Soil Quality: the Functional Value and Stability of Soil Resources

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Prominent Conservationists

Aldo Leopold. Read his book, A Sand County Almanac.

Hugh Hammond Bennett, Soil Conservation Service. Read his biography.

Ollie Fink, Friends of the Land

J.N. "Ding" Darling, editorial cartoonist, who often depicted the price of soil erosion. Learn more at the Ding Darling Foundation web site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated: April 21, 2008

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