NRCS delivers science-based soil information to help farmers, ranchers, foresters, and other land managers effectively manage, conserve, and appraise their most valuable investment — the soil.
Soil Survey
In 1899, soil surveyors commenced field investigations for the first USDA soil surveys. Today, NRCS, through the National Cooperative Soil Survey, fulfills a legislative mandate to inventory soil resources and keep the survey relevant to ever-changing needs. Join NRCS as we celebrate 125 years of the Soil Survey!
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Out of the long list of nature’s gifts to man, none is perhaps so utterly essential to human life as soil.
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PLANTS Database
The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
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