Ep 252 The Aquifer Progression, The Hades Factor and The Road to Ogallala

We all know that water is precious, and that the soil is important, but do we really know what happens when we take both of them for granted?  We should know our history, because the Dust Bowl occurred less than a century ago.  We might start treating the Ogallala Aquifer like the source that waters 25% of the agricultural production in the entire country, instead of like a drinking fountain in the school cafeteria.  We might also remember that conservation is self-preservation, and not just a hashtag.

As the Dust Bowl has shown us, soil and water and the interactions between the two are critical.  Lauren Drum is here today to talk about it.  She works for the Dutchess County Soil & Water Conservation District doing testing, program implementation, and education for the Hudson Valley community.  After all, New York takes its Black Dirt deposits very seriously.  All that lovely, fertile muck took aeons to get there, .

Links:

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/dust-bowl/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depopulation_of_the_Great_Plains

https://lacusveris.com/The%20Hi-Line%20and%20the%20Yellowstone%20Trail/The%20Buffalo%20Commons/From%20Dust%20to%20Dust.shtml

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/statistics/

https://www.nass.usda.gov/Data_Visualization/Commodity/index.php

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dorothea-Lange

https://depts.washington.edu/moving1/dustbowl_migration.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant_Mother

https://www.britannica.com/place/Dust-Bowl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains

https://topostreets.com/top-10-largest-aquifers-in-the-world/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ludlum_bibliography

https://grokipedia.com/page/Black_Dirt_Region