Much progress has been made since then. Many individuals have devoted countless hours to improving the management of prairie soils. Numerous improvements in farm machinery, crop varieties, fertilizers, herbicides and other crop inputs have helped farmers reduce wind erosion. Legislators have recognized the importance of preventing wind erosion. The Soil Conservation Act empowers each municipal soil conservation officer to work with landholders, either cooperatively or by issuing a legal notice, to stop or prevent erosion.
Wind erosion reduces the land's ability to produce crops.
Nevertheless, agricultural land across Alberta is still subject to periods of drought and strong winds. And farmers must still manage their cropping and grazing systems to reduce and prevent blowing soil. This publication describes ways to protect your soil from wind erosion. Strong and sustained winds along with dry, bare soils contributed to serious soil loss. Wind erosion is the detachment, transportation and redeposition of soil particles by wind.