HEARING the political speeches often made to conservation groups, one would think there
is virtually no limit to the political commitment to conservation in Washington, DC Every …

CONSERVATIONISTS who wonder why government has not done more to conserve soil
might find it useful to ask also,“How did government come to do so much for natural resource …

Webster's Dictionay says that to motivate is “to make interesting or otherwise appealing; an
involuntary feeling which prompts one to act.” How do you motivate the private landowner or …

THE United States for the past several years has witnessed a dramatic change in the use of
its natural resources. Pressures on these resources have increased. More and more citizens …

The meeting theme for the Society's 1982 annual conference was" The Politics of
Conservation." The hope was that ways could be identified that the Society could become …

CRITICS today often remark that soil conservation programs are not working. That
contention bears too much truth for comfort among pioneer conservationists. Participants in …

I understand clearly why a conservationist becomes subversive. I understand the frustrations
that befall professionals and academics and other members of the conservation community …

SOIL conservation issues resurfaced in the United States during the 1970s when crop
acreage expanded by more than 20 percent to meet a 132 percent rise in agricultural …

By Jim Jeffords recent edition of this magazine contained a picture of an uphill-bound
tractorlplanter busy at conservation A tillage As I studied the photograph, I was struck by how …

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 …