United States National Grassland - Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl

The catastrophic Dust Bowl of the 1930s led to the creation of the Soil Conservation Service in 1933. This and subsequent federal laws paved the way for establishing national grasslands.

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Famous quotes containing the words dust and/or bowl:

    The dust shall sing like a bird
    As the grains blow, as your death grows, through our heart.
    Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    Three wise men of Gotham
    Went to sea in a bowl;
    If the bowl had been stronger,
    My story would have been longer.
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Three wise men of Gotham (l. 1–4)