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“Water management is the control and movement of water resources to minimize damage to life and property and to maximize efficient beneficial use. Good water management of dams and levees reduces the risk of harm due to flooding. Irrigation water management systems make the most efficient use of limited water supplies for agriculture.” - NRCS (USDA)
“Farm drainage had been a part of U.S. land policy debates since colonial times and will remain an active policy issue into the foreseeable future.” - USDA
Web soil survey, official soil series descriptions, soil data access, soil data viewer, soil lab data, etc. - NRCS (USD)
“In a recent article by Christina Curell of Michigan State University, she points out that the key concept behind soil health is the protecting and nurturing of soil biota. Further, according to the NRCS, there are four key principles to maintaining and enhancing the organisms within our soils.” - University of Illinois Extension
Soil quality indicators
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