March-April 2007

Editor’s Desk
Forum for engaging readers across disciplines
Mark Anderson-Wilk, editor

Home Front
Recovering the promise of CSP
Craig A. Cox, executive director of the Soil and Water Conservation Society

Viewpoint
Conservation education central to habitat preservation effort
A look at the conservation perspective of Jason Selvog, farm bill biologist, Pheasants Forever

In the News
Conservation news you can use

Feature
At what scale does water saving really save water? Lessons from the use of resource conservation technologies in Pakistan
Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad, Mark Giordano, Hugh Turral, Ilyas Masih, and Zubair Masood

Conservation in Action
Reaching out to absentee landowners
Tom Buman, Agren Inc.

Research

Water quality and hydrology in farm-scale coastal plain watersheds: Effects of agriculture, impoundments, and riparian zones
R. Lowrance, J.M. Sheridan, R.G. Williams, D.D. Bosch, D.G. Sullivan, D.R. Blanchett, L.M. Hargett, and C.M. Clegg

Carbon sequestration and rangelands: A synthesis of land management and precipitation effects
J.D. Derner and G.E. Schuman

Topsoil placement effect on soil carbon stock improvement of exposed subsoil in Iowa
J.B. Grote and M.M. Al-Kaisi

Effectiveness of the soil conditioning index as a carbon management tool in the southeastern USA based on comparison with EPIC
D.A. Abrahamson, M.L. Norfleet, H.J. Causarano, J.R. Williams, J.N. Shaw, and A.J. Franzluebbers

Late-summer infiltration as affected by cropping and grazing management of winter-wheat pastures
J.A. Daniel

Residue removal and climatic effects on soil carbon content of no-till soils
K.N. Potter, J. Velazquez-Garcia, E. Scopel, and H.A. Torbert