THE WESTERNER

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.

Friday, July 27, 2012

NY Times: How Can We Prevent Another Dust Bowl?

The New York Times is running a series in its Debate Room on this topic:

The worst drought in 50 years is scorching crops across the heartland and, as a result, the government has declared one-third of the nation’s counties federal disaster areas.
Are we at risk for another Dust Bowl? If so, what can we do to prevent it?

You can check it out here.

1 comment:

Danne said...: Raze NYC, pave over the depression, let it fill with water and call it the turd in the nations punchbowl! Don't worry about the "dustbowl".; 2:41 PM