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The Soil Conservation Act was passed April 27, 1935 amid the Dust Bowl, leading to the creation of the Soil Conservation Service, now NRCS. With the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President in 1932, conservation of soil and water resources became a national priority in the New Deal administration.
- Hugh Hammond Bennett Quotes
The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps is a story in...
- Hugh Hammond Bennett Biography
Hugh Hammond Bennett led the soil conservation movement in...
- Hugh Hammond Bennett Quotes
An Act to promote the conservation and profitable use of agricultural land resources by temporary Federal aid to farmers and by providing for a permanent policy of Federal aid to States for such purposes. The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act Pub. L. 74–461, enacted February 29, 1936) is a United States federal law that allowed the ...
- February 29, 1936
- Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act act
- An Act to promote the conservation and profitable use of agricultural land resources by temporary Federal aid to farmers and by providing for a permanent policy of Federal aid to States for such purposes.
- the 74th United States Congress
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The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) was created in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by an act of Congress on April 27, 1935. However, an earlier date, September 19, 1933 should not pass without recognition. That date marks the selection of Hugh Hammond Bennett as the director of the Soil Erosion Service (SES), predecessor to SCS.
The service was transferred to the Department of Agriculture on March 23, 1935, and was shortly thereafter combined with other USDA units to form the Soil Conservation Service by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1935. The SCS was in charge of 500 Civilian Conservation Corps camps between 1933 and 1942.
- Terry Cosby, Chief
- September 13, 1933
- Approx 11,000
- Washington, D.C.
University of Arkansas. NatAgLaw@uark.edu • (479) 575-7646. www.NationalAgLawCenter.org. Soil Conservation and Domestic. Allotment Act. Pub. L. No. 74-46, 49 Stat. 163 (1935) (Originally cited as ch. 85, 48 Stat. 31 (1935)) The digitization of this Report was performed by the National Agricultural Law Center under Specific Cooperative ...
04/27/2010 04:30 AM EDT. On this day in 1935, as a blistering heat wave parched the nation’s midsection, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation aimed at combating soil erosion and ...
President Roosevelt signed the Soil Conservation Act April 27, 1935. Officials hoped to curb erosion nationally through programs to reduce production on sensitive lands, conserve soil and prevent erosion. The law states that, “the wastage of soil and moisture resources on farm, grazing, and forest lands . . . is a menace to the national ...
