In the 1930s, the Great Plains in the American South faced a financial and environmental catastrophe spurred by years of drought and reckless farming practices. Already reeling from the Great ...

Discover how the Great Depression reshaped U.S. agriculture, sparking soil conservation programs and lasting land stewardship practices.

Ninety years ago this month, in the depths of the Great Depression, Congress created a new agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard rural prosperity for future generations: The ...

America’s response to the unprecedented economic crisis that threatened the nation during one of history’s most tumultuous decades. One of the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation ...

Karen Russell’s 2011 novel “Swamplandia!” featured a section about how the United States Army Corps of Engineers tried to drain Florida’s swamps to create, the author says, “this American Eden of ...