A continuing commitment to conservation service

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IN 1939 Hugh Hammond Bennett set forth his philosophy of how soil conservation should work: “In this democracy, national action to conserve soil must be generated by…millions of land users. If they are active and willing participants in such a movement, it will endure; otherwise it will fail.”

As usual, Bennett hit the mark. His comment is timeless, no less true today than it was nearly 50 years ago. For 50 years the Soil Conservation Service has lived by the ideal of partnership with landowners and their local leaders. The agency will not break faith with that tradition!

As the name says, SCS is a service organization. It has no regulatory powers. That's one reason it has been successful. When farmers and ranchers see the service it provides, they want the agency's help.

This service rests on the solid foundation of love of the land: …