Slopes greater than ten percent are better suited to other practices, like terracing.

That same month, lawmakers passed a bill creating the Soil Conservation Service ... contour plowing and terracing hillsides. “It was not hard to get people on board with these conservation ...

Based on the results of these nuclear applications, soil conservation measures can be implemented, such as terracing, contour cropping, strip cropping, minimum tillage, no tillage, mulching, cover ...

Ninety years ago this month, in the depths of the Great Depression, Congress created a new agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard rural prosperity for future generations ...

Earth Funeral owns a 5-acre piece of old logging land in Quilcene, said Morris. The company is using the land for restoration and conservation efforts supported by soil coming from the terramation ...

Voters will be asked to select Stu Rohrbaugh of Asheville or Blair Thompson of Swannanoa for the position of Buncombe Soil & Water Conservation District supervisor. If you don’t know what a ...

Join 24,000 of your neighbors and stay in tune with the Triangle. Sign up 1. Why are you running for the position of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor? In your answer, please explain ...

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 ...