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Los Angeles Soil Survey Unearths Cradle of the City

April 21, 2014 Jonathan Groveman, Natural Resources Conservation Service, California

It has been 88 years since the hammers and crowbars went silent. Sweat ran for more than a month as teams of workers smashed and destroyed Los Angeles’s original buildings between First, Temple, Spring and Main streets. Construction began in the 1850s, and these buildings quickly became known as the...

Conservation

Get Ready for Earth Day 2014: Small Communities Doing Big Projects to Protect Water and the Environment

April 21, 2014 Doug O’Brien, Deputy Undersecretary, USDA Rural Development

With Earth Day on the horizon for tomorrow, we at USDA Rural Development are looking forward to sharing some very big news about efforts kicking off across the nation to ensure clean drinking water and healthy watersheds in small, rural communities that face increasing challenges with aging...

Rural