Guides and Instructions
High Tunnel System (Sq.Ft.) (325) Conservation Practice Standard
Download the national conservation practice standard document and supporting documents for High Tunnel System (Sq.Ft.) (325).
Resources
Guides and Instructions
Hillside Ditch (Ft.) (423) Conservation Practice Standard
Download the national conservation practice standard document and supporting documents for Hillside Ditch (Ft.) (423).
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Data and Reports
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.
Education and Teaching Materials
History of Wisconsin Soil Survey
The year 2006 marked the completion of the initial field mapping for the National Cooperative Soil Survey in Wisconsin. This publication recognizes the agencies and individuals who have invested time, funding, and manpower in the initial field mapping of the state over the last 100 years or so.
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Guides and Instructions
How to Get a DUNS Number
If you are entering into a partnership agreement, a federal contract, or grant agreement with NRCS you will need a Federal Tax Identification Number — a unique nine-digit number assigned by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) —for the purposes of identification.
Data and Reports
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.
Data and Reports
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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Data and Reports
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.
Guides and Instructions
Indiana NRCS Careers in Conservation Brochure
Learn more about career opportunities with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana.
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Data and Reports
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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Guides and Instructions
Iowa Draft Standards and Technical Notes
Draft copies of Iowa Standards and Specifications are being placed on the Iowa NRCS Web Site as they are completed. Constructive comments are welcome.
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Tech Tools
Iowa Engineering Forms
Iowa NRCS is dedicated to providing everything you may need from getting started to maintaining your operation. This page provides popular or frequently used forms. You can also check our Field Office Technical Guide to find what you need.
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Data and Reports
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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Guides and Instructions
Iowa NRCS Bulletins FY23: 360-PER-Personnel
Iowa NRCS Bulletins: 360-PER-Personnel
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Guides and Instructions
Iowa NRCS Bulletins: Fiscal Year 2022
What are bulletins?
Bulletins are internal temporary direction that expire at the end of the fiscal year following the year they are issued; and to make announcements or one-time requests from the field. Bulletins cannot change, be deleted, added to, cancelled or transmit permanent directives.
Guides and Instructions
Iowa NRCS Bulletins: Fiscal Year 2023
Bulletins are temporary direction that expire at the end of the fiscal year following the year they are issued; and to make announcements or one-time requests from the field. Bulletins cannot change, be deleted, added to, cancelled or transmit permanent directives.
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Guides and Instructions
Iowa NRCS Cover Crop Economics
The Cover Crop Economics Tool is a user-friendly economic assessment tool to assess the costs and benefits of incorporating cover crops into a crop rotation.
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Data and Reports
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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Guides and Instructions
Iowa NRCS eDirectives
Iowa NRCS eDirectives include Bulletins, Instructions, Intraoffice Instructions, General Manual Amendments, Technical Notes, User Guides and Manuals.
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Guides and Instructions
Iowa NRCS Engineering
The Iowa NRCS Engineering staff provides planning, design, and construction services to solve problems related to soil erosion, water quality, agricultural waste management, and wetland restoration.
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