Some researchers are also using sounds to identify distinct species in the soil, which could open up lots of possibilities for both pest management and wildlife conservation. See All Key Ideas For ...

Wind sweeps fertile soil from the Missouri River Valley ... spark squeals of delight at the zoo and grace the glossy brochures of conservation groups. But less charming critters are in crisis ...

Soil ecological values are often overlooked in nature conservation management and policy decisions; the new study demonstrates where efforts to protect them are needed most. Current protected ...

First incorporated into a farm bill in 1985, the conservation title is what some would consider the original Green New Deal. Its voluntary conservation initiatives give farmers and ranchers ...

Yet soil conservation wasn't a popular practice as erosion continued to be a problem in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scientists W. J. McGee and N. S. Shaler wrote about the ...

He has been rolling out soil conservation projects. “I got to save something for my family, you know what I mean?” says Lieb, 41, who has two young sons. Now, the city of Decatur, the federal ...

For soil and water conservation district staff like those serving East Otter Tail and Wadena counties in central Minnesota, perhaps the biggest problem created by the abrupt changes is a loss of ...

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 ...

To start, they worked on brochures for Charlotte County and Albert County, using photos Boucher took. New Brunswick is the only province in Atlantic Canada with covered bridges and Boucher, of ...

However, Ndambe mentioned other important practices farmers can take to integrate conservation agriculture into every aspect of their operations, including “applying soil nutrients ...

The Lands and Agriculture Ministry has started crafting a soil and water conservation policy in a bid to boost crop yields across the country. The introduction of the policy comes at a time when ...