NRCS History

The rich history of the Natural Resources Conservation Service is the firm ground which holds our bond with the land and its people today.

• A Story of Land and People — a brief history of the NRCS
• Biography of Hugh Hammond Bennett — the Father of Soil Conservation
• Quotes from Hugh Hammond Bennett
• Speeches of Hugh Hammond Bennett
• Writings on the History of SCS and NRCS

Publications

• Conquest of the Land Through 7,000 Years
  Dr. Walter Clay Lowdermilk’s personal report of a study he made in 1938 and 1939

- Contact Douglas Helms, Senior Historian 720-3766