Friday, April 30, 2010

Soil Erosion Decline



Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan has announced that soil erosion on cropland declined by more than 40 percent during the past 25 years, while more than one-third of all development of U.S. land occurred during the same period.


The information was contained in the latest National Resource Inventory (NRI) for Non-Federal Lands, which was released at an event marking the 75th Anniversary of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the agency charged with ensuring private lands are conserved, restored, and more resilient to environmental challenges. To see key findings please visit this website.


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1 comments:

Five Towns Air Conditioning & Vent Cleaning said...

This is alarming and we should do something to stop the soil erosion that is happening.We have to take steps and grow awareness on the same.