No event did more to emphasize the severity of the erosion crisis than the Dust Bowl affecting High Plains states beginning in the early 1930s. Maintaining healthy soils is one way to prevent a similar disaster. We consider modern practices that build healthy soil.
This is Playa Country — a weekly look at the wildlife, wetlands and prairies of the western Great Plains, and the people who manage them — brought to you by Playa Lakes Joint Venture, an organization dedicated to conserving birds and bird habitat.