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-Society in Action
-Chapter Working to Promote Indiana Working Farmland Protection
More information available on the Chapter Farmland Protection Page. Indiana Working Farmland Fact Sheet information available in pdf format or Microsoft word format. For more information about the Hoosier Chapter policy position see Farmland Protection (1998) . Also see below.

Go to the International SWCS web site to learn more about recent action concerning the "Farm Bill" and other current conservation issues. (To return click back button).

-Hoosier Chapter Soil and Water
Conservation Society Policies
(The following is an alphabetical list of current hoosier chapter policies.)
Carbon Sequestration (Draft 2001)
Farmland Protection (1998)

Land Use
Reclamation
Soil Resource, Indiana’s (1984)

-Soil and Water Conservation Society Policies
   (Policy Position Statements and Guiding Principles to be added later)
Biodiversity (1996)
Conservation Reserve Program Acres, Future Use (1993)
Farm Bill, Conservation Provisions of the 1995 (1994)
Solid Waste Management, Municipal (1995)
Sustainable Agriculture (1995)
Stormwater Management Policy Position (1998)
Water Quality (1990)
Wetland Conservation (1992)

-The Land Use Resources Catalog
     Go to the Indiana Land Use Consortium (ILUC) and check
out their "Land Use Resources Catalog" a listing of many
organizations providing information and data for wise land
use. The catalog is available in:
pdf format with web links activated. You can also obtain
pdf files of the cover, preface and table of contents,the
catalog text (with out links highlighted which is better
suited for printing), and the appendix which includes an
alphabetical index of all organizations in the catalog.
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