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Digital Soil Mapping (DSM)
The use of geospatial techniques for mapping soils is broadly covered by the term “digital soil mapping” (DSM).
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Engineering in the Soil Conservation Service
Engineering has played an essential part in meeting NRCS' mission objectives.
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Equity Conservation Outreach Cooperative Agreements - Fiscal Year 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) invested $50 million in 118 partnerships to expand access to conservation assistance for climate-smart agriculture and forestry in fiscal year 2022.
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Equity in Conservation Outreach Projects 2023
USDA is investing up to $70 million in cooperative agreements to support outreach to underserved producers and communities about opportunities with NRCS for natural resource conservation, climate-smart agriculture and forestry.
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Farm Bill Factsheet
NRCS works with partners to set aside a certain pool of funding for an awarded project. Producers, landowners, and partners then enter into producer contracts and supplemental agreements with NRCS to carry out agreed-to conservation activities.
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Information to support NRCS geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), mobile computers, and associated geospatial technologies.
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Grazing Land Conservation Initiative (GLCI) cooperative agreements - Fiscal Year 2023
USDA awarded $12 million in cooperative agreements in 2023 for projects that expand access to conservation technical assistance for livestock producers and increase the use of conservation practices on grazing lands. The funding is provided through the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI).
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Gridded National Soil Survey Geographic Database (gNATSGO)
The gridded National Soil Survey Geographic Database (gNATSGO) is a USDA-NRCS Soil & Plant Science Division (SPSD) composite database that provides complete coverage of the best available soils information for all areas of the United States and Island Territories.
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Gridded Soil Survey Geographic (gSSURGO) Database
Gridded SSURGO (gSSURGO) is similar to the standard USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database product but in the format of an Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI®) file geodatabase.
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Historical Changes in Soil Erosion, 1930-1992: The Northern Mississippi Valley Loess Hills
Using a case study of changes in soil erosion in the "Driftless Area" of the Coon Creek watershed, this publication illustrates a methodology for determining long term changes in erosion conditions.
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Hugh Hammond Bennett and the Creation of the Soil Conservation Service
This paper discusses how Bennett’s USDA career made him the logical candidate to lead the Federal soil conservation effort.
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Hugh Hammond Bennett and the Creation of the Soil Erosion Service
This article discusses the establishment of Soil Erosion Service demonstration projects by Hugh Hammond Bennett and colleagues between 1933 and 1935.
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Hydrologic and Hydraulic Research in the Soil Conservation Service
The SCS developed principles that aided the soil and water conservation program and made pioneering contributions to science and technology.
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Inflation Reduction Act Data Visualization Tool
This tool provides state-by-state data showing investments for Farm Bill and Inflation Reduction Act funding. Final data are available for fiscal year 2023, with year-to-date data available for fiscal year 2024.
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Interviews with Chiefs of the Soil Conservation Service: Williams, Grant, Davis, and Berg
The story of the Soil Conservation Service, told by the four men who ran the agency over a period of some thirty years.
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Iowa Geologic Resources
This page has links to documents, maps and other graphics that are helpful in understanding the role of geology and geologic assessment in NRCS conservation planning and engineering.
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Iowa NRCS Economics
The policy of NRCS is that economics is an essential consideration in all agency decision making. Economic principles must be applied in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of agency policies and program activities to provide the most cost effective assistance.
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Land Use Trends
Data by land type (e.g., cropland, pasture, forest) for 1982-2017, at 5-year intervals, by state, based on the National Resources Inventory (NRI). Data can be filtered, graphed, mapped, and downloaded by state, year, and land type (e.g., cropland), and irrigation.
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Leveraging Farm Policy for Conservation
This paper provides analysis of why an environment favorable for passage of the 1985 Farm Bill came to be, and it draws a few lessons from the experience.
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LIMITED Poultry Litter Cost -Share Opportunity: Application Period Extended
Application period July 1st - August 31st, 2023
Applications must be submitted to: agwaste@ldaf.state.la.us
