Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 1/10/12

2012 marks the 75th year of soil and water conservation, founded by North Carolinian Hugh Hammond Bennett at the end of the Dust Bowl era.  Commissioner Troxler says that most people don't realize that the conservation movement was founded by a North Carolinian , and now encompases 96 district offices statewide.

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