Performance Based Conservation: The Journey to Green Payments
This paper examines conservation and policy discussions leading to and the historical context of the ideas contained in the Conservation Security Program (CSP).
Data and Reports
Data and Reports
Plants Database
The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
Data and Reports
Publications of the National Water and Climate Center
Articles, reports, and help files published by the National Water and Climate Center and the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program.
Data and Reports
Rapid Carbon Assessment (RaCA)
The Rapid Carbon Assessment (RaCA) was initiated by the USDA-NRCS Soil and Plant Science Division in 2010.
Data and Reports
Raster Soil Surveys (RSS)
Raster Soil Survey is a reference to the products of soil survey work completed using digital soil mapping methodologies.
Data and Reports
RCA Data Viewer
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).
Data and Reports
RCPP Congressional Report—December 2019
NRCS is required to report on the progress of RCPP projects.
Data and Reports
Report Generator
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.
Data and Reports
Snow and Climate Monitoring Predefined Reports and Maps
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.
Data and Reports
Snow and Water Interactive Map
Welcome to the National Water and Climate Center's Snow and Water Interactive Map, a groundbreaking tool designed to provide farmers, researchers, policymakers, and water management professionals with up-to-the-minute snow survey data and water supply forecasting.
Data and Reports
Soil Carbon Monitoring Agreements - Fiscal Year 2023
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.
Data and Reports
Soil Climate Analysis Network
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.
Topics
AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaCaribbean AreaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPacific Islands AreaPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming
Data and Reports
Soil Climate Research Stations
Links to data from soil climate research stations in Alaska and Antarctica.