A rare election will be held Saturday for a seat on a board that oversees the Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District, ...

Representing a story of conservation success, Kelk’s image won the contest’s first-ever Impact Award. The ninu is a crucial ecosystem engineer that enhances soil structure and water retention ...

Mulching your garden can work as a natural insulator and weed suppressant, benefiting your vegetables and harvest in the long ...

Ann Bailey discusses the problem of soil erosion and why farmers should consider ways to stop erosion now instead of being ...

Maasai people walk through the Elerai conservation area near Amboseli National Park in Kenya, with Mount Kilimanjaro rising in the background. Photograph by Roger de la Harpe, Education Images ...

That same month, lawmakers passed a bill creating the Soil Conservation Service, the precursor of the NRCS. The government was now able to pay farmers to leave some of their fields fallow and to ...