All terms in this list:
accelerate: To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
alternative: Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
conserve: To save for later use.
desalination: The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water.
drought: A period of below average rain fall, longer and more severe than a dry spell
dust bowl: A time when dust and dirt wrecked crops
encroachment: An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.
energy: The capacity to do work.
erosion: The result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face
forest: A dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than woods.
fragile: easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure
Great depression: the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years.
polluted: Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.
productivity: the state of being productive, fertile or efficient
recycling: The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
reforestation: The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting.
replenished: Simple past tense and past participle of replenish.
significant: sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.
soil conservation: Protection of the soil against sediment loss by erosion or fertility loss due to degradation.
soil conservation service: provides technical assistance to farmers and other private landowners and managers.
topsoil: The most fertile soil, easiest to start new plants in.
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
Vocation: an inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.
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