Title: Reading and Audio Visual
Course: HRT 114 Introduction To Soil Science > Section: HRT 114 Introduction To Soil Science

Reading and Audio Visual

Reading Assignment
Reading and Audio Visual Assignment

Reading Assignment:

Read in Text: Chapter 18: Soil Conservation.

Chapter 18 describes the causes and consequences of soil erosion.  It addresses wind and water erosion and preventive methods.  The relationship of climate change and erosion are also discussed.

Video:

“The Dust Bowl” – First Chapter

This video by Ken Burns documents the 1930s disaster in the Great Plains with first- hand accounts and discusses the events leading up to this calamity. It addresses various attempts to resolve one of the worst environmental degradations.

The video is available in the CLC library and is on reserve for 2 hour intervals for the semester.