Drought is the new normal across much of the United States. Here's what scientists at the U.S. Forest Service are predicting.

New research finds that one in five assessed soil‑dependent species is threatened with extinction on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

Healthy farms and soils guard against the instability that’s coming — to downstream water users and to our own health and food systems upstream. Investment in soil health isn’t just about farm ...

Panelists discussed farming techniques for moisture conservation during the water panel at Soil Health U 2024, held in January. Wes McCary, tech projects coordinator at the Kansas Water Office, ...

Current protected areas only poorly cover the places most relevant for conserving soil ecological values. To assess global hotspots for preserving soil ecological values, an international team of ...

Advocates of conservation agriculture have long insisted that farmers who adopt use of practices such as cover cropping and no till or reduced till cultivation can improve the water-holding capacity ...

Conservation tillage practices, such as no-till and reduced till, are critical for sustainable agriculture, and they are ...

Iowa NRCS Area Resource Soil Scientist Jason Steele uses his farming experience to train NRCS staff and build stronger relationships with farmers Soil scientist – to many people – may sound like a ...

Some farmers and experts facing with the loss of farmland and soil in southwestern Ontario are welcoming the push for a ...

Texas A&M AgriLife is partnering with organizations statewide to celebrate Soil and Water Stewardship Week, April 26 through ...

More than 120 students competed in the Oneida County Envirothon at the Utica Zoo, testing knowledge in conservation topics ...