Soil and Water Conservation Issues

Author / Creator

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Online

Summary

Provides background on the evolution of issues regarding Federal conservation of soil and water resources, and reviews current major conservation activities concerning the conservation reserve prog...

Provides background on the evolution of issues regarding Federal conservation of soil and water resources, and reviews current major conservation activities concerning the conservation reserve program, cost-sharing assistance, conservation compliance and sodbuster, wetlands and agriculture, and other select activities. Discusses conservation programs and provisions in the 1996 farm bill, and reviews conservation appropriations.

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