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Hoy se celebra el Día Nacional de la Conservación del Suelo <span
style="font-family:Arial;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">en
memoria del Dr. Hugh Bennet.<br>
</span>Saludo muy especialmente a los que cotidianamente contribuyen
con su esfuerzo a la protección y cuidado de nuestros bellísimos
suelos.<br>
<br>
Diego J. Cosentino<br>
Presidente AACS<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.suelos.org.ar">www.suelos.org.ar</a><br>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Hugh Hammond Bennett</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(April 15, 1881 – July 7,
1960) was a pioneer in the field of<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_conservation"
title="Soil conservation" style="text-decoration: none; color:
rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">soil conservation</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America"
class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">United States of America</a>. He founded and
headed the Soil Conservation Service, a<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_agencies"
class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States federal
agencies" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">federal agency</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>now referred to as the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Resources_Conservation_Service"
title="Natural Resources Conservation Service"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">Natural Resources Conservation Service</a>.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37,
37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bennett was born near
Wadesboro in Anson County,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North
Carolina" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">North Carolina</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and graduated from the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill"
title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">University of North Carolina</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 1903. Immediately upon
graduation, he became a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_survey" title="Soil
survey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">soil surveyor</a>, and conducted soil
studies, both in the United States and in other countries, that
eventually convinced him that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_erosion" title="Soil
erosion" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">soil erosion</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was a serious problem
facing the planet.</p>
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widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline"
id="Conservationism">Conservationis</span><span
class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none;
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style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"></span><span
class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;
color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37,
37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">By the 1920s, Bennett was
actively writing about soil erosion for popular magazines and
scientific journals, with works appearing in publications like<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Gentleman"
class="mw-redirect" title="Country Gentleman"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">Country Gentleman</a></i><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<i><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Monthly"
class="mw-redirect" title="Scientific Monthly"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">Scientific Monthly</a></i>.<sup
id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1;
unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hammond_Bennett#cite_note-1"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1;
unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hammond_Bennett#cite_note-2"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1;
unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hammond_Bennett#cite_note-3"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup><sup
id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1;
unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hammond_Bennett#cite_note-4"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He co-wrote a<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture"
title="United States Department of Agriculture"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">United States Department of Agriculture</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>publication in 1928 titled<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Soil Erosion: A
National Menace</i>, which was regarded as his most influential
work and garnered the attention of Representative<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P._Buchanan"
title="James P. Buchanan" style="text-decoration: none; color:
rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">James P. Buchanan</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5"
class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate;
white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hammond_Bennett#cite_note-5"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Buchanan, who was a member
of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations"
title="United States House Committee on Appropriations"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">United States House Committee on
Appropriations</a>, helped obtain funding in 1929 for soil
erosion studies in the United States. Bennett was also
instrumental in the formation of the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_Conservation_Society_of_America"
class="mw-redirect" title="Soil Conservation Society of America"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">Soil Conservation Society of America</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(now the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_and_Water_Conservation_Society"
title="Soil and Water Conservation Society"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">Soil and Water Conservation Society</a>).</p>
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170); font-size: 1.5em; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia,
Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
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background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline"
id="Government_service">Government service</span><span
class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none;
font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em;
vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display:
inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;
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style="margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"></span><span
class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;
color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"></span></span></h2>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37,
37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">When the Soil Erosion
Service was established as part of the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior"
title="United States Department of the Interior"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">United States Department of the Interior</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in September 1933, Bennett
became the director. He continued to speak out on soil
conservation issues, especially through the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl" title="Dust Bowl"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">Dust Bowl</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>years, and eventually
influenced the passage of the soil conservation act of April 27,
1935, which created the Soil Conservation Service at the USDA. He
remained at the head of that organization until he retired in
1951.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37,
37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hammond hired<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Howard_Finnell"
class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Howard Finnell"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">Henry Howard Finnell</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to put his soil expertise
to work:</p>
<blockquote style="overflow: hidden; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px
40px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size:
14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.4px; orphans:
auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">Hugh Hammond
Bennett, the head of the Soil Conservation Service, put Finnell
in charge of Region Six, the hardest-hit area of the country;
code name: "<a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Dustbowl&action=edit&redlink=1"
class="new" title="Operation Dustbowl (page does not exist)"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88);
background: none;">Operation Dustbowl</a>." Finnell set up
shop north of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhart"
class="mw-redirect" title="Dalhart" style="text-decoration:
none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dalhart</a>.
Areas where the soil was not suitable for cultivation were
turned back to grassland. Thirteen other demonstration projects,
manned by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps"
title="Civilian Conservation Corps" style="text-decoration:
none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">CCC</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration"
title="Works Progress Administration" style="text-decoration:
none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">WPA</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>workers, put Finnell’s
moisture-conserving ideas to the test, with great success. By
May of 1936, nearly 40,000 farmers had joined him, and 5.5
million acres were under new terraced and contour-listed
cultivation. At the end of 1937, despite the persistent dust
storms, the amount of dangerously eroded land had been reduced
by more than half.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"
style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space:
nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; font-weight: normal; font-style:
normal;"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hammond_Bennett#cite_note-6"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a></sup></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37,
37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hammond's efforts changed
the mindset of American farmers toward soil conservation, and as
director of the Soil Conservation Service, he helped them learn
new ways of cultivation that protected the soil and preserved
fertility. The creation of the Soil Conservation Service and its
inclusion in the United States Department of Agriculture also
marked the US government’s acceptance and establishment of the
interpretation of soils for soil and water conservation. As
director of the SCS, Bennett launched a campaign for soil
conservation toward educating the public and politicians by
identifying areas in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl" title="Dust Bowl"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background: none;">Dust Bowl</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>where the combination of
geographic and agricultural systems caused the most serious
erosion.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_7-0" class="reference"
style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space:
nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; font-weight: normal; font-style:
normal;"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hammond_Bennett#cite_note-autogenerated2-7"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a></sup></p>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37,
37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Largely in response to
Bennett's campaign for soil conservation, Representative James P.
Buchanan of Texas attached an amendment to the 1930 appropriations
bill authorizing the USDA to establish a series of soil erosion
experiment stations. The Coon Creek Watershed Project, in
southwestern Wisconsin, was the first of many watershed-based
projects initiated to demonstrate soil conservation practices to
farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_8-0" class="reference"
style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space:
nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; font-weight: normal; font-style:
normal;"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hammond_Bennett#cite_note-autogenerated1-8"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a></sup><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The locations for these
stations were selected by Bennett, and involved teams of
researchers establishing plots to measure erosion conditions under
various types of crops, soils, rotations, and their responses to
different agricultural managements practices and structures.<sup
id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_7-1" class="reference"
style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space:
nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; font-weight: normal; font-style:
normal;"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hammond_Bennett#cite_note-autogenerated2-7"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a></sup></p>
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