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Former Soil Conservation Service Chief Bill Richards dies

11/13/24 11:43 AM By Sara Wyant
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William “Bill” Richards, a soil conservation pioneer who served as chief of USDA’s Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service) from 1990-1993 under President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. He was 93.

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