UC 779: Spatial & Attribute Data Improvement using Web Applications Paul Fukuhara, National Geospatial IT Innovation Leader, National Geospatial Center of Excellence, USDA NRCS Ravichandran Kaushika, Sr. GIS App Developer, Vistronix Inc., Client: USDA NRCS
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UC 779: Spatial & Attribute Data Improvement using Web Applications
Paul Fukuhara, National Geospatial IT Innovation Leader, National Geospatial Center of Excellence, USDA NRCS
For over 80 years, the Natural Resources Conservation Service has been a pioneer in conservation, working with landowners, local and state governments, and other federal agencies to maintain healthy and productive working landscapes.
On April 27, 1935 Congress establish the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) as a permanent agency in the USDA.
In 1994, Congress changed SCS’s name to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to better reflect the broadened scope of the agency’s concerns.
The creation of the Soil Conservation Service represented the culmination of the efforts of Hugh Hammond Bennett, “father of Soil Conservation” and the first Chief of SCS, to awaken public concern for the problem of soil erosion.
“Soil has long been confused with land. It is but one part of land. For conservation purposes, land must be regarded in terms of all its component parts: soil, slope, climate, susceptibility to depreciation by erosion, over-cropping or other processes of deterioration.”