Jo Handelsman, Obama’s former science advisor, explains why more farms are experiencing erosion, and how it reduces crop yields. The following is an excerpt from A World Without Soil: The Past, ...

As a farmer, one of your most valuable assets is your land. The topsoil of the land is what can make or break the yield on a field. Protecting this resource and keeping it in place should be a ...

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

Izabela Zaluska's recent article about silt filling Coralville Lake is well written and important but tells only half of the story. The reservoir is filling with topsoil washing in from upstream ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — The Flathead Lake Biological Station has been working to address coastline erosion over the past three decades. Land erosion is not uncommon in the Flathead, although some areas ...

Fort Bend County and the city of Sugar Land have combined efforts to fight erosion along the Brazos River. The Sugar Land City Council has approved a $28 million grant application to the Texas Water ...

The Montague Conservation Commission meets with Falls Farm representatives on July 18. On Thursday, the board’s Sunderland counterparts voted to have the state Department of Environmental Protection ...