• Conservation tillage farming techniques - instead of plowing and leaving the soil exposed, the soil is disturbed as little as possible (ex. the no-till method plants seeds and adds fertilizers and weed killers at the same time with almost no disturbance of the soil).
  
• Stream bank restoration – ex. stabilizing the stream slope with terraced banks and revegetating the banks to hold the soil in place.
  
• Revegetation of coastal areas – planting marsh grasses on areas of the coast that have been damaged by waves.
  
• Best Management Practices (BMPs) for new residential and commercial developments – using sediment fences, bales of hay or grassed-swales to collect any sediment that would runoff from a construction site into local water bodies.
  
• Local sediment ordinances that developers must follow to eliminate sediment runoff – developers must implement prescribed BMPs such as the ones stated above.
  
• Join the NRCS’s Earth Team, a student volunteer program.

The importance of soil in our everyday lives is generally not recognized by people. Because it takes so long for soil to form, humans must find ways to conserve soil. Students can play a role by being “soil-aware” and getting involved in their local areas.