Data show certain farming practices can have serious unintended health consequences. When produced in harmony with nature, ...

Illinois soil and water conservation districts were allocated just $4.5 million for their operations in the budget year that ...

In this season, I’m visiting CRP sites to evaluate the contracted plantings. Sometimes it allows me to savor views of hidden ...

Soil moisture can also vary widely within a single watershed, so often multiple stations are required to give experts a clear picture that can help inform flooding predictions.

More than an entire summer’s worth of rain fell in some spots in central Texas in just a few hours early on the Fourth of ...

This is because watersheds in these regions typically have shallow, clay-rich soils and limited water storage capacity. Due to lower precipitation and higher evaporation rates, soil moisture is ...

By combining atmospheric river forecast information with knowledge of how close the soil moisture is to critical saturation levels for a given watershed, we can further improve flood early warning ...

The research, published June 4 in the Journal of Hydrometeorology, analyzed more than 43,000 atmospheric river storms across 122 watersheds on the West Coast between 1980 and 2023. The researchers ...

Discover how Pennsylvania Farm Bureau President Chris Hoffman uses science, technology, and care to raise healthy livestock, ...

Central Texas is  known as 'Flash Flood Alley.' Recent floods in San Antonio, Kerrville, Austin and elsewhere a reminder of a ...

This spring marks the 90th anniversary of the federal agency that was born out of that ecological disaster, what’s now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Yet after nine decades, the ...

This is because watersheds in these regions typically have shallow, clay-rich soils and limited water storage capacity. Due to lower precipitation and higher evaporation rates, soil moisture is ...