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STEWARDS: A decade of increasing the impact of Agricultural Research Service watershed research programs

E. John Sadler, Jean L. Steiner, Jerry L. Hatfield, David E. James, Bruce C. Vandenberg and Teferi Tsegaye
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2020, 75 (3) 50A-56A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.3.50A
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