snow. Local farmers have been unable to reach their livestock and risk losing all of their cattle and other grazing animals. Luckily for a group of farmers near a newly erected CCC camp a group of enrollees were able to use their equipment to assist in the rescue of local herds. Weather Ever since the passing of the omestead Act in !"#$ Americans have been farming and living in the southwest. %he plowing of these lands combined with the drought has lead to the blowing away of tons and tons of dirt in the southwest. &ind erosion has damaged !#$ million acres over "' percent of the igh (lains. %o stop this we must restore the soil in the southwest using any means possible. A scorching summer has rocked )ew *ork this year. )ew yorkers such as +ay ,atsby claim that they don-t have enough windows. Works Cited ./01% 23&L.. DUST BOWL. ).p.4 n.d. &eb. '5 +une $'!6