AL HR658

Recognizes the Natural Resources Conservation Service on its 75th anniversary on April 27, 2010.

Notes that President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Soil Erosion Service in 1933 and the Soil Conservation Service on April 27, 1935, under the Department of Agriculture as the first soil conservation act in any country's history.

Highlights that Hugh Hammond Bennett served as the first director and that Alabama was the first state completely covered by Conservation Districts.

States that 70% of U.S. land and 85% of Alabama land is privately owned, making private landowner stewardship critical to environmental health.

Directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to Dave White, Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, with best wishes for future endeavors.