in 2019 for the Forest Ecosystem Improvement in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River Basin Program. Implemented in ...

The Southern San Joaquin Valley Dust Storm: Also known as the Great Bakersfield Dust Storm of 1977, it started in the late ...

says a soil conservation expert. Anne Loeffler said the region must take immediate steps to prevent more sediment from getting into the river because it degrades the water quality for thousands of ...

The Dust Bowl led to the creation of what is now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Just as it celebrates a ...