How are we preventing dust storms today? What steps are we taking and who is involved?
Wind erosion is still evident today in the United States and all around the world.
It is responsible for more than half of the two billion tons of soil lost from U.S. cropland annually.
So how are we preventing this: 
- Trees and shrubs planted in windbreaks in a subdivision in North Dakota shows an example of dust storm prevention.
Vegetative barriers reduce wind velocity across fields and intercept wind-borne particles.
A field windbreak in Nebraska slows the wind.
Who is involved?
The United Stated Department of Agriculture,
Agriculture Research Service in cooperation with Kansas State UniversityA Wind Erosion Research Unit
Provider of science-based wind erosion
technology for environmentally,
economically, and socially sustainable
agriculture