Soil and water resources conservation act
Subtitle: program report and environmental impact statement, revised draft
By: United States Department of Agriculture
Contributors: United States
Publisher: United States Department of Agriculture
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Conservation of natural resources; Agricultural conservation; Water conservation; Soil conservation; Environmental impact statements
Other titles: Program report and environmental impact statement.; 1981 program report and environmental impact statement.
Description: "Section 6 of Public Law 95-192, the Soil and water resources conservation act of 1977..., requires the Secretary of Agricultre to develop a national soil and water conservation program to guide the Department's future conservation activities on the Nation's private and other nonfederal lands. This document, prepared in response to the Act, is based on an appraisal of existing resource conditions and trends and projected resource needs. It discusses the status of soil, water, and related resources; identifies resource problem areas; analyzes the effectiveness of existing conservation programs; establishes objectives for a national soil and water conservation program; develops alternative programs for meeting these objectives; assesses environmental impacts that would result from implementing the alternative soil and water conservation program; and presents the procedures under which the new programs would be evaluated."--p. iii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Why action is needed; title: The status, condition, and trends; title: Future resource demands, conditions, and problems; title: Effectiveness of present programs; title: Program alternatives and options considered; title: The preferred program; title: Environmental consequences; title: Evaluation of the preferred program; title: Public consultation and preparation; title: Appendix; title: Index.