Soil quality: Similar goals but different pathways

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Population growth and growing concerns about environmental quality and ecological health will increase demands on soil and water resources. Implementation of the best soil and water conservation practices will be essential for simultaneously sustaining agricultural production improving environmental quality and protecting ecosystems across our nation and the world. Science and technology transfer during this new millennium will be key in helping landowners achieve those three goals. At some point, the scientific research and knowledge has to be transferred to the practicing conservationist and landowner. Similarly, landowners and practicing conservationists need to inform scientists of their research needs. Once the current problems are solved, new challenges will develop, enforcing the need of establishing permanent cooperation between scientist, landowner, and conservationist. With these challenges and problems, the role of the Soil and Water Conservation Society will be more important into this new millennium.

Recently, there has been some dscussion by two groups of scientists on how to define and provide the needed tools for landowners and conservationists. Both groups of scientists are highly recoped nationally and internationally for their contributions to soil and water conservation. Both groups of scientists reported that they agree on as dargoal stated by Sojka and Upchurch (1999 …