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NRCS History Publications

NRCS Historical Notes:

1. Readings in the History of the Soil Conservation Service (1992)

2. Engineering in the Soil Conservation Service (1993)

3. Interviews with Chiefs of the Soil Conservation Service: Williams, Grant, Davis, and Berg (1994)

4. The Soil Conservation Service Responds to the 1993 Midwest Floods (1994)

5. Historical Changes in Soil Erosion, 1930-1992: The Northern Mississippi Valley Loess Hills (1996)

6. Conservation and Culture: The Soil Conservation Service, Social Science, and Conservation on Tribal Lands in the Southwest (1997)

7. The National Cooperative Soil Survey of the United States (1957, 1998)

8. The History of Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting (2008)

NRCS Historical Insights

1. The Soil Bank (1985)

2. Third Party Vendors in Conservation (2002)

3. Performance Based Conservation: The Journey to Green Payments (2003)

4. Soil Conservation in New Zealand and the United States (2003)

5. Technical Assistance: The Engine of Conservation (2005)

6. Leveraging Farm Policy for Conservation (2006)

7. Hydrologic and Hydraulic Research in the Soil Conservation Service (2007)

8. Hugh Hammond Bennett and the Creation of the Soil Erosion Service (2008)

9. Hugh Hammond Bennett and the Creation of the Soil Conservation Service (2010)

10. Soil and Water Conservation Expenditures by USDA Agencies, 1935-2010 (2011)



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