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Science 3 September 1982:
Vol. 217. no. 4563, pp. 904 - 909
DOI: 10.1126/science.217.4563.904
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Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems (STEEP)

Dennis L. Oldenstadt 1, Robert E. Allan 2, George W. Bruehl 3, Donald A. Dillman 4, Edgar L. Michalson 5, Robert I. Papendick 6, and Donald J. Rydrych 7

1 Associate director of the Agricultural Research Center at Washington State University, Pullman 99164
2 USDA-ARS plant geneticist at Washington State University, Pullman 99164
3 Plant pathologist at Washington State University, Pullman 99164
4 Rural sociologist at Washington State University
5 Agricultual economist at the University of Idaho, Moscow 83843
6 USDA-ARS soil scientist at Pullman
7 Weed scientist at the Pendleton Station of Oregon State University 97801

This article describes one model for organizing and mobilizing scientific resources to address the highly complex and costly problem of soil erosion in the Pacific Northwest. With a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the agricultural experiment stations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, as well as supplementary state and federal funds, STEEP awards intermediate-term (15 year) grants for research in five areas: tillage and plant management, plant design, erosion and runoff predictions, pest management, and socioeconomics of erosion control. Most of the research projects require collaboration across disciplines and, in some instances, across state boundaries. After 6 years of effort the results obtained with STEEP indicate that the model might be applicable to other regions and problems.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
STEEP: Impact of long-term conservation farming research and education in Pacific Northwest wheatlands.
H. Kok, R.I. Papendick, and K.E. Saxton (2009)
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 64, 253-264
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