The Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (JSWC) is a bi-monthly journal of natural resource conservation research, news, and perspectives. The journal has two sections a front A section containing various departments and features and a research section containing peer-reviewed applied research reports. The journal is multidisciplinary, with articles in the following fields: agronomy, conservation education, conservation planning, ecosystem management, environmental quality, erosion and sediment control, geology, floodplain management, farmland preservation, forage management, forestry, geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), irrigation, mined land reclamation, nonpoint source pollution, rangeland management, soil science, sustainable agriculture, watershed management, wetland restoration, and wildlife management.