Soil Conservation

Committee on Conservation Needs and Opportunities, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1. An Improved Soil Erosion Classification: Update, Comparison, and Extension; 3 2. Assessing Soil Erosion Productivity Damage; 4 3. Field Estimates of C Factors: How Good Are They and How Do They Affect Calculations of Erosion; 5 4. Understanding Ephemeral Gully Erosion; 6 5. Wind Erosion; 7 6. Erosion on Range and Forest Lands: Impacts of Land Use and Management Practices; 8 7. Erosion Control Practices: The Impact of Actual Versus Most Effective Use; 9 8. Applications of the NRI Data to Inventory, Monitor, and Appraise Offsite Erosion Damage; 10 9. New Cropland in the 1982 NRI: Implications for Resource Policy; 11 10. A Midwestern Perspective on Targeting Conservation Programs to Protect Soil Productivity; 12 11. Potential Uses of the NRI in State and Local Decision Making