The Modern Dust Bowl

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Alexus Stephens wins Rotan environmental science essay contest exploring solar farm construction, soil disturbance, and lessons from the Dust Bowl era.
A few weeks ago, Rotan Environmental Science teacher Leah Larson reached out to ask whether we would be willing to help provide an incentive and spark a little friendly competition among her students. The class was assigned to write essays researching possible similarities between the environmental impacts of solar farm construction and the traditional farming practices that helped worsen t...

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