Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies

Providence Canyon State Park, Also Known As Georgia,s 'little Grand Canyon,' Preserves ANetwork Of Massive Erosion Gullies Allegedly Caused By Poor Farming Practices During The Nineteenth CenturyIt Is APark That Protects The Scenic Results Of An Environmental DisasterWhile Little Known Today, Providence Canyon Enjoyed AModicum Of Fame In The sDuring That Decade, Local Boosters Attempted To Have Providence Canyon Protected As ANational Park, Insisting That It Was NaturalAt The Same Time, National And International Soil Experts And Other Environmental Reformers Used Providence Canyon As The Apotheosis Of Human, And Particularly Southern, Land Abuse.let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies Uses The Unlikely Story Of Providence Canyonand The s Contest Over Its Origins And Meaningto Recount The Larger History Of Dramatic Humaninduced Soil Erosion Across The South And To Highlight The Role That The Region And Its Erosive Agricultural History Played In The Rise Of Soil Science And Soil Conservation In AmericaMore Than That, Though, The Book Is AMeditation On The Ways In Which Our Persistent Mental Habit Of Separating Nature From Culture Has Stunted Our Ability To Appreciate Places Like Providence Canyon And To Understand The Larger History Of American Conservation.
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