The Greening of the Dust Bowl
Nebraska Stories
Air Date: 11/15/2009
Beginning with scenes from the landmark Depression-era film The Plow That Broke the Plains, the story traces the Dust Bowl’s devastating impact on Nebraska. It then explores how the University of Nebraska’s College of Agriculture helped restore the land in the late 1930s. Today, the University leads global groundwater research, using tools like satellite infrared imagery to identify drought-threatened regions before disaster strikes.