In the 1930s, America planted 220 million trees across Dust Bowl farmland; decades later, thousands of km of shelterbelts still protected farms and wildlife

In the 1930s, America planted 220 million trees across Dust Bowl farmland; decades later, thousands of km of shelterbelts still protected…

In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl hit America’s Great Plains and was caused by more than drought alone. Years of intensive ploughing, drought and strong winds blew away fertile topsoil…

In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl devastated America but Franklin D. Roosevelt's massive tree-planting project is still protecting US farmland…