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Article: Will we measure up? A viewpoint from the soil and water conservation society's executive director.(Home Front)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
- Author:
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Two years ago, on May 13, 2002, President Bush signed the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (FRSI) into law. SWCS concluded in a report issued in June 2002 that the conservation provisions of the new law created the greatest opportunity for conservation on private land since 1985 and that the additional conservation investment and authorities provided by the law could, if well-directed, make historic progress in managing environmental quality and ensuring the commercial viability of American agriculture.
On May 13, 2004--the second anniversary of FSRI's enactment--SWCS released a new report analyzing what Congress and the Administration have done to ...