William “Bill” Richards, a soil conservation pioneer who served as chief of USDA’s Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service) from 1990-1993 under President George H.W.

A 90th anniversary celebration of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service on April 24 highlighted the agency's evolution and commitment to conservation. The celebration included remarks by USDA ...

Sustainable inputs and conservation practices improve soil health. (Natural Resources Conservation Service photo) Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series, “Getting Grounded ...

Ninety years ago this month, in the depths of the Great Depression, Congress created a new agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard rural prosperity for future generations: The ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

On May 16, a rare dust storm pushed across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area. Pictured here is the storm approaching Bloomington, Illinois. Soil and Water ...

“The first office of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts (NASCD) was located in the Montgomery Building on N. Church Street from 1946 to 1947. Soil conservation, with its focus on ...

Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large amounts of loose soil. That’s according to Andy Taylor, the Science and ...