How Soil Conservation Works Groups interested in improving farming practices have been around for many years. But the federal government did not get involved in soil conservation until the early 1930s. Problems that occurred during the 1930s, such as the Dust Bowl, caused people to recognize the need for government leadership in the areas of [...]

  Industrial Pollution Efforts to improve the standard of living for humans through the control of nature and the development of new products have also resulted in the pollution, or contamination, of the environment. Much of the world’s air, water, and land is now partially poisoned by chemical wastes. Some places have become uninhabitable. This [...]