Conservation’s Burden and Benefit Through Erosion Policy
A historical overview traces soil erosion programs from 1928 to 1970 highlighting the Buchanan Amendment May 12 1933 land use policy and 1936 Soil Conservation Act. It notes ACP cost sharing fluctuating 270 to 125 million and expands to wildlife recreation pollution abatement. It argues rural erosion drives water pollution and higher civic costs.
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Careful Assessment Need In Environmental Matters
A memo from Deputy State Conservationist Leslie E. Johnson argues for balanced environmental analysis separating fact from emotion. He divides activists into idealists opportunists and realists, urges progress with prudent erosion control and sustainable development, and notes SCS contributions since 1935 toward better not bigger environmental outcomes.
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