Soil Conservation Act (SCA): Established the soil conservation service, which deals with soil erosion problems, carries out soil surveys, and does research on soil salinity.
The country had “been living in a fool’s paradise, with respect to the security of [its] most basic asset,” said Rep. John Conover Nichols (D-Okla.)
Three years after Roosevelt signed the bill, soil erosion in the United States had dropped 65 percent. http://www.politico.com/story/2010/04/fdr-signs-soil-conservation-act-april-27-1935-036362 |