Plants Database
The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
Articles, reports, and help files published by the National Water and Climate Center and the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program.
The Rapid Carbon Assessment (RaCA) was initiated by the USDA-NRCS Soil and Plant Science Division in 2010.
Raster Soil Survey is a reference to the products of soil survey work completed using digital soil mapping methodologies.
New data visualization tools are now available. Users can graph, map, and download customized datasets based on practices applied through NRCS programs and survey data on land use, soil erosion, and prime farmland from the National Resources Inventory (NRI).
NRCS is required to report on the progress of RCPP projects.
A convenient resource for soil conservation professionals and students of the history of conservation.
Report Generator is a web application developed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) National Water and Climate Center (NWCC). It uses long-term snowpack, precipitation, reservoir, streamflow, and soils data from a variety of quality-controlled sources to create reports.
The National Water and Climate Center provides a number of predefined reports, using the online tools it administers for the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program.
The Snow and Water Interactive Map displays both current and historic hydrometeorological data in an easy-to-use, visual interface.
This report examines historical expenditures on 32 conservation programs administered by the NRCS, Farm Service Agency (FSA), and their predecessor agencies.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $8 million in four partnerships to support and expand measurement and monitoring of carbon in soil on working agricultural lands and to assess how climate-smart practices are affecting carbon sequestration.
The Soil Climate Analysis Network, also known as SCAN, supports natural resource assessments and conservation activities through its comprehensive, nationwide soil moisture and climate information network.
Links to data from soil climate research stations in Alaska and Antarctica.
This paper explores former SCS director Donald A. Williams' review of and suggestions for improving New Zealand's soil conservation institutions in 1964.
Soil Data Viewer is a tool built as an extension to ArcMap that allows a user to create soil-based thematic maps.
Download the Soil Data Viewer 5.0 installation package for non-USDA Common Computing Environment (CCE) platforms. The non-USDA CCE audience includes, but is not limited to, cooperators, consultants, educational institutions, technical service providers, and the general public.