Making soil and water conservation work
Subtitle: scientific and policy perspectives
By: edited by Daniel W. Halbach, C. Ford Runge, and William E. Larson.
Contributors: Halbach, Daniel W.; Runge, C. Ford; Larson, William E., 1921-; University of Minnesota. Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics.; University of Minnesota. Dept. of Soil Science.; Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
Publisher: Soil Conservation Society of America
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Ankeny, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Soil conservation -- Government policy -- United States -- Congresses.; Water conservation -- Government policy -- United States -- Congresses.; Soil conservation -- United States -- Congresses.; Water conservation -- United States -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Based on papers from a conference held Oct. 14-15, 1986, in St. Paul, Minn. and sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Department of Soil Science, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
Table of contents: title: Supply control, conservation, and budget restraint / Steven J. Taff and C. Ford Runge; title: Complexity of the landscape / Francis J. Pierce; title: Information management / Chris J. Johannsen; title: Implementation of soil and water conservation policy / Peter J. Nowak; title: Intergovernmental relations and soil and water conservation / Norman A. Berg; title: Trends in federal soil and water conservation policy / Charles M. Benbrook; title: Matching conservation targets and instruments / Sandra S. Batie; title: Improving the payoff from the Conservation Reserve Program / Michael R. Dicks and Jim Vertrees; title: Linking state and federal policy / Greg Larson; title: A framework for state soil conservation program initiatives / James L. Arts; title: Intergovernmental relations / John B. Braden.