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Intro Soils - Lab 8 Dust Bowl

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Lab 8 – Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl was a natural disaster in the Great Plains states of the US where dust storms created by wind erosion severely devastated the region. Millions of tons of topsoil were lost in this event that lasted almost a decade. The ‘Dirty Thirties’ resulted from a collision of factors including wheat production on previous grasslands, tillage practices, and a severe drought. Your assignment for Lab 8 is to write a one-page report concerning the Dust Bowl. Topics to include: basic description of the disaster, management practices and events that helped create the issue, social and economic hardships created during the event, management changes implemented after the disaster, and finally lessons to be learned. Please reference any materials utilized in the writing of the report. Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a zero for this assignment. The report should be at minimum one page in length with a maximum of two pages in length, not including headers (including your name), report titles, as well as references. Font size should be no larger than 12 pt.