1980 Four men pose for picture at a meeting
Title
1980 Four men pose for picture at a meeting
Description
U.S. Soil Conservation Chief and Des Moines County native Norman Berg poses with three other men during a visit to Iowa in April 1980.. He is the third man from the left. In 1979, President Carter appointed Berg chief of the Soil Conservation Service. (SCS). As chief of the SCS (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service), Berg supervised the first National Agricultural Lands Study.It was the baseline documentation of the extent and causes of farmland loss in the United States. As a result, the 1981 farm bill authorized farmland protection efforts by the USDA and established the Farmland Information Center. Berg headed the agency until 1982.
Creator
unknown
Publisher
State Library of Iowa
Date
1980-04
Contributor
Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District of Iowa. For questions about copyright, contact the State Library of Iowa at http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org
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jpg
Type
still image
File Name
Four_Men_Pose_for_Photo.jpg