A blueprint for balance in public land management

J Watt - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1982 - jswconline.org
AMERICA is blessed with the ingredients of greatness. We have the essential natural
resources—fertile land, abundant water, plentiful timber, vast quantities of energy and …

Policies for sustainable land use

R Burby - Cooperating with nature: Confronting natural hazards …, 1998 - books.google.com
RAYMOND J. BURBY1 conclude with our ideas about the types of land use policies and the
requisite governmental action that could lead to safer and more sustainable communities …

Soil conservation:“The search for solutions”

NA Berg, RJ Gray - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1984 - jswconline.org
IN the spring of 1982, the American Farmland Trust (AFT) embarked on a comprehensive
analysis of the nation's soil conservation programs, in part because of congressional …

Legislator's Guide to Land Management

F Schnidman - 1974 - tamug-ir.tdl.org
Americans now realize that land, once a virtually limitless resource in the early years of our
Nation, no longer can be used or abused without serious consequences. Inadequate and …

Growth management: A renewed agenda for states

G Meeks - Journal of soil and water conservation, 1990 - jswconline.org
NATURAL resource managers have long been active in formulating and administering
government policies for environmental conservation. Federal law in this area has been …

A first look at the 1987 National Resources Inventory

TA George, J Choate - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1989 - jswconline.org
I INITIAL findings from the 1987 National Resources Inventory (NRI), which were released in
December, show interesting estimates of changes in land cover, land use, soil erosion, and …

Dedication in the face of challenge

RN Sampson - Journal of soil and water conservation, 1989 - jswconline.org
HERE is a “new environmentalism” emerging in America. We've spent the last few years with
natural resource T and environmental issues shoved to the back of the table. The problems …

[PDF][PDF] The Soil and Water Conservation Society: The Society's beginning

CJ Gantzer, SH Anderson - Soil and Water Conservation: A Celebration of, 2020 - swcs.org
The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) has provided excellent leadership in
conservation over the past 75 years. As this special collection of essays celebrates progress …

Land use planning myths

K Kasowski - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1991 - jswconline.org
ONE promising avenue for protecting farmland in the 1990s comes under the broad
umbrella of growth management. Nine states have now turned to comprehensive growth …

What role land use planning in the restructuring of American agriculture?

C Fallat - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1988 - jswconline.org
A restructuring of American agriculture has been underway for 380 years. This restructuring
began when members of the Jamestown Colony decided to stop looking for gold and start …