sustaining soils
DESCRIPTION
Sustaining Soils. Image: Digital Stock. Soils-6-1. Soils can be degraded or destroyed. Image: NRCS. Soils-6-2. Soils need to be protected from erosion by wind and water. Image: NRCS. Soils-6-3. Soils need to be protected from depletion of organic matter and nutrients. Image: NRCS. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Sustaining SoilsSustaining Soils
Soils-6-1
Image: Digital Stock
Soils can be Soils can be degraded or degraded or destroyed.destroyed.
Soils-6-2
Image: NRCS
Soils need to be protected Soils need to be protected from erosion by wind and from erosion by wind and
water.water.
Soils-6-3
Image: NRCS
Soils need to be protected Soils need to be protected from depletion of organic from depletion of organic
matter and nutrients.matter and nutrients.
Soils-6-4
Image: NRCS
Soils need to be protected Soils need to be protected from contamination.from contamination.
Soils-6-5
Image: NRCS
Soils need to be Soils need to be protected from protected from urbanization.urbanization.
Soils-6-6Image: NRCS
Degraded soils can be Degraded soils can be reclaimed.reclaimed.
Before
AfterSoils-6-7
Images: Gold Institute, Echo Bay Mines; S. Warren
Soils can be sustained Soils can be sustained through protecting and through protecting and
reclaiming.reclaiming.
Images: NRCS