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Fall color near Shelburne, Massachusetts, on October 16, 2019. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

Conservation Effects for Decisionmakers

Conservation Effects for Decisionmakers helps NRCS planners evaluate the effects of various conservation options available to the land user.

Example Descriptions

NRCS Contact: Lakeitha Ruffin

CPA-52 Examples

NRCS Contact: Bryon Kirwan, IL

Guidance for Economic Documentation in Conservation Planning (44.69 KB)
CPA-52 CAP-GMP Grazing Management Plans (1.33 MB)
CPA-52 CAP-FMP Forest Management Plans (1.33 MB)
CPA-52 CAP CNMP Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (1.39 MB)
CPA-52 666-338-314 Forest Stand Improvement, Prescribed Burning, Brush Management (1.34 MB)
CPA-52 CRP Re-enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (1.34 MB)

 

Worksheets and Additional Materials

Contact: David Faulkner, VA

CREP Participation Worksheet, calculation of practices and costs and payment incomes with signature sheets (142.5 KB)
CRP Worksheet; calculation of practices and costs and payment incomes with signature sheets (97.5 KB)
ECP Worksheet, calculation of practices and costs and payment incomes with signature sheets (101 KB)

NRCS Contact: Lakeitha Ruffin

RMS Planning Tool - FY22 National (505.02 KB)
Conservation Practices Physical Effects (CPPE) - FY22 National Template (538.5 KB)
Economic Handbook Documentation for CED Studies (245.09 KB)
Conservation Effects for Decisionmakers Training Workbook (3.97 MB)

NRCS Contact: Hal Gordon 

Oregon CRP CED Study, two levels of analysis (27 KB)
Oregon Range CED Study (21 KB)
Oregon CED Study on Dairy Manure onto Corn/Grass/Legume Silage Rotation, three levels of analysis (32 KB)
Oregon Blank CED Study Form (19.5 KB)

 NRCS Contact: James Featherston, TX

Economics and the Conservation Buffer Initiative (259.39 KB)
Cover letter from the State Conservationist for the above example (34.5 KB)

 

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