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Dr Hugh Bennett Father of Modern Soil Conservation
Dr Hugh H Bennett chief of the United States Soil Conservation Service is presented as the father of modern soil conservation. The article credits him with sparking Idaho farmers interest in protecting soil and water resources and cites praise from a national magazine and a NobelPeace Prize proposal. It notes the 2000 soil conservation districts and the SCS role in supplying technicians. Bennett's career path from UNC to the Bureau of Soils, and his influence on federal soil programs, is traced.
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Hugh H. Bennett
United States Soil Conservation Service
Idaho
Bennett
United States
Vation Service
Anson County
North Carolina
The
University
Bureau of Soils
Department of Agriculture
Union
Canal Zone
Colonel Goethals
Alaska
Chugach
Congress
Department of the Interior