Author: United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 170
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: George A. Pavelis
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-18
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780260903716
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Farm Drainage in the United States: History, Status, and Prospects The most recent rapid developmental era for drainage reclamation drew to a close about 1965. Drainage is the most extensive soil and water manage ment activity in agriculture. Approximately 110 million acres of the land within farms are artificially drained in the United States. About 9 million acres, or 25 percent, of the irrigated cropland in the Western States are artificially drained. Drainage can also have adverse effects in some situations by reducing or degrading wetlands vital to wildlife and serving hydrologic functions such as flood flow regulation. Drainage activities can also affect the quality of water bodies receiving drainage water. Drainage investigations in usda began with the Reclamation Act of 1902. This act is best known as creating the Bureau of Reclamation in the Depart ment of the Interior. A drainage unit to service irrigation project planning was simultaneously authorized for usda. In 1962, Public Law 87-732, the Drainage Referral Act, was enacted which prohibited usda from assisting landowners in draining potholes and marshes in Minnesota and the Dakotas if wildlife would be materially harmed. Currently, usda technical and financial assistance is no longer provided as a matter of policy except in unique circumstances as part of a conservation system related to irrigation water control, or as an essential element of an environmental system of practices. Thus, for usda, this publication represents an end to the era of strong usda support and assistance for drainage development activities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher:
Published: 1932
Total Pages: 494
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Soil Conservation Service
Publisher:
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 490
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Henry F. French
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-07-17
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 3752317183
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reproduction of the original: Farm Drainage by Henry F. French
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 644
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Extension Service
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 18
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 596
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Charles Gleason Elliott
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781015811669
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