The Productive and Erosive Palouse Environment
Author: Frederick R. Steiner
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 54
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Author: Frederick R. Steiner
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 54
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 114
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Pierre R. Crosson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-17
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1317310470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1970’s, agriculture in the United States seemed to be booming. With an extra demand for crops, extra acres were taken on to increase production which was predicted to increase further with an ever-growing population. However, concerns were beginning to be raised over the adequacy of land for crops as potential croplands began to be converted into urban areas as well as the effects of soil erosion decreasing the quality of these croplands. Originally published in 1983, this study investigates the threats to crop productivity in the U.S. with a focus on human-made problems. This title will be of interest to students of environmental studies.
Author: United States. Soil Conservation Service
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 16
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lizbeth Martin
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 218
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew P. Duffin
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2009-11-17
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 0295989807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Plowed Under, Andrew P. Duffin traces the transformation of the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho from land thought unusable and unproductive to a wealth-generating agricultural paradise, weighing the consequences of what this progress has wrought. During the twentieth century, the Palouse became synonymous with wheat, and the landscape was irrevocably altered. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, native vegetation is almost nonexistent, stream water is so dirty that it is often unfit for even livestock, and 94 percent of all land has been converted to agriculture. Commercial agriculture also created a less noticeable ecological change: soil erosion. While common to industrial agriculture nationwide, topsoil loss evoked different political and social reactions in the Palouse. Farmers all over the nation take pride in their freedom and independence, but in the Palouse, Duffin shows, this mentality - a remnant of an older agrarian past - has been taken to the extreme and is partly responsible for erosion problems that are among the worst in the nation. In the hope of charting a better, more sustainable future, Duffin argues for a candid look at the land, its people, their decisions, and the repercussions of those decisions. As he notes, the debate is not over whether to use the land, but over what that use will look like and its social and ecological results.
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 802
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Publisher: 3 Muses Books, SynGeo ArchiGraph
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Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0911385495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Region X.
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 290
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 642
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