Wind Erosion Control

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Photograph of wind erosion control. Homemade wind erosion coontrol made of old tires spaced at 20 feet intervals to try to check wind erosoion on the county road. These tires are used to slow wind erosion until vegitation can get started in the borrow ditch.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

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McConnell, John July 8, 1955.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society Collection and was provided by the Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

The Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society (OCHS) was organized and became a functioning organization in 2018. Partnerships were formalized with the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD), the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma State University Oral History Research Program and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

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Photograph of wind erosion control. Homemade wind erosion coontrol made of old tires spaced at 20 feet intervals to try to check wind erosoion on the county road. These tires are used to slow wind erosion until vegitation can get started in the borrow ditch.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

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County Raod 2 mi. NW Rosston

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Photographs documenting natural resource conservation efforts in Oklahoma.

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  • July 8, 1955

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  • Aug. 27, 2021, 7 p.m.

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  • March 25, 2022, 8:37 p.m.

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McConnell, John. Wind Erosion Control, photograph, July 8, 1955; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1834760/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society.

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