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A conservation commitment to the future

Robert C. Baum
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation September 1981, 36 (5) 248-249;
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THE United States for the past several years has witnessed a dramatic change in the use of its natural resources. Pressures on these resources have increased. More and more citizens realize that natural resources can be depleted, that soil and water resources must be protected for the future use and welfare of this country. This protection is necessary not only for the production of food and fiber but for sustaining a suitable environment.

A 1977 report by the General Accounting Office estimated that the nation was losing about 12 tons of valuable topsoil per acre per year on agricultural lands. The report further estimated that annual soil losses should be no more than five tons per acre in deep soils and one ton per acre in shallow soils to maintain fertility and productivity.

The Soil Conservation Society of America is concerned about these increasing pressures on our basic resource—the soil. SCSA is concerned that inflation and extended demands on federal, state, and local budgets are depleting the incentives and assistance available to landowners to practice conservation.

Benefits from soil conservation practices and programs accrue to both the landowner and society in general. Therefore, the cost of conservation practices …

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  • Robert C. Baum, 831 Lancaster Drive, N.E., Salem, Oregon 97301, is president of the Soil Conservation Society of America. This editorial is based on written testimony he submitted on SCSA's behalf to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture, Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives. The subcommittee held hearings on July 8 to look at the impacts of expanded farm exports on the nation's soil and water resource base.

  • Copyright 1981 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society

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Journal of Soil and Water Conservation: 36 (5)
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
Vol. 36, Issue 5
September/October 1981
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