Hugh Hammond Bennett, a soil scientist with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, took on the challenge shortly after and became regarded as the father of soil conservation. By the mid-1920s ...

What's so important about soil? Only everything. Soil supports all life. It provides the foundation for plant growth for food production, livestock grazing, infrastructure development, and human ...

Family, friends, and colleagues established a Vegetation Management Scholarship to honor Bill and his wife, Jane, and to promote the study of vegetation management as an important aspect of ...