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A Conservation Conversation: From the Dust Bowl to Today

Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
  • Library Hall
What came from the Dust Bowl experience? Consider the real-life implications of the Dust Bowl on the Northwest Colorado landscape.

As the community reads The Grapes of Wrath during ONE BOOK STEAMBOAT, join local representatives of three government agencies that emerged in response to some of the Dust Bowl's environmental issues.

Todd Haganbuch with Routt County CSU Extension, Helen Horn of the USDA Farm Service Agency and Clinton Whitten from the Natural Resources Conservation Service will consider Dust Bowl lessons that inform the work they do in 2018 for conservation.

The panelists will explain the origin stories of their agencies and various programs that have continued to transform the landscape since the Dust Bowl. The community is encouraged to bring your questions, as the moderated conversation with the panelists can include the state of soil, agriculture, the future of water, climate change and more.

This is a featured event in the 2018 ONE BOOK STEAMBOAT community read of John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath.