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The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) has an extensive and productive history as a professional society, serving the science of soil and water conservation since 1944 and providing a forum where the current knowledge and latest advances in conservation can be discussed and ideas can be exchanged (SWCS 2010; Knipling 2007; Lancaster 2007; Delgado et al. 2002; Mausbach and Dedrick 2004; Knight 2005). The SWCS is a society with thousands of members from a variety of professions and academic fields who work to conserve our natural and agricultural resources (SWCS 2010). This society is constantly striving to provide a forum where conservation practitioners, scientists, and the general public can get together and present the most recent topics in conservation (SWCS 2010).
I have had the privilege of being a member of SWCS for many years. This year, I was selected by the Soil and Water Conservation Society as the recipient of the 2010 Hugh Hammond Bennett Award and was invited to give a speech at the 2010 Award Ceremony of the Soil and Water Conservation Society and to write a manuscript. This article is based on the speech delivered at that ceremony. It is an honor to receive an…
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Jorge A. Delgado is a soil scientist with the Soil Plant Nutrient Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. He is also the research editor and chair of editorial board for the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.
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