Comments on: Lessons of the Dust Bowl http://blog.nwf.org/2012/10/lessons-of-the-dust-bowl/ The National Wildlife Federation's blog Thu, 23 May 2013 20:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Lara Bryant http://blog.nwf.org/2012/10/lessons-of-the-dust-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-17365 Lara Bryant Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:08:00 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=68853#comment-17365 Sara, Mark, and Norma: thank you for your comments. I agree with all of you that the future is in stake if we do not learn from the past.
Norma, I would be very interested in reading your book and learning more about your experiences during the Dust Bowl.
I hope you all will be able to watch Ken Burns’ documentary this weekend (November 18th!)

Thanks,
Lara Bryant (Blog Author)

]]> By: Norma Welty http://blog.nwf.org/2012/10/lessons-of-the-dust-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-17355 Norma Welty Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:12:00 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=68853#comment-17355 I’m very excited to watch this documentary. I grew up during the dust bowl and remember all the dust and all the struggles that my family had to go through due to dust everywhere. It was very hot, there was dust in our food, our eyes and our lungs. Many people died, because of all of the dust. Thanks for posting this, it’s important to remember the past not repeat mistakes made in the past.

I actually just wrote a book called The Dirty Days, which is a historical fiction book based off my life growing up during the dust bowl. http://normawelty.wordpress.com/

]]> By: mark http://blog.nwf.org/2012/10/lessons-of-the-dust-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-17172 mark Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:39:00 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=68853#comment-17172 We are doomed to repeat our mistakes if we are unwilling to remember and learn from history. Everyone needs to support a Farm Bill that contains land protections measures.

]]> By: Sara http://blog.nwf.org/2012/10/lessons-of-the-dust-bowl/comment-page-1/#comment-17132 Sara Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:36:00 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=68853#comment-17132 Nice post reminding us that we risk all our futures by forgetting our connections to the land!

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