NRCS Conservation Programs

Arkansas

NRCS's natural resources conservation programs help people reduce soil erosion, enhance water supplies, improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce damages caused by floods and other natural disasters. Public benefits include enhanced natural resources that help sustain agricultural productivity and environmental quality while supporting continued economic development, recreation, and scenic beauty.

The Agricultural Act of 2014 (enacted on February 7, 2014) made several changes to the Conservation Programs reported here. The Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), and Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) were merged into the new Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) and Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative (CBWI) were merged into the new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) was merged into the existing Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). To learn more see NRCS Conservation Programs.

Financial Information: Total Obligations | Technical Assistance | Financial Assistance | Reimbursable
Conservation Practice Implementation Reports: by Conservation Program |
by Conservation Practices related to: Cropland Soil Quality | Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability | Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) | Fish & Wildlife Habitat | Forest Land Conservation | Grazing Land Conservation | Irrigation Efficiency | Water Quality | Wetlands
CSP Enhancement Summary -- To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles


Financial Information

The Financial Information section presents data from the USDA Office of the Chief Financial Officer's Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) system and its predecessor, the Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS). The Financial Information presented here is Total Obligations which the Government Accountability Office defines as binding agreements (orders placed, contracts awarded, services rendered, etc.) that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future. Before obligations can be incurred, budgetary resources must be made available by Congress. The obligations displayed for each year are the total obligations reported as of the end of each fiscal year. Subsequent adjustments after the close of the fiscal year are not included.

There are three categories of Total Obligations presented below:

  • Technical Assistance (TA) refers to the scientific expertise, natural resource data, tools, and technology that USDA personnel provide to help producers, landowners, and communities develop conservation plans and implement conservation practices to solve natural resource problems at the field, operation, or larger landscape scales. NRCS is the Federal lead for providing technical assistance for USDA and does so through various programs using NRCS staff and private Technical Service Providers (TSPs).
  • Financial Assistance (FA) denotes payments (cost-share payments, easement payments, rental payments, etc.) that help producers and landowners pay the costs of implementing conservation measures, which can provide both on-site and off-site conservation benefits.
  • Reimbursable funds can be for Technical or Financial Assistance but are received from sources other than appropriations. They can also be transfers from other Federal agencies.

Total Obligations, by Fiscal Year and Type
Total Obligations, by Fiscal Year and Type
In thousands of dollars
Fund Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Technical Assistance $25,916.6
$23,482.0
$21,624.8
$23,453.1
$21,266.8
$25,295.3
$26,022.9
$25,895.2
$26,769.1
$26,542.6
$33,579.3
$32,587.5
$44,084.9
$40,087.5
$41,365.5
$42,299.3
$48,340.8
$72,606.0
Financial Assistance $56,682.3
$42,705.1
$35,662.1
$46,954.0
$41,559.6
$65,639.3
$68,899.1
$128,053.1
$153,957.3
$141,977.9
$137,884.7
$138,787.3
$163,013.2
$142,293.7
$130,945.2
$299,037.4
$169,501.0
$174,822.2
Reimbursable $743.0
$5,206.2
$2,388.3
$1,984.8
$1,413.5
$1,546.9
$1,689.2
$1,249.5
$1,225.1
$25.2
$37.3
$710.9
$128.1
$30.0
$20.8

$3.9

Total $83,342.0
$71,393.3
$59,675.0
$72,392.3
$64,240.1
$92,481.4
$96,611.1
$155,197.8
$181,951.5
$168,545.7
$171,501.3
$172,085.9
$207,226.2
$182,411.2
$172,331.5
$341,336.7
$217,845.7
$247,428.2
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.

Total Obligations, by Program Fund and Fiscal Year
Includes Technical and Financial Assistance and Reimbursable Fund Types
In thousands of dollars
Fund Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)








$20,225.9
$24,964.4
$19,119.7
$46,357.2
$19,345.7
$17,625.8
$34,060.7
$30,795.8
$20,247.2
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$444.6
$842.3
$2,045.8
$1,038.7
$1,190.1
$101.3
$67.5
$81.1
$184.6
$37.5
$4.5
$4.6
$9.2
$-3.9
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $826.0
$777.4
$1,029.4
$1,014.1
$639.4
$741.8
$796.2
$596.1
$567.3
$456.0
$978.8
$1,113.8
$934.0
$596.6
$597.8
$849.7
$1,256.0
$2,835.1
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $14,321.4
$15,349.9
$13,719.6
$13,972.2
$11,431.5
$8,173.9
$5,894.1
$5,786.8
$3,818.2
$2,523.9
$292.1
$9.4
$0.4





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$251.3
$12,727.4
$23,351.2
$43,193.7
$62,632.7
$72,949.1
$77,860.8
$81,211.4
$84,449.0
$83,576.1
$76,520.2
$188,935.7
$35,456.6
$38,245.0
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $11,034.1
$13,990.2
$11,515.2
$12,615.2
$10,479.8
$12,041.3
$12,417.2
$10,180.3
$10,369.6
$9,295.6
$9,511.0
$7,630.4
$7,554.8
$12,108.1
$11,476.0
$10,612.0
$11,582.5
$11,412.3
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $27,613.2
$25,102.1
$24,061.8
$35,180.5
$19,002.2
$24,512.4
$34,806.6
$57,778.8
$72,128.1
$55,113.1
$53,978.3
$56,009.0
$61,883.4
$64,144.0
$62,795.4
$61,773.8
$70,092.4
$77,453.1
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $1.7
$156.0
$5.7
$6.4
$17.5

$6.8
$9.1

$0.8
$0.9
$0.4
$0.4





Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $199.9
$51.9
$3.1
$4.9
$8.1
$67.8
$64.9
$111.3
$62.4
$0.8
$18.0
$2.8
$4.7
$4.4




Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
$963.7
$977.3
$40.6
$123.1
$8.6
$8.8
$0.1


$0.2







Plant Materials Center (PMC) $278.4
$277.3
$319.6
$306.1
$373.7
$340.3
$385.8
$352.6
$357.4
$363.0
$211.0
$236.2
$270.6
$121.6
$135.9
$305.7
$208.2
$259.9
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$14.7
$529.7
$4,474.2
$1,344.8
$216.2
$123.5
$3,837.6
$1,297.0
$4,883.9
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $1,251.2
$2,040.2
$918.3
$886.6
$974.1
$918.8
$349.8











Soil Survey (SOIL) $1,403.4
$1,333.9
$1,291.5
$1,195.6
$1,149.6
$1,241.0
$1,384.8
$1,015.3
$289.5
$387.0
$364.8
$298.3
$306.4
$337.1
$320.7
$389.5
$434.6
$485.6
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $133.4
$132.0
$209.8
$21.7














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $6,271.3
$3,028.6
$734.1
$440.0
$342.4
$598.1
$4.9



$16.4


$230.9
$1,585.1
$34,198.6
$65,031.7
$91,159.1
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $436.8
$109.0
$559.1
$71.6
$38.1
$1,467.4
$51.0
$0.1
$29.9
$3,694.4
$4.7
$624.5
$123.7





Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $-66.9
$9.3
$-8.3
$722.7
$7,461.1
$5,867.3
$1,173.2
$1,869.9
$123.8
$649.2
$28.3
$399.7
$488.4
$476.4
$1,046.1
$687.6
$364.3
$259.7
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $18,394.7
$7,288.4
$3,762.6
$3,514.7
$10,431.4
$18,841.8
$12,663.1
$30,295.6
$27,392.7
$2,695.8
$2,150.8
$710.7
$2,897.9
$799.0
$9.6



Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $1,779.7
$786.1
$576.2
$2,399.4
$1,072.2
$4,091.2
$1,145.4
$2,969.4
$2,989.8
$70.9
$523.6
$164.3
$425.8
$417.6
$90.9
$90.7
$1.1
$1.5
Other $-536.3
$-2.7




$61.5


$4.0





$5,590.5
$1,316.3
$189.7
Total $83,342.0
$71,393.3
$59,675.0
$72,392.3
$64,240.1
$92,481.4
$96,611.1
$155,197.8
$181,951.5
$168,545.7
$171,501.3
$172,085.9
$207,226.2
$182,411.2
$172,331.5
$341,336.7
$217,845.7
$247,428.2
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, AWEP and WHIP were authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP, FRPP, and GRP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out contracts, agreements, or easements entered into prior to the date of enactment of the 2014 Act, including the provision of technical assistance, provided that no such contract, agreement, or easement is modified so as to increase the amount of payment received. Pursuant to this authority, the funds obligated in FY 2014 were used to carry out acquisition and restoration activities on those prior contracts, agreements, or easements.

Technical Assistance - Total Obligations, by Program Fund and Fiscal Year
In thousands of dollars
Fund Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)








$3,362.7
$5,431.1
$4,078.4
$5,359.0
$2,143.2
$3,953.9
$2,596.6
$5,608.0
$3,431.4
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$108.8
$87.9
$191.1
$220.2
$339.8
$100.0
$47.6
$71.8
$184.6
$37.5
$4.5
$4.6
$9.2
$-3.9
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)








$456.0
$978.8
$1,113.8
$934.0
$596.6
$597.8
$849.7
$1,256.0
$2,835.1
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $1,033.6
$1,742.5
$1,213.2
$1,332.8
$956.7
$650.1
$321.6
$526.6
$363.9
$244.5
$107.3
$2.0
$0.4





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$251.3
$1,541.5
$1,443.2
$2,048.7
$4,122.6
$3,271.2
$6,783.7
$6,150.4
$11,891.8
$8,335.6
$11,112.9
$10,243.1
$6,906.6
$7,528.4
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $11,387.7
$10,757.6
$10,256.5
$11,702.0
$9,758.1
$11,315.3
$11,655.4
$9,518.6
$9,751.7
$9,270.4
$9,503.8
$7,544.5
$7,550.5
$12,102.6
$11,471.6
$10,612.0
$11,582.5
$11,412.3
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $5,085.0
$5,415.8
$5,202.5
$5,757.0
$5,131.3
$5,476.0
$7,909.5
$7,796.8
$7,973.5
$7,984.6
$8,808.2
$11,515.3
$14,535.4
$14,753.9
$13,177.3
$13,680.7
$14,730.7
$15,318.5
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $1.7
$2.4
$5.7
$6.4
$17.5

$6.8
$9.1

$0.8
$0.9
$0.4
$0.4





Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $199.9
$11.1
$3.1
$4.9
$8.1
$58.0
$64.9
$36.1
$52.7
$0.8
$18.0
$2.8
$4.7
$4.4




Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
$35.6
$49.2
$26.6
$3.8
$8.6
$8.8
$0.1


$0.2







Plant Materials Center (PMC) $278.4
$277.3
$265.1
$245.6
$321.2
$290.3
$335.8
$352.6
$357.4
$363.0
$211.0
$236.2
$270.6
$121.6
$135.9
$305.7
$208.2
$259.9
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$14.7
$11.7
$820.8
$1,340.2
$216.2
$123.5
$327.0
$953.2
$2,002.4
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $983.2
$851.5
$901.7
$889.6
$974.1
$918.8
$349.8











Soil Survey (SOIL) $1,392.7
$1,315.7
$1,262.5
$1,195.6
$1,149.6
$1,241.0
$1,384.8
$1,015.3
$289.5
$387.0
$364.8
$298.3
$306.4
$337.1
$320.7
$389.5
$434.6
$485.6
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $133.4
$132.0
$209.8
$21.7














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $1,797.2
$973.2
$523.7
$415.7
$276.0
$311.2




$16.4


$230.9
$236.8
$3,039.6
$6,570.2
$29,059.1
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $436.8
$109.0
$559.1
$71.6
$38.1
$362.4
$51.0
$0.1
$29.9
$238.4
$4.7
$-0.5






Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $13.2
$6.0
$-8.3
$100.0
$532.5
$1,136.8
$271.1
$212.5
$89.3
$93.9
$4.4
$24.7
$111.9
$89.4
$130.1
$136.3
$51.2
$86.0
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $2,841.4
$1,700.1
$1,064.1
$957.6
$1,498.1
$1,239.8
$1,614.6
$3,736.5
$2,920.8
$682.0
$802.9
$567.8
$1,172.2
$700.9
$9.6



Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $332.4
$152.2
$116.9
$726.0
$241.6
$657.6
$414.5
$422.0
$478.0
$68.5
$483.9
$160.8
$422.9
$417.6
$90.9
$81.9
$1.1
$1.5
Other








$4.0





$32.6
$29.3
$189.7
Total $25,916.6
$23,482.0
$21,624.8
$23,453.1
$21,266.8
$25,295.3
$26,022.9
$25,895.2
$26,769.1
$26,542.6
$33,579.3
$32,587.5
$44,084.9
$40,087.5
$41,365.5
$42,299.3
$48,340.8
$72,606.0
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CTA, PMC, SNOW, and SOIL also include multi-year funds.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, AWEP and WHIP were authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP, FRPP, and GRP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out contracts, agreements, or easements entered into prior to the date of enactment of the 2014 Act, including the provision of technical assistance, provided that no such contract, agreement, or easement is modified so as to increase the amount of payment received. Pursuant to this authority, the funds obligated in FY 2014 were used to carry out acquisition and restoration activities on those prior contracts, agreements, or easements.

Financial Assistance - Total Obligations, by Program Fund and Fiscal Year
In thousands of dollars
Fund Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)








$16,863.2
$19,533.3
$15,041.3
$40,998.2
$17,178.0
$13,655.5
$31,464.1
$25,183.9
$16,815.8
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$335.8
$754.4
$1,854.7
$818.5
$850.3
$1.3
$19.9
$9.2






Conservation Security Program (CSP) $13,287.8
$13,607.4
$12,506.4
$12,639.4
$10,474.8
$7,523.8
$5,572.5
$5,260.2
$3,454.3
$2,279.4
$184.8
$7.3






Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)




$11,185.9
$21,908.0
$41,145.0
$58,510.1
$69,678.0
$71,077.1
$75,061.0
$72,557.3
$75,240.5
$65,407.3
$178,692.6
$28,550.0
$30,716.6
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $22,528.1
$19,686.3
$18,859.3
$29,423.4
$13,870.9
$19,036.4
$26,897.2
$49,982.0
$64,154.6
$47,128.6
$45,170.1
$44,493.7
$47,348.0
$49,390.1
$49,618.1
$48,093.1
$55,361.7
$62,134.6
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)
$153.6
















Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)
$40.8



$9.8

$75.3
$9.7









Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
$928.1
$928.1
$13.9
$119.2













Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)









$518.1
$3,653.4
$4.6


$3,510.6
$343.8
$2,881.5
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $-2.6

















Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $4,474.1
$2,055.4
$210.5
$24.2
$66.4
$286.9
$4.9







$1,348.3
$31,159.0
$58,461.5
$62,100.0
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)




$1,105.0



$3,456.0








Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $-76.0
$2.4

$622.7
$6,928.6
$4,701.5
$882.5
$1,657.3
$-5.4
$555.2
$-6.1
$375.0
$376.5
$387.0
$916.0
$551.3
$313.1
$173.7
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $15,553.3
$5,588.3
$2,698.5
$2,557.1
$8,933.3
$17,602.0
$11,048.4
$26,559.1
$24,471.9
$2,013.8
$1,347.9
$142.9
$1,725.7
$98.1




Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $1,453.9
$645.5
$459.3
$1,673.3
$830.6
$3,433.6
$730.9
$2,555.7
$2,511.8
$2.4
$39.7
$3.5
$2.9


$8.8


Other $-536.3
$-2.7













$5,557.9
$1,287.0

Total $56,682.3
$42,705.1
$35,662.1
$46,954.0
$41,559.6
$65,639.3
$68,899.1
$128,053.1
$153,957.3
$141,977.9
$137,884.7
$138,787.3
$163,013.2
$142,293.7
$130,945.2
$299,037.4
$169,501.0
$174,822.2
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CRP, CTA, PMC, RCD, SNOW, SOIL, and WSP do not provide financial assistance.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, AWEP and WHIP were authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP, FRPP, and GRP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out contracts, agreements, or easements entered into prior to the date of enactment of the 2014 Act, including the provision of technical assistance, provided that no such contract, agreement, or easement is modified so as to increase the amount of payment received. Pursuant to this authority, the funds obligated in FY 2014 were used to carry out acquisition and restoration activities on those prior contracts, agreements, or easements.

Reimbursable - Total Obligations, by Program Fund and Fiscal Year
In thousands of dollars
Fund Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)












$24.5
$16.4

$3.9

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $826.0
$777.4
$1,029.4
$1,014.1
$639.4
$741.8
$796.2
$596.1
$567.3









Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $-353.5
$3,232.7
$1,258.7
$913.2
$721.6
$726.0
$761.8
$661.7
$617.9
$25.2
$7.3
$85.9
$4.3
$5.5
$4.4



Plant Materials Center (PMC)

$54.5
$60.5
$52.5
$50.0
$50.0











Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $270.6
$1,188.7
$16.6
$-3.0














Soil Survey (SOIL) $10.7
$18.2
$29.1















Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)










$625.0
$123.7





Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $-4.2
$0.8



$29.1
$19.7

$39.9

$30.0







Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $-6.6
$-11.6





$-8.3










Other





$61.5











Total $743.0
$5,206.2
$2,388.3
$1,984.8
$1,413.5
$1,546.9
$1,689.2
$1,249.5
$1,225.1
$25.2
$37.3
$710.9
$128.1
$30.0
$20.8

$3.9

Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• CTA, PMC, SNOW, and SOIL also include multi-year funds.

Conservation Practice Implementation Reports

Conservation practices are planned and applied at the land unit level. The land unit is the smallest unit of land that has a permanent or contiguous boundary, a common land cover and land management, and a common owner or a common producer. The following chart/table combinations include data for the time period from fiscal year 2005 through fiscal year 2022. Data entry processes differed prior to 2005 and do not provide comparable data.

This RCA release uses an updated field definition. Heretofore the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD) Land Unit Id was used to represent fields wherever estimates of unique acres treated were required. This identifier is found in the planning land unit database layer. However, since conservation plans are often updated as producers’ conservation decisions evolve over time, there can be multiple land unit identifiers associated with the same field in NPAD. This can result in overestimating the number of fields and the associated unique acres. The Resource Analytics Lab has used GIS to develop a shape based algorithm to eliminate the overcounting of fields by selecting the single best shape out of the multiple shape based identifiers associated with the same field.

Under the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), practice bundles and practice enhancements are funded in addition to conservation practices. For brevity, conservation practices, bundles, and enhancements are often referred to collectively as “practices”. To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

As conservation practices are measured in different units (acres, feet, square feet, etc.), the challenge for reporting performance at various levels is how to aggregate across practices. Although practices may affect resources beyond the land unit boundary, or be applied only on part of the land unit, the land unit does provide a common metric to aggregate over practices since each applied practice is associated with a specific land unit. Analysis of the data reveals that most practices are measured in acres and most of the practice applied amounts match the land unit acres of the field on which the practice was applied. Therefore, land unit acreage is the metric on which the acres of land receiving conservation treatment are calculated. With the exception of CSP, totals presented here are not comparable to program enrollment acres or contract acres.


Acres Receiving Conservation by Program

The following chart/table combination summarizes acres receiving conservation by program and fiscal year. For the Conservation Stewardship Program, FY 2010-FY 2020 acres represent contract acres and count represents contracts in the fiscal year, excluding renewal contracts. Starting in FY 2021 CSP and all other programs, acres represent land unit acres and count represents practice counts. Here, land unit acres are counted once for each conservation program that has been used to apply one or more practices on that land unit in a given fiscal year. Therefore, land unit acres may be counted multiple times within each fiscal year - once for each program that has been used to apply at least one practice. Land unit acres may also be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Acres Receiving Conservation by Conservation Program, FY 2005-2022

Only programs representing a significant portion of the total for the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, programs not included are summed into the All Other category.

Acres Receiving Conservation by Conservation Program and Fiscal Year
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)



















2,418
249
3,213
89


131
3
2,010
77






Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)









13
1
3,331
31
3,345
61
4,569
84
2,930
59
3,611
48
591
27
145
2
62
4








Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 4,824
514
8,342
2,198
22,638
4,144
19,670
3,551
17,450
2,249
18,572
2,496
23,473
2,121
17,658
1,966
7,781
869
1,895
148
999
281
523
151
1,603
340
1,055
175
469
92
626
74
1,148
417
2,548
277
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP Contracts)









569,519
620
413,137
453
600,148
572
547,705
537
417,293
428
258,317
318
440,072
478
419,116
405
301,085
379
147,127
164
97,069
121




Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)































516,746
28,799
438,677
27,959
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 135,127
12,722
146,335
10,898
159,026
10,686
184,754
11,878
171,576
8,233
228,576
11,300
255,820
11,149
227,878
9,502
271,311
10,134
193,054
7,659
186,716
6,651
181,035
7,270
193,884
7,145
209,994
8,932
198,012
8,406
184,750
7,779
39,281
1,752
26,739
2,124
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 33,999
2,045
86,819
3,653
111,938
4,477
155,121
5,191
177,986
5,816
200,943
6,512
218,165
8,002
222,281
7,939
295,315
11,262
336,880
11,507
314,507
11,637
347,109
13,313
310,251
12,244
334,056
13,410
308,814
11,707
319,835
13,130
297,207
12,458
307,268
12,845
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)

678
84
1,269
194
646
104


302
13
135
2
116
7
451
29
35
1


192
22
143
8
150
23
150
21
150
15




Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)























22
1
120
11
120
5






Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















97
12
19,734
1,245
48,487
2,042
36,735
1,260
72,335
3,594
82,674
3,658
49,817
2,424
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 587
86
1,034
63
2,106
133
829
44
287
18
130
12
22
1
13
1
56
2


















Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)







223
18


























Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 18,848
65
17,259
439
15,856
507
31,744
378
3,389
77
14,849
174
30,779
73
27,652
170
21,126
182
5,933
111
3,687
59
2,503
222
2,023
50










Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 7,388
160
10,075
265
14,125
366
18,393
278
24,695
700
25,083
646
74,811
1,316
34,651
598
41,439
767
43,759
771
24,508
368
16,393
225
9,894
93
2,852
39
1,025
17
471
4




Other 9
1
135
6
588
47
6
1


45
1
107
11
221
9










85
16








Notes:
• Data Sources: FY 2010-FY 2020 CSP Program - USDA-NRCS, ProTracts Program Contracts System, October 2020 (excludes renewal contracts); FY 2021-FY 2022 CSP Program and all other programs - USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• For FY 2005-FY 2020, Conservation Stewardship Program acres and counts are contract acres and contract counts. Beginning in FY 2021, acres and counts are based on practices applied, as reported in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs within each fiscal year and across fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include conservation practices funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation practices. Starting in 2017 this subprogram is under RCPP.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation

The following table summarizes the land units treated in a fiscal year. Here, a land unit is counted only once in a fiscal year, regardless of how many practices were applied on it, or how many conservation programs were used to apply practices. These data therefore reflect the geographic extent of the land treated with conservation practices during a fiscal year. Given that multiple conservation programs can be used to treat the resource concerns associated with a specific land unit, the percentage of land units (acres and number) that are treated by more than one conservation program within a fiscal year is also shown.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Fiscal Year
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number
Land units treated by at least one program 189,636
4,573
247,703
5,817
294,377
6,697
369,460
7,764
351,684
7,652
431,779
9,058
542,569
10,866
485,098
10,401
574,038
12,981
542,920
11,285
493,561
10,062
502,517
10,347
494,479
10,007
675,561
13,604
867,726
16,835
1,079,636
21,332
901,828
17,278
803,076
15,676
Percent of land units treated by multiple programs 6.84%
7.24%
9.91%
8.44%
12.77%
11.83%
12.42%
11.60%
13.17%
10.90%
14.26%
10.76%
13.55%
11.72%
10.91%
9.81%
12.51%
11.34%
8.01%
6.71%
8.99%
6.31%
10.00%
8.42%
8.73%
6.18%
9.47%
8.21%
8.79%
6.85%
8.11%
6.78%
3.97%
3.66%
2.83%
2.55%
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice

The following set of chart/table combinations present the conservation practice data grouped by purpose: Cropland Soil Quality, Cropland Soil Health, Cropland with Applied Soil Health Management System (SHMS), Fish & Wildlife Habitat, Forest Land Conservation, Grazing Land Conservation, Irrigation Efficiency, Water Quality, and Wetlands. Any practices not included in one of these groups are included in an All Other category. Data for practices in the All Other category can be downloaded in the Conservation Programs Profile csv file.

Note that there is some overlap between these groupings, since some practices address multiple resource concerns. Here land unit acres are counted each time a practice is applied on that land unit in the fiscal year. Therefore land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices, practice groupings, and fiscal years.
To learn more about specific conservation practices, see the National Handbook of Conservation Practices.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

Conservation Practices Related to Cropland Soil Quality

The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Cropland Soil Quality Management. The six components of soil quality management are: enhancing organic matter, avoiding excessive tillage, managing pests and nutrients efficiently, preventing soil compaction, keeping the ground covered, and diversifying cropping systems. Choosing specific practices within each component depends on the situation since different types of soil respond differently to the same practice. Each combination of soil type and land use calls for a different set of practices to enhance soil quality. Note that only practices applied on cropland or hay land are included.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other category.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Quality Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Conservation Cover 327 351
41
5,086
152
12,689
403
7,294
272
7,873
335
10,119
386
9,436
346
7,262
280
5,141
219
1,418
46
1,852
53
894
23
4,709
138
975
46
1,655
41
860
28
2,258
35
1,169
24
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327

























52
3
2,552
55
2,123
32
933
12
1,187
27
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 16,324
244
38,963
565
51,060
810
49,389
798
35,570
497
64,299
991
73,547
1,099
72,353
1,134
68,939
1,021
58,071
921
53,714
918
52,700
971
49,740
832
59,377
1,014
57,594
996
37,503
638
35,129
646
59,058
1,136
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328

























6,824
114
35,400
614
61,974
999
62,227
1,163
62,026
1,205
Contour Buffer Strips 332



141
2








331
10
134
2


















Contour Farming 330



16
1




23
6


65
4




26
5




53
1








Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops 331

















117
4
















Controlled Traffic Farming - Enhancements E334



























57,083
932
113,850
1,988
35,497
609
20,492
370
Cover Crop 340



156
6
432
6
129
5
275
9
7,684
80
6,674
98
16,036
273
21,334
368
23,510
444
22,723
455
25,453
467
26,508
565
18,553
389
28,510
574
36,597
773
45,721
932
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340

























18,658
314
21,794
373
58,307
1,036
53,958
1,045
32,402
640
Critical Area Planting 342 60
2
585
7
698
8
832
12
1,437
20
1,574
19
2,721
40
1,648
22
936
11
3,494
33
7,325
85
3,654
47
2,934
48
1,746
40
778
15
1,465
29
1,285
21
1,837
28
Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag B000CPL18

































18
1
Crop Bundle#3 - Soil health rotation, No till B000CPL3



























160
4
320
8




Deep Tillage 324





490
8




6,284
64
7,967
143
13,351
252
11,450
190
6,711
118
2,943
49
3,311
97
2,211
58
872
15
1,514
36
414
19
1,511
41
Diversion 362



9
1








209
3
139
2
537
7
44
1










26
1


Field Border 386

404
21
435
25
315
30
324
13
369
10
98
3
176
13
114
1
8
1
72
1
261
7
4
1




16
2
438
9
1,708
32
Field Border - Enhancements E386

























6
1
1,441
20
203
5
185
3
1,031
32
Forage and Biomass Planting 512 56
3
249
9
981
32
703
28
1,387
36
1,057
34
988
32
1,452
55
2,238
90
2,093
81
685
25
606
24
1,050
40
505
27
707
10
504
21
644
12
124
4
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512



























7
1
92
1




Grade Stabilization Structure 410 116
2
2,921
51
1,714
26
2,497
35
5,320
64
3,762
40
2,681
39
1,960
31
871
17
5,315
74
9,966
132
18,664
227
25,480
273
25,358
300
7,159
76
11,049
127
7,351
94
13,106
124
Grassed Waterway 412

56
1




122
1


72
1
310
3


1
1








26
1






Herbaceous Wind Barriers 603









49
1
























Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 13,061
313
28,649
533
63,163
1,316
66,990
1,511
32,241
690
50,391
1,112
46,009
933
24,752
520
31,210
586
42,023
669
24,345
583
23,504
579
24,985
575
43,621
1,017
27,660
544
34,143
839
90,650
1,664
55,072
1,239
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

























109,236
1,970
240,448
4,509
627,354
11,481
423,823
7,851
407,379
7,845
Irrigation Water Management 449 55,200
581
32,398
404
59,354
810
55,491
752
41,884
517
55,067
811
60,061
871
52,852
755
103,637
1,618
72,357
1,034
52,185
804
70,355
1,089
105,684
1,684
127,455
1,932
111,834
1,811
124,910
1,902
102,598
1,589
125,135
1,891
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

























5,777
77
26,882
376
45,703
630
31,317
444
30,411
432
Mulching 484

89
2
196
2
864
12
961
11
1,532
16
1,948
32
1,745
23
639
10
3,308
26
7,676
86
3,652
50
2,790
46
1,856
52
1,067
34
1,274
34
1,487
33
2,829
61
Mulching - Enhancements E484































32
4
32
4
Nutrient Management 590 13,668
333
29,041
523
59,391
1,189
59,152
1,268
31,561
714
61,750
1,200
55,003
989
56,235
1,039
57,588
1,094
111,961
1,765
80,706
1,557
84,611
1,589
100,337
1,740
77,796
1,543
70,165
1,345
90,595
1,692
105,252
1,949
83,087
1,678
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590

























78,969
1,454
172,958
3,309
509,652
9,198
309,804
5,774
272,060
5,246
Residue Management, Seasonal 344 9,021
65
14,174
191
24,446
326
23,907
364
15,560
267
24,355
342
43,763
707
22,429
363
37,142
581
38,592
594
24,119
386
10,479
173
4,809
96
7,337
163








Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 1,310
15
1,976
29
7,100
128
2,346
44
1,970
30
4,008
83
3,937
42
3,534
65
7,926
151
12,627
284
28,561
586
29,770
540
26,083
500
44,471
881
31,953
592
29,623
590
65,498
1,223
58,841
1,143
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345

























10,590
206
229,177
4,235
432,439
7,856
222,881
4,111
246,583
4,721
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 4,726
100
4,953
60
20,683
311
9,773
154
8,471
123
9,892
167
7,832
91
11,059
172
3,145
56
1,580
26
6,444
97
7,749
133
2,647
36
6,761
94
6,319
90
7,086
95
6,882
128
1,794
21
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329

























1,821
28
9,606
155
10,338
191
10,347
203
8,997
184
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till 346





524
8
678
10


298
7


2,000
27
169
2
503
14
169
2
169
2
319
5








Riparian Forest Buffer 391 1,386
63
2,049
146
5,956
311
3,403
248
1,488
95
1,387
59
1,464
86
531
26
493
50
17
3
33
2
114
10
894
32
21
5


55
2
32
3
97
6
Row Arrangement 557 536
13




649
9












61
1














Silvopasture Establishment 381





























1
1




Terrace 600

























159
3








Underground Outlet 620

















2
1






2
1




4
1
3
2
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380

22
1
2
1
















14
1












Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to Cropland Soil Quality Management were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of cropland treated with soil quality practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Quality Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)





















377
2




578
6






Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)













252
5
133
4
180
2
229
5
149
5


62
3








Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 3,407
168
3,725
404
12,702
1,173
9,949
1,025
7,788
562
10,288
749
8,570
594
6,725
383
2,178
142
1,059
49
794
55
139
31
806
123
184
29
48
2
161
11
487
13
86
10
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























120,669
3,612
357,768
14,306
521,835
30,893
441,495
22,926
377,832
22,439
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 50,001
1,378
47,274
1,895
76,009
3,956
80,678
3,970
68,977
2,406
97,504
4,053
109,980
4,096
100,663
3,214
141,933
4,012
77,518
2,980
71,833
2,174
82,823
2,346
72,322
2,147
AR
2,343
AR
1,998
AR
1,887
AR
290
AR
461
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 8,030
220
18,223
376
27,173
548
27,821
564
26,442
460
25,746
484
37,357
771
56,318
1,152
81,655
1,899
122,530
3,094
118,063
3,663
114,757
3,580
108,296
3,492
AR
4,448
AR
3,368
AR
4,117
AR
3,154
AR
4,158
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























15,926
845
40,887
1,479
30,043
862
69,449
3,127
72,906
3,036
44,045
2,001
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 48
4


360
26










27
1


















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 139
5
840
20
637
5








67
5


251
2
132
1
164
2












Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)











42
1


77
3
11
3


23
3












Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.
• AR indicates that this estimate is undergoing additional review.

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to Cropland Soil Quality Management. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted once per fiscal year. Data for FY 2017 and after includes practices applied under the Conservation Stewardship Program.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Quality Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 61,359
1,775
65,821
2,695
109,452
5,708
111,251
5,559
97,019
3,428
124,858
5,286
147,941
5,462
154,061
4,759
216,340
6,061
193,773
6,130
185,294
5,898
189,393
5,969
192,167
6,607
348,644
11,914
548,553
20,542
739,454
40,035
607,928
29,419
535,130
29,069
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability

The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability. This measure is intended as a step-wise measure to show progress towards implementing a Soil Health Management System (SHMS). A SHMS is defined as a collection of NRCS conservation practices that focuses on maintaining or enhancing soil health by addressing four soil health management principles: minimize disturbance, maximize soil cover, maximize biodiversity and maximize presence of living roots. Note that only practices applied on cropland are included. Also at least two eligible conservation practices or a Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) bundle must be applied during the fiscal year. Eligible conservation practices are those that indicate progress toward a SHMS and include: Conservation Crop Rotation, Residue and Tillage Management (No Till and Reduced Till), Cover Crop, and corresponding CSP activities and bundles. Some CSP bundles count as two eligible practices.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other category.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 5,163
113
8,222
245
11,041
273
8,200
190
12,688
325
8,562
172
6,523
132
22,592
446
52,881
1,056
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328







1,364
24
21,556
365
36,208
592
45,122
874
45,793
928
Cover Crop 340 9,569
188
15,450
277
10,699
237
13,856
244
15,290
346
10,391
226
12,947
271
16,028
367
25,926
529
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340







1,927
24
16,421
289
44,173
745
20,818
397
23,700
490
Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag B000CPL18















18
1
Crop Bundle#3 - Soil health rotation, No till B000CPL3









160
4
320
8




Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 8,349
193
20,423
411
14,547
279
15,397
278
23,334
510
11,773
239
13,635
295
31,344
637
44,010
866
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345







2,000
33
31,547
530
74,294
1,278
59,544
1,151
87,314
1,736
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 593
7
1,296
22
4,708
97
1,343
16
528
8
1,305
16
3,070
36
4,331
89
632
10
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329







588
12
5,458
89
6,120
115
6,273
130
6,250
132
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of cropland treated with soil quality practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability Practices
Program 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)







2,488
85
36,757
1,253
51,090
2,563
66,114
3,409
81,727
4,639
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 3,109
76
3,410
181
7,724
285
3,126
118
4,947
173
3,886
102
1,798
34
89
8
1,422
48
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 9,611
425
16,789
774
10,270
601
13,771
610
16,922
1,014
12,702
538
13,778
669
11,558
585
17,896
932
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)







330
10
1,267
37
5,672
206
2,106
89
3,139
129
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted once per fiscal year. Data for FY 2017 and after includes practices applied under the Conservation Stewardship Program.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability Practices
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 10,031
501
19,970
955
17,286
886
16,245
728
23,377
1,282
48,023
1,930
67,811
3,472
79,311
4,091
100,545
5,748
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to a Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS)

The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Cropland SHMS or cropland on which a system of practices to sustain or improve soil health was applied during the fiscal year. A SHMS is defined as a collection of NRCS conservation practices that focuses on maintaining or enhancing soil health by addressing four soil health management principles: minimize disturbance, maximize soil cover, maximize biodiversity and maximize presence of living roots. Note that only practices applied on cropland are included. Three eligible core conservation practices must be in place. They are: Conservation Crop Rotation, Residue and Tillage Management (No Till or Reduced Till), Cover Crop, and corresponding CSP activities and bundles. Some CSP bundles fulfil the requirements of a Cropland SHMS.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other category.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 1,979
40
1,129
31
2,401
79
2,411
69
5,310
160
3,842
79
3,798
86
4,115
94
15,445
315
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328







102
1
2,576
60
7,972
109
4,686
83
6,211
121
Cover Crop 340 2,066
41
962
28
1,790
65
2,376
67
4,800
122
4,004
88
3,104
73
3,968
93
13,004
258
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340







204
2
2,373
50
8,831
122
4,806
80
10,274
214
Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag B000CPL18















18
1
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 2,220
45
781
25
1,896
69
2,107
62
5,742
155
3,616
85
2,931
82
4,166
93
10,175
208
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345







102
1
2,736
54
7,695
110
5,114
94
12,088
243
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329

221
4


410
10
78
2
78
2
688
8
350
6
302
5
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329









19
1
896
19
46
3
1,285
23
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to Cropland SHMS were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of cropland treated with soil quality practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) Practices
Program 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)







102
4
2,898
165
5,081
351
4,802
363
10,664
1,017
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 1,517
40
81
1
574
23
112
14
618
41
942
24
1,005
24


286
10
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 1,763
86
880
87
1,737
190
2,142
194
4,467
398
3,933
230
2,957
208
2,341
171
4,670
344
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)











695
26
228
12
353
17
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to a Cropland SHMS. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted once per fiscal year. Data for FY 2017 and after includes practices applied under the Conservation Stewardship Program.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) Practices
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 1,879
126
880
88
1,737
213
2,142
208
4,569
443
6,145
419
8,266
609
7,101
546
15,063
1,388
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to Fish & Wildlife Habitat

The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Fish & Wildlife Habitat Management. The environment that NRCS helps its clients conserve, maintain, and improve is also habitat for Fish & Wildlife Habitat and other biological resources. While every practice and management action taken on the land has some effect on biological resources, the following practices are specifically related to Fish & Wildlife habitat.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other category.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Fish & Wildlife Habitat Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Access Control 472 3,955
108
9,631
462
23,050
743
14,569
623
13,886
436
13,489
461
18,660
425
15,066
436
18,810
325
9,543
141
12,063
177
7,369
202
7,570
155
4,944
93
5,024
88
5,405
77
4,464
166
2,110
179
Access Control - Enhancements E472

























190
6
4
1
258
5
56
1


Conservation Cover 327 514
65
6,309
235
15,454
513
10,489
407
9,522
417
10,931
440
13,361
465
15,091
480
7,829
348
2,814
56
2,745
103
2,751
78
6,641
176
4,849
110
10,639
178
5,131
98
9,107
156
10,819
120
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327

























615
14
4,553
75
3,770
68
1,866
38
2,366
51
Crop Bundle#3 - Soil health rotation, No till B000CPL3



























160
4
320
8




Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647 3,387
41
1,821
52
11,111
131
5,249
123
7,416
227
5,637
175
6,791
231
7,277
200
1,767
52
2,054
54
5,213
56
4,414
71
388
34
303
9
2,323
38
1,253
46
16,229
242
2,042
75
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management - Enhancements E647

























190
3
5,579
100
89,688
1,325
49,205
778
45,613
744
Forest Bundle#1 B000FST1

































165
1
Hedgerow Planting 422





45
2












40
1
35
2
50
2


32
1
122
3
104
5
40
3
Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643

41
3
54
3
1,749
7
2,533
27
7,196
40
730
28
577
23
3,014
19
1,340
5
605
5
831
4




75
1


78
2
242
2
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 1,852
89
3,774
317
8,308
474
6,272
374
2,309
156
2,371
106
2,516
134
732
46
585
56
82
4
201
12
200
14
933
33
554
26
388
21
140
3
41
4
246
22
Riparian Forest Buffer - Enhancements E391

























615
4
73
2
103
1




Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390 749
26
334
17
216
1
164
2
218
4
75
1
1,800
27












1,058
2
598
2
63
1
300
3


Riparian Herbaceous Cover - Enhancements E390

























6
1




41
2
341
5
Shallow Water Development and Management 646 19
2
163
12
21,918
43
4,736
67
8,708
120
22,229
123
66,121
976
21,803
290
18,318
301
7,928
121
8,933
92
14,017
151
64,097
392
24,229
367
7,255
135
6,574
108
18,820
262
11,657
221
Shallow Water Development and Management - Enhancements E646

























13,230
206
71,379
949
219,817
3,132
115,753
1,678
82,823
1,236
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395































2
1


Stream Habitat Improvement and Management - Enhancements E395

























1,000
2
741
6
1,883
12
957
11
202
6
Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580 119
2
103
4
801
7
80
5
267
4
609
9
109
6
1,892
12
323
3
505
8
193
9
248
6
137
6
793
11
614
12
1,197
5
748
6
283
4
Structures for Wildlife 649































10,289
26
1,886
14
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 9,116
216
25,255
771
86,277
1,129
47,714
1,092
41,996
960
54,997
1,098
63,500
1,164
50,912
1,017
35,659
716
30,564
542
52,226
600
27,405
528
41,629
568
50,869
1,051
51,044
989
64,722
1,429
16,004
355
9,609
275
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management - Enhancements E645































832
13


Wetland Creation 658 7
1


118
6
50
7






129
1
633
14


45
1
121
2








7
1


Wetland Enhancement 659 76
1


32
1
12
1


234
3
21,168
36
16,461
28
13,529
24
1,073
1
54
1














Wetland Restoration 657 21,463
67
17,466
159
18,002
190
14,138
185
5,926
75
18,042
191
5,665
84
15,573
161
12,353
164
4,318
33
5,408
43
4,595
38
916
33
131
1
2,399
42
17
1


18
1
Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management 644 9,470
102
13,415
167
49,171
468
40,450
331
9,342
139
17,438
232
20,584
331
14,717
268
7,761
133
18,327
225
4,453
91
2,398
51
3,201
88
3,884
77
10,828
122
8,955
136
8,893
144
5,661
94
Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management - Enhancements E644































2,697
31
3,254
40
Wildlife Habitat Planting. 420

































224
5
Wildlife Habitat Planting. - Enhancements E420

































49
2
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• Watering Facility (614) is not included in the above table. It is included for the purposes of this report in the All Other Practices category.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to Fish & Wildlife habitat Management were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of the land treated with fish & wildlife habitat practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Fish & Wildlife Habitat Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)



















2,418
63
2,479
33


131
1
2,010
59






Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 3,887
242
7,870
1,274
19,753
2,088
14,998
1,642
13,397
1,132
16,696
1,398
17,510
1,147
15,292
1,104
6,258
502
1,400
103
999
188
458
112
1,564
226
972
100
469
63
279
48
1,054
295
1,892
222
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























8,719
154
64,256
1,074
148,043
4,284
119,278
2,766
85,462
2,123
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 9,837
246
20,117
519
43,676
1,028
34,103
1,055
33,690
818
41,556
906
57,134
1,276
43,852
1,053
33,829
992
33,483
765
47,610
749
31,154
755
45,449
802
50,392
1,164
49,669
1,136
58,343
1,515
12,696
317
5,693
283
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)







223
7


























Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 2,399
98
6,982
104
9,615
189
13,373
255
15,593
308
12,563
196
29,486
509
21,548
406
16,551
293
7,661
149
4,870
99
7,290
164
9,380
167
11,350
195
15,245
284
17,660
308
13,758
280
15,110
272
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)























22
1
120
7
22
2






Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























17,016
265
19,804
352
8,283
147
16,524
303
15,007
267
10,461
200
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)







26
1
14
1
























Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 18,848
42
17,047
193
15,856
209
31,744
120
3,389
32
14,608
94
26,504
39
27,276
88
20,135
119
5,270
56
3,495
33
2,498
66
2,023
23










Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 4,768
92
3,691
109
10,252
195
12,002
154
10,667
267
12,131
284
55,313
935
17,457
311
16,676
249
9,074
117
2,964
59
546
17
218
3
444
10
16
1






Other











1
1






















Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to Fish & Wildlife Habitat Management. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted once per fiscal year. Data for FY 2017 and after includes practices applied under the Conservation Stewardship Program.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Fish & Wildlife Habitat Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 39,490
720
54,774
2,199
93,663
3,709
103,436
3,226
73,578
2,565
95,178
2,879
183,538
3,907
121,287
2,962
92,322
2,155
55,654
1,190
61,992
1,191
44,315
1,147
75,110
1,487
90,505
1,983
138,756
2,766
238,654
6,458
160,911
3,925
118,567
3,100
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to Forest Land Conservation

The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Forest Land Conservation. The goals of these practices are to restore and protect forest resources and improve fish and wildlife habitat and are related to: tree planting; forest stand improvement, thinning; prescribed burning; and controlling invasive plants. Note that only practices applied on grazed forest or forest land are included.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other category.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Forest Land Conservation Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Access Control 472 763
14
1,402
113
1,346
47
2,417
101
965
17
1,768
39
10,568
120
7,345
122
11,976
131
7,811
78
10,116
96
3,178
62
2,832
37
3,807
44
4,088
55
5,041
40
3,491
71
1,331
102
Brush Management 314 80
3
288
14
672
9
539
14
367
5
224
8
480
11
1,066
23
882
36
106
3
396
6
125
7
342
10
1,833
50
4,851
97
771
10
537
7
591
10
Brush Management - Enhancements E314





























37
2




Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647 77
7
116
7
1,797
15
850
17
1,196
15
476
11
709
21
984
15
448
10
513
8
231
2
16
1


94
2
1,483
13
346
7
798
12
367
6
Firebreak 394 1,970
39
6,559
73
8,197
103
8,090
99
10,039
128
14,114
119
15,422
127
9,011
79
11,420
147
26,731
198
23,297
236
50,675
367
27,510
266
31,385
236
34,276
313
43,962
333
46,150
458
45,809
479
Forest Bundle#1 B000FST1

































165
1
Forest Stand Improvement 666 1,032
18
3,346
49
4,154
64
4,581
79
8,539
78
19,267
188
13,391
135
11,106
106
6,397
91
8,036
79
26,262
99
33,990
134
29,353
101
40,636
186
18,234
181
22,684
189
30,352
212
44,245
341
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666

























9,966
97
10,829
133
22,824
164
23,531
145
10,535
142
Forest Trails and Landings 655 11
1
212
3
931
3
86
1


411
4
1,341
6






















Fuel Break 383















201
7












42
1




Herbaceous Weed Control 315













142
6


19
1
192
2
8
2
90
2


157
3
207
7
247
2
292
4
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315

























61
1
955
8
856
7
566
16
148
4
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 1,021
25
2,298
46
5,294
96
9,055
170
8,740
107
16,046
153
16,704
352
14,726
185
10,017
128
8,458
127
25,091
134
9,311
147
17,958
282
20,308
415
20,557
416
34,430
903
9,577
186
9,613
218
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

























20
1






120
1
Prescribed Burning 338 2,894
30
3,040
55
6,373
89
5,861
79
15,821
218
19,741
184
17,443
175
12,111
139
16,723
200
24,021
239
20,679
199
38,849
306
38,177
300
39,216
304
43,259
318
51,515
401
49,906
442
70,875
570
Prescribed Burning - Enhancements E338

























1,416
18
5,215
40
10,195
102
8,865
96
8,418
87
Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643



7
1




90
3
130
1
117
2
131
3
863
2
13
1










76
1
189
1
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 29
9
883
87
1,028
84
1,068
66
195
10
537
8
129
16
11
3
27
5








228
5
305
19
84
1


148
16
Riparian Forest Buffer - Enhancements E391

























615
4
19
1
103
1




Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390



























544
1






Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395































2
1


Stream Habitat Improvement and Management - Enhancements E395

























1,000
2
741
6
1,883
12
957
11
202
6
Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 3,847
28
2,617
87
8,388
200
9,663
271
10,767
213
10,604
143
12,720
165
11,402
147
14,337
206
6,216
96
12,499
141
11,731
146
8,384
140
10,329
124
11,249
131
12,354
173
10,500
117
13,075
168
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612

























1,777
14
4,497
43
7,950
66
6,566
49
2,814
30
Tree/Shrub Pruning 660

















102
12








86
9
62
2


92
2
Tree/Shrub Site Preparation 490 2,262
19
4,303
137
7,822
147
7,601
279
11,712
215
10,344
145
17,676
233
16,382
157
11,687
228
8,428
142
16,788
214
19,040
244
18,680
208
16,945
184
16,042
221
11,574
167
12,958
141
19,238
226
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 4,642
99
6,426
227
15,022
230
14,946
310
16,042
233
27,616
346
32,455
397
30,913
423
23,380
432
22,405
401
45,916
450
23,476
357
36,751
432
42,709
729
43,068
683
56,597
1,090
13,146
224
7,908
209
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management - Enhancements E645































57
1


Wildlife Habitat Planting. 420

































52
2
Wildlife Habitat Planting. - Enhancements E420

































49
2
Woody Residue Treatment 384









2,450
11
3,273
20
1,990
15
1,213
9
557
3
78
2






17
1
75
1




Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to Forest Land Conservation were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of forest and grazed forest land treated with conservation practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Forest Land Conservation Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)





















105
3












Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 27
10
1,027
402
2,297
220
2,333
384
334
32
454
32
2,143
109
1,694
80
1,187
80
289
21
64
42
75
9
140
4
197
40
185
54
344
17
416
191
1,067
109
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























7,106
137
11,401
256
18,415
399
21,517
400
16,170
336
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 4,451
136
5,718
224
15,231
352
15,329
447
21,257
331
37,764
615
39,521
787
32,953
625
26,384
601
30,605
645
46,166
703
29,057
639
47,696
822
54,194
1,275
51,015
1,239
59,474
2,035
12,803
338
7,444
475
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 2,462
93
6,581
205
14,916
453
15,691
592
24,190
723
34,509
577
34,726
719
32,250
553
31,714
706
20,511
408
35,717
699
51,548
1,035
42,337
893
54,757
942
47,307
1,131
56,511
1,223
56,273
1,211
70,200
1,649
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)

























20
1
87
3
138
4
1,195
52
2,337
58
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)









14
1
























Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 1,496
3
1
1






541
1




219
2




49
1












Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 1,649
50
2,489
66
2,025
63
3,624
63
7,093
153
8,093
136
11,779
164
11,033
163
16,953
244
22,672
315
12,564
138
10,084
86
7,366
59
1,659
21
697
9
248
1




Other













121
1




















Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to Forest Land Conservation. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted once per fiscal year. Data for FY 2017 and after includes practices applied under the Conservation Stewardship Program.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Forest Land Conservation Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 8,673
292
14,325
898
29,819
1,088
32,856
1,486
44,896
1,239
68,732
1,362
80,196
1,779
68,950
1,422
65,350
1,633
67,042
1,389
79,587
1,582
75,864
1,773
78,298
1,778
97,368
2,416
95,912
2,692
117,504
3,679
89,314
2,192
96,353
2,627
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to Grazing Land Conservation

The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Grazing Land Conservation. NRCS is committed to conserving and enhancing private grazing land resources. This includes conservation practices which: conserve and improve wildlife habitat on private grazing land; conserve and improve fish habitat and aquatic systems through grazing land conservation treatment; protect and improve water quality; improve the dependability and consistency of water supplies; and identify and manage weed, noxious weed, and brush encroachment problems. Note that only practices applied on grazed range, grazed forest, native and naturalized pasture, or pasture land are included.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other category.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Grazing Land Conservation Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Access Road 560

4
4
48
2






94
2
93
1


103
2
46
3








169
1
58
2
475
10
Brush Management 314 17,690
534
18,075
504
15,199
400
20,115
470
15,484
354
18,457
377
8,188
278
15,573
528
12,399
468
8,348
259
7,128
231
11,192
309
8,542
274
9,050
332
10,193
349
9,732
245
8,858
232
6,695
171
Brush Management - Enhancements E314





























257
11
15
1
53
2
Critical Area Planting 342 207
7
833
26
2,164
28
1,840
33
2,357
23
4,514
30
1,457
29
1,960
17
1,599
43
3,893
87
2,780
72
4,966
98
3,221
72
2,017
48
1,755
35
1,339
21
2,404
36
1,797
35
Fence 382 4,755
148
12,822
321
22,134
467
32,739
589
31,356
578
35,573
678
30,235
698
24,368
534
22,019
594
30,924
660
25,768
635
35,842
846
35,996
739
45,556
833
40,825
769
43,701
842
37,645
779
42,338
844
Forage Harvest Management 511 5,537
349
5,551
276
5,389
271
3,942
180
1,811
83
5,275
207
8,668
314
5,710
205
14,934
618
7,096
255
6,468
293
5,988
206
4,909
182
7,168
264
4,860
172
2,862
123
1,737
83
1,516
74
Forage Harvest Management - Enhancements E511

























247
7
555
19
803
27
2,119
92
2,869
114
Forage and Biomass Planting 512 6,821
284
8,099
221
17,222
316
27,321
504
14,858
386
18,285
431
14,139
381
14,072
460
39,434
1,460
35,579
1,204
17,671
539
16,675
533
15,877
475
11,170
319
10,796
339
8,367
245
9,848
276
9,867
239
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512

























149
8
449
17
727
23
287
8
628
10
Heavy Use Area Protection 561 621
26
3,506
104
6,809
127
8,451
161
7,442
150
14,095
235
11,638
314
10,235
226
11,366
325
18,385
475
13,812
411
22,961
562
26,524
602
37,844
690
27,369
560
31,479
586
24,724
584
30,454
556
Herbaceous Weed Control 315













23
1
7,131
225
3,268
137
5,441
156
9,089
342
7,361
290
7,163
302
5,019
175
4,237
140
10,987
356
11,034
430
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315

























3,998
187
2,198
102
4,781
184
2,476
108
4,069
151
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 65,186
2,613
59,134
2,151
29,149
1,268
43,014
1,667
33,689
1,276
36,619
1,369
29,253
1,054
40,253
1,467
40,144
1,454
26,925
951
24,473
829
28,491
1,146
30,732
1,153
33,342
1,190
41,315
1,457
37,377
1,307
9,779
378
11,809
378
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

























499
19
3,872
142
22,744
783
21,973
793
28,372
1,012
Livestock Pipeline 516 399
11
3,860
83
3,010
61
3,198
84
5,223
130
6,974
151
11,578
289
9,069
239
10,110
316
17,473
454
13,527
361
18,251
436
19,749
467
26,613
509
22,606
446
24,388
460
18,589
458
25,737
467
Livestock Shelter Structure 576



























12
1
36
1
57
1


Nutrient Management 590 66,797
2,770
71,050
2,571
40,223
1,660
50,071
1,884
37,430
1,456
42,693
1,802
49,334
1,861
47,151
1,814
57,721
2,112
28,750
1,013
28,087
1,074
30,175
1,088
29,068
1,034
37,710
1,259
40,720
1,456
48,444
1,553
10,300
364
13,594
450
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590



























275
9
325
16
1,307
62
3,589
97
Pond 378 2,292
72
7,339
172
5,102
115
7,184
132
4,391
115
8,122
107
5,553
136
3,510
88
10,548
289
6,928
163
5,265
146
9,910
202
5,543
108
5,443
102
4,099
77
3,814
76
5,491
87
5,774
101
Prescribed Burning 338 3,024
8
619
18
1,923
32
970
25
2,586
14
4,850
43
265
8
265
8
3,737
77
1,951
30
969
10
941
28
1,488
27
1,701
30
3,061
48
4,671
99
5,216
105
5,466
90
Prescribed Burning - Enhancements E338





























4
2
418
13
414
11
Prescribed Grazing 528 59,789
2,592
49,282
1,706
25,009
1,023
35,467
1,312
31,228
1,352
43,231
1,775
46,331
1,829
45,854
1,715
42,063
1,660
45,027
1,680
37,816
1,694
34,528
1,260
27,743
1,175
35,188
1,405
34,668
1,354
26,553
986
30,435
1,019
29,593
1,113
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528

























5,033
223
6,558
260
10,341
397
11,576
481
11,568
426
Pumping Plant 533

16
1
11
1
799
16
674
21
852
21
1,296
23
862
28
2,674
64
1,787
41
2,013
37
1,041
22
1,968
31
984
34
1,473
33
1,920
33
884
16
1,319
27
Silvopasture Establishment 381











137
2




137
2


9
1
234
9
9
1
573
15
1,267
36
353
17
817
19
Spring Development 574



























728
9
716
8
739
6
269
6
Stream Crossing 578



























571
19
1,181
29
1,328
36
1,046
38
Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580 119
2
103
4
93
4
72
4
68
1
571
7
35
2
606
3


142
5
22
1
140
3
113
3
502
7
370
8
27
2
714
3
161
2
Waste Recycling 633 25,505
1,258
20,302
936
11,338
559
17,405
764
13,681
661
17,856
775
18,792
664
10,878
422
7,426
264
9,045
342
5,462
192
6,100
182
5,359
182
5,718
248
6,802
254
71
2


180
8
Water Well 642 139
3
356
7
1,371
25
2,495
31
1,388
22
364
13
1,055
19
1,344
31
1,556
43
1,698
25
992
18
338
9
1,877
22
595
22
886
24
1,104
23
490
7
1,227
22
Water and Sediment Control Basin 638

40
1
































Watering Facility 614 2,256
78
8,369
192
7,466
185
6,164
199
11,008
225
11,782
252
14,420
341
11,441
306
11,847
371
19,073
501
15,396
437
23,703
560
25,768
566
34,199
646
26,391
530
29,793
553
20,847
461
29,885
484
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380













106
3
21
2
3
1










92
1


224
7
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to Grazing Land Conservation were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of grazing land treated with conservation practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Grazing Land Conservation Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)











23
1






















Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 332
9
125
28
515
39
589
48
510
46
56
10
527
46
151
15
20
3


40
2
4
1










29
1
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























8,803
562
10,620
643
33,352
1,653
29,850
1,976
32,268
2,369
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 74,063
9,522
79,747
7,333
45,068
4,430
66,867
5,572
56,359
4,042
63,962
4,752
75,958
4,226
71,688
4,005
90,659
4,294
69,791
3,305
61,151
3,146
59,498
3,397
62,803
3,301
66,333
3,863
62,435
4,072
58,849
3,047
14,175
809
7,323
843
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 15,214
1,140
31,054
1,790
36,088
1,742
55,872
2,291
63,854
2,742
76,512
3,487
76,051
3,958
79,108
4,061
113,693
5,938
100,087
4,855
72,724
3,939
75,295
4,360
67,178
4,037
68,030
4,125
65,925
3,801
68,468
4,007
67,300
3,858
70,575
4,064
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)

606
81
1,269
194
646
104


302
13
135
2
116
7
451
29
35
1


192
22
143
8
150
23
150
21
150
15




Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























558
52
1,149
106
2,066
141
1,446
93
3,466
221
1,955
117
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 539
81
953
60
1,482
96
672
38
222
14
57
7
22
1


29
1


















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 2,645
3


12
1
21
2
173
3
374
3
33
1
85
1
3,307
120
3,944
126
1,656
52
1,884
53
602
13
295
6
234
1






Other

135
6
569
42




45
1
99
9
83
7




















Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to Grazing Land Conservation. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted once per fiscal year. Data for FY 2017 and after includes practices applied under the Conservation Stewardship Program.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Grazing Land Conservation Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 86,646
10,755
103,513
9,298
78,129
6,544
112,512
8,055
108,698
6,847
127,401
8,273
135,389
8,244
136,666
8,096
178,385
10,385
156,223
8,287
123,296
7,139
123,221
7,833
120,350
7,411
128,547
8,685
125,114
8,679
145,037
8,815
110,203
6,864
109,377
7,394
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to Irrigation Efficiency

The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Irrigation Efficiency. The goal of these practices is to assist in properly designing, installing and maintaining irrigation systems to ensure uniform and efficient distribution of water, thereby conserving water and protecting water resources. Note that pumping plant (533) installation is only counted when applied on cropland or hay land.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other category.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Irrigation Efficiency Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Irrigation Canal or Lateral 320



120
1






























Irrigation Land Leveling 464 3,385
52
12,609
154
24,236
315
20,987
261
19,172
261
21,956
347
30,494
439
11,558
183
12,432
206
17,362
254
23,253
345
26,555
365
22,278
289
21,120
293
9,525
151
13,056
176
12,130
174
12,744
187
Irrigation Pipeline 430 3,389
41
8,235
81
18,637
208
26,310
286
26,290
275
22,122
281
21,303
257
12,885
181
26,460
324
27,097
351
29,138
376
40,802
501
43,369
478
33,678
435
24,815
349
27,924
372
22,727
279
20,387
287
Irrigation Reservoir 436 416
6
6,139
53
4,057
42
5,228
48
4,193
46
7,214
72
6,620
65
2,439
31
4,586
52
4,677
58
5,244
58
4,852
46
2,555
40
2,687
48
1,045
14
1,460
22
890
13
1,533
30
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441











71
6
149
13
5
2
105
11
348
16
451
44
678
60
1,000
68
670
44
673
39
545
23
1,263
47
Irrigation System, Sprinkler 442 116
4
27
1
290
2
301
7
46
7
92
5
81
2
274
5
53
2
87
1
724
10
124
2
366
3
595
5
237
4
293
1
79
4
81
1
Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface 443 53
1


122
3




1,172
23
501
9
978
12
1,445
14
1,566
28
3,710
64
3,455
62
2,964
51
5,800
96
2,887
43
3,337
49
5,580
57
4,280
62
Irrigation System, Tailwater Recovery 447 1,132
13
4,688
34
4,638
43
2,153
25
1,118
11
702
11
3,711
25
703
9
790
5
328
4
1,245
15
2,469
18
2,287
23
1,924
25
824
13
1,205
14
3,616
34
4,250
45
Irrigation Water Management 449 55,200
581
32,398
404
59,354
810
56,140
757
41,884
517
55,738
833
60,222
873
53,298
772
104,619
1,657
73,199
1,044
52,287
812
70,482
1,092
106,442
1,692
127,824
1,945
112,156
1,816
125,166
1,909
102,858
1,597
125,136
1,892
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

























5,777
77
26,882
376
45,703
630
31,317
444
30,411
432
Land Smoothing 466































501
3
245
4
Pumping Plant 533 400
6
4,472
34
5,493
58
6,125
61
8,035
75
8,035
104
10,350
123
8,067
104
8,874
115
10,020
132
11,748
142
9,774
130
14,108
153
10,474
137
11,635
150
8,223
111
7,371
91
11,258
129
Pumping Plant - Enhancements E533































886
11
2,449
36
Structure for Water Control 587 2,272
27
9,338
86
13,125
160
19,110
174
16,300
165
21,885
234
30,272
309
20,078
223
18,465
251
26,557
291
41,809
498
50,528
552
46,211
535
42,130
499
36,187
434
29,344
365
38,278
418
40,415
423
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to Irrigation Efficiency were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of land treated to improve irrigation efficiency by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Irrigation Efficiency Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)



















1,857
22
422
7




477
3






Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)











3,308
30
2,987
54
4,569
80
2,930
57
3,611
42
591
21
145
2
6
1








Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

153
4
47
5
529
13
601
13
596
9
622
9
949
27
221
3




26
1












Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























5,094
69
31,789
527
47,556
805
45,271
741
38,652
707
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 42,810
516
21,598
313
38,282
704
36,461
629
26,345
360
42,339
816
50,993
968
35,682
584
71,803
1,285
32,313
479
15,189
274
11,495
207
19,210
427
22,828
420
11,378
170
2,534
37
4,218
70
1,375
39
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)







223
1


























Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 10,650
210
25,424
517
39,684
911
54,703
970
55,790
976
56,170
1,084
55,487
1,096
48,687
855
66,527
1,252
79,965
1,624
97,340
1,993
115,085
2,557
103,349
2,424
119,051
2,711
103,166
2,399
112,480
2,559
88,168
2,110
100,255
2,628
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























15,113
470
16,042
427
15,626
295
12,932
287
11,097
227
9,607
201
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 48
2
81
1
580
15
106
4
40
1


























Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 120
1
2,797
11
857
7
1,000
3
807
5


1,065
4
1,411
12
1,097
8
1,145
14
227
3
1,683
19












Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 208
1
13
1




417
1
47
1
11
1
16
1




525
2


65
1










Other 9
1


































Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to Irrigation Efficiency. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted once per fiscal year. Data for FY 2017 and after includes practices applied under the Conservation Stewardship Program.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Irrigation Efficiency Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 53,736
731
48,611
847
76,448
1,642
89,187
1,619
80,484
1,357
94,988
1,910
105,448
2,108
86,507
1,533
139,970
2,628
114,307
2,174
117,028
2,336
128,910
2,812
136,012
3,324
161,701
3,628
161,885
3,394
174,909
3,688
146,686
3,148
147,870
3,575
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to Water Quality

The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Water Quality. Water quality is an indicator of the health of our environment and reflects what occurs on the land. The primary water quality issues from agriculture are sediment, nutrients, pesticides, pathogens, and in some parts of the country, salinity. Using conservation practices to improve land in an environmentally sound manner will result in better water quality for drinking, recreation, wildlife, fisheries and industry.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

Only practices representing a significant portion of the total for the period are included in the above chart. If applicable, practices not included are summed into the All Other category.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Water Quality Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Access Control 472 3,955
108
9,631
462
23,050
743
14,569
623
13,886
436
13,489
461
18,660
425
15,066
436
18,810
325
9,543
141
12,063
177
7,369
202
7,570
155
4,944
93
5,024
88
5,405
77
4,464
166
2,110
179
Access Control - Enhancements E472

























190
6
4
1
258
5
56
1


Access Road 560 129
2
1,391
9
4,276
15
2,324
12
698
5
232
5
1,645
5
236
4
901
4
1,256
6
6,150
31
1,706
13












Animal Mortality Facility 316 572
29
675
49
644
42
602
51
475
33
333
30
675
58
733
44
459
30
759
34
1,014
51
1,908
91
2,495
119
2,422
131
1,012
55
939
47
1,043
58
1,022
46
Brush Management 314



























15,524
489
10,056
264
9,525
262
6,872
181
Brush Management - Enhancements E314





























294
13
15
1
53
2
Composting Facility 317 257
12
389
25
442
33
491
32
585
23
507
26
608
35
438
32
322
22
28
2
82
3
76
5
21
1
43
2
18
3


1
1
14
2
Conservation Cover 327 514
65
6,309
235
15,454
513
10,489
407
9,522
417
10,931
440
13,361
465
15,091
480
7,829
348
2,814
56
2,745
103
2,751
78
6,641
176
4,849
110
10,639
178
5,131
98
9,107
156
10,819
120
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327

























615
14
4,553
75
3,770
68
1,866
38
2,366
51
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 16,324
244
39,013
566
51,174
812
49,693
811
35,570
497
64,567
1,008
73,676
1,100
72,792
1,145
69,145
1,026
58,500
934
53,772
923
52,796
975
49,963
841
59,655
1,026
57,866
1,005
37,503
638
35,129
646
59,071
1,138
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328

























6,824
114
35,400
614
61,974
999
62,227
1,163
62,039
1,207
Constructed Wetland 656

1,521
15
































Contour Buffer Strips 332



152
3








331
10
134
2


















Contour Farming 330



16
1




23
6


65
4




26
5




53
1








Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops 331







25
1








117
4
















Cover Crop 340



156
6
432
6
129
5
412
15
7,684
80
6,674
98
16,094
275
21,855
402
23,617
452
22,760
460
25,520
475
26,598
571
18,561
390
28,622
579
36,823
781
45,789
934
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340

























18,658
314
21,794
373
58,307
1,036
53,958
1,045
32,402
640
Critical Area Planting 342 446
15
1,709
41
3,397
50
5,673
54
4,002
47
6,724
52
5,013
82
3,636
42
4,131
65
7,708
127
11,635
174
9,202
160
6,562
126
4,414
102
2,827
58
3,172
62
3,843
66
3,860
77
Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag B000CPL18

































18
1
Crop Bundle#3 - Soil health rotation, No till B000CPL3



























160
4
320
8




Diversion 362



47
2


97
2
20
1
37
1
209
3
141
3
1,870
12
299
5
472
9


1,059
16
5,539
12
83
1
33
2
405
5
Drainage Water Management 554









5,331
69
400
5
327
6
1,193
17
1,633
34
124
1
1,831
27
106
2










Field Border 386





























31
4
438
9
1,708
32
Field Border - Enhancements E386



























1,460
21
203
5
185
3
1,031
32
Filter Strip 393 8,977
505
4,158
260
2,731
169
3,123
97
769
51
2,263
90
1,129
72
233
23
99
9
523
15
242
16
1,167
16
405
24
2,902
6
188
7
263
4
45
3
283
7
Filter Strip - Enhancements E393



























285
3
4
1




Forage and Biomass Planting 512



























12,503
364
9,027
266
10,525
293
10,062
244
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512



























456
18
819
24
294
11
628
10
Forest Bundle#1 B000FST1

































165
1
Forest Stand Improvement 666



























18,664
198
23,491
202
30,756
239
44,774
362
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666



























10,836
134
22,832
167
23,538
147
10,535
142
Grade Stabilization Structure 410 116
2
4,436
60
1,975
28
2,596
38
5,702
70
4,721
48
2,881
43
2,092
33
1,085
21
5,359
76
10,205
137
18,718
230
25,618
277
25,399
303
7,289
80
11,677
145
7,668
97
13,468
127
Grassed Waterway 412

63
2




147
2


76
2
345
4
279
8
56
2
11
1
181
4
87
1
26
1
26
1
34
1


62
1
Heavy Use Area Protection 561 833
59
6,920
150
8,166
245
12,718
265
8,427
182
14,614
281
12,675
363
11,130
270
12,839
359
20,262
530
15,948
463
27,148
666
31,589
729
41,803
813
30,391
633
33,696
651
28,352
648
32,294
609
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 79,459
2,967
90,835
2,817
100,172
2,803
118,767
3,462
77,980
2,163
104,597
2,699
94,209
2,425
80,667
2,269
79,263
2,200
78,129
1,777
74,829
1,586
61,808
1,923
74,309
2,081
99,010
2,793
89,250
2,537
106,345
3,218
110,459
2,261
76,633
1,863
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

























109,757
1,991
244,200
4,647
649,672
12,246
445,652
8,639
435,354
8,842
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441











71
6
149
13
5
2
105
11
348
16
451
44
678
60
1,000
68
670
44
673
39
545
23
1,263
47
Irrigation System, Tailwater Recovery 447 1,132
13
4,688
34
4,638
43
2,153
25
1,118
11
702
11
3,711
25
703
9
790
5
328
4
1,245
15
2,469
18
2,287
23
1,924
25
824
13
1,205
14
3,616
34
4,250
45
Irrigation Water Management 449 55,200
581
32,398
404
59,354
810
56,140
757
41,884
517
55,738
833
60,222
873
53,298
772
104,619
1,657
73,199
1,044
52,287
812
70,482
1,092
106,442
1,692
127,824
1,945
112,156
1,816
125,166
1,909
102,858
1,597
125,136
1,892
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

























5,777
77
26,882
376
45,703
630
31,317
444
30,411
432
Mulching 484

201
15
367
10
1,144
20
1,176
21
2,149
20
2,165
41
2,531
24
873
21
4,019
46
8,515
98
5,497
93
3,923
69
3,414
83








Nutrient Management 590 81,536
3,142
102,266
3,158
103,737
2,961
113,503
3,278
71,664
2,220
108,501
3,110
110,334
3,022
106,474
2,964
117,388
3,280
141,938
2,820
110,656
2,685
117,351
2,759
131,907
2,840
119,242
2,979
113,662
2,980
141,971
3,410
115,793
2,327
98,632
2,194
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590

























78,991
1,456
173,110
3,317
509,804
9,206
311,101
5,835
275,724
5,344
Prescribed Grazing 528 60,549
2,635
50,092
1,757
26,796
1,076
36,646
1,341
32,248
1,393
44,824
1,821
48,064
1,886
46,879
1,768
43,946
1,726
45,986
1,722
38,721
1,725
35,864
1,297
28,757
1,218
37,569
1,458
36,522
1,388
26,948
1,007
30,664
1,034
30,884
1,182
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528

























5,033
223
6,558
260
10,341
397
11,614
487
12,472
449
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 1,310
15
1,976
29
7,100
128
2,553
55
1,970
30
4,008
83
3,937
42
3,534
65
7,926
151
12,627
284
28,574
589
29,796
541
26,083
500
44,493
882
31,953
592
29,623
590
65,499
1,224
59,428
1,155
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345

























10,590
206
229,177
4,235
432,439
7,856
222,881
4,111
247,169
4,732
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 4,726
100
4,953
60
20,683
311
9,773
154
8,471
123
9,892
167
7,832
91
11,234
176
3,145
56
1,580
26
6,444
97
7,749
133
2,647
36
6,761
94
6,319
90
7,086
95
6,925
129
1,794
21
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329

























1,821
28
9,646
156
10,378
192
10,387
204
9,037
185
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till 346





524
8
678
10


298
7


2,003
28
169
2
503
14
169
2
169
2
319
5








Riparian Forest Buffer 391 1,852
89
3,774
317
8,308
474
6,272
374
2,309
156
2,371
106
2,516
134
732
46
585
56
82
4
201
12
200
14
933
33
554
26
388
21
140
3
41
4
246
22
Riparian Forest Buffer - Enhancements E391

























615
4
73
2
103
1




Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390 749
26
334
17
216
1
164
2
218
4
75
1
1,800
27












1,058
2
598
2
63
1
300
3


Riparian Herbaceous Cover - Enhancements E390

























6
1




41
2
341
5
Roof Runoff Structure 558



46
2
17
2


9
1
61
3
87
2


155
2
274
5






0
1


0
1
15
2
Roofs and Covers 367



























2,079
91
1,823
75
1,733
96
3,677
175
Sediment Basin 350











85
1


122
3
8
1
501
1














Silvopasture Establishment 381



























854
19
2,057
47
1,588
38
1,640
28
Stream Crossing 578

935
3
1,368
6
2,075
12
2,825
16
3,204
9
2,502
22
2,463
27
1,445
16
1,508
24
1,379
24
2,216
30
1,586
44
1,586
36
1,268
39
2,240
49
3,361
55
4,857
61
Stream Crossing - Enhancements E578



























40
1
859
2




Stream Habitat Improvement and Management - Enhancements E395

























1,000
2








Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580 119
2
103
4
801
7
80
5
267
4
609
9
109
6
1,892
12
323
3
505
8
193
9
248
6
137
6
793
11
614
12
1,197
5
748
6
283
4
Structure for Water Control 587 2,272
27
9,338
86
13,125
160
19,110
174
16,300
165
21,885
234
30,272
309
20,078
223
18,465
251
26,557
291
41,809
498
50,528
552
46,211
535
42,130
499
36,187
434
29,344
365
38,278
418
40,415
423
Terrace 600

























159
3








Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 12,619
132
23,399
522
258,889
1,039
105,077
995
27,450
654
114,952
545
31,264
457
25,883
424
28,607
445
9,254
157
40,288
306
45,131
333
16,551
297
11,378
167
13,992
161
13,511
211
11,147
146
13,879
195
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612

























2,185
31
4,633
60
8,374
88
6,748
58
3,114
37
Waste Facility Closure 360 56
6
328
22
138
11
82
5
65
3
21
3
114
5
76
5
10
3
86
3
13
2
42
3
56
4
72
5
18
2
16
1
23
2
9
3
Waste Recycling 633 27,528
1,387
22,084
1,058
14,794
734
20,190
913
15,269
751
22,126
956
24,019
815
12,966
519
9,164
321
10,794
409
6,895
234
8,461
230
6,182
203
8,960
353
8,304
291
77
3


345
10
Waste Storage Facility 313 1,680
106
3,782
192
3,625
197
1,839
97
1,824
98
1,334
71
1,247
70
1,772
90
1,954
89
1,129
48
2,505
70
3,840
150
2,360
102
2,173
94
1,464
62
1,074
45
1,057
62
1,420
67
Waste Transfer 634 192
20
312
34
242
21
437
19
1,190
23
3,261
72
2,888
50
6,724
151
6,087
135
6,117
137
7,228
166
4,082
108
3,506
72
1,236
28
397
6
556
18
452
7
163
8
Waste Treatment 629











29
4






















Waste Treatment Lagoon 359 214
1
38
4
33
3
69
9
251
10
716
8
17
3
62
5
14
3


2
1






8
1






Water Well Decommissioning 351

107
1




























72
1


Water and Sediment Control Basin 638

40
1
































Wetland Creation 658 7
1


118
6
50
7






129
1
633
14


45
1
121
2








7
1


Wetland Enhancement 659 76
1


32
1
12
1


234
3
21,168
36
16,461
28
13,529
24
1,073
1
54
1














Wetland Restoration 657 21,463
67
17,466
159
18,002
190
14,138
185
5,926
75
18,042
191
5,665
84
15,573
161
12,353
164
4,318
33
5,408
43
4,595
38
916
33
131
1
2,399
42
17
1


18
1
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380

22
1
10
2








106
3
21
2
3
1


24
2






92
1


224
7
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to Water Quality were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of land treated with water quality practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Water Quality Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)



















2,418
172
2,900
57


131
2
2,010
54






Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)









13
1


365
9
1,183
17
608
8
437
11
417
10
75
1
62
3








Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 4,695
378
7,378
1,452
19,347
2,877
17,681
2,483
15,072
1,443
14,916
1,674
17,535
1,322
16,062
1,170
6,340
545
1,616
95
977
220
414
79
1,486
200
824
123
392
62
534
40
1,001
298
2,304
215
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























129,234
4,002
357,412
14,100
553,528
30,726
485,119
24,418
419,648
24,406
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 124,123
10,681
126,052
8,780
125,293
8,302
157,444
9,488
133,647
6,421
184,500
8,977
209,901
8,194
186,467
7,150
231,220
7,764
159,812
5,898
144,632
5,087
155,210
5,834
157,834
5,791
166,421
6,560
163,271
6,965
149,669
6,143
32,396
1,292
24,481
1,639
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)







223
8


























Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 19,433
1,153
49,682
1,908
63,179
1,962
65,675
1,962
74,807
2,267
92,554
2,689
112,231
3,564
132,132
3,914
150,699
4,595
178,912
5,057
177,713
5,970
183,159
6,112
169,319
5,901
189,396
6,940
192,689
6,318
202,851
7,064
173,807
6,051
202,584
7,266
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)

521
30
1,003
130
498
51


165
10
135
2
116
5
451
29
35
1


192
22
143
8
150
21
150
21
150
15




Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























16,230
861
41,880
1,540
33,762
975
70,646
3,099
75,884
3,026
46,726
2,055
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 544
69


379
25
116
2
52
2




13
1
56
2


















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 18,848
55
15,773
379
14,384
346
10,185
292
3,133
52
11,776
107
26,794
57
27,332
115
21,123
136
5,350
68
2,959
38
2,503
150
159
2










Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 862
23
1,144
20
820
15
2,188
18
1,142
25
874
27
3,232
34
2,249
22
7,579
81
4,213
103
2,030
54
3,866
42
538
12
304
8
735
7
223
3




Other



40
1






71
7
162
5




















Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to Water Quality. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted once per fiscal year. Data for FY 2017 and after includes practices applied under the Conservation Stewardship Program.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Water Quality Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 164,914
12,359
190,749
12,569
208,800
13,658
235,592
14,296
213,902
10,218
282,419
13,485
347,427
13,180
341,130
12,391
396,868
13,169
336,547
11,230
319,404
11,552
331,896
12,306
334,685
12,776
505,152
19,199
706,736
28,502
923,844
47,090
746,522
35,085
678,217
35,581
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to Wetlands

The following chart and table includes practices that are related to Wetlands. Healthy wetland ecosystems function to modulate drought and floods, provide wildlife habitat, filter pollutants, retain sediment, store carbon, and cycle nutrients. The goal of the wetland conservation practices is to restore, enhance and protect the quality and quantity of wetlands.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022
Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Wetlands Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Wetland Creation 658 7
1


118
6
50
7






129
1
633
14


45
1
121
2








7
1


Wetland Enhancement 659 76
1


32
1
12
1


234
3
21,168
36
16,461
28
13,529
24
1,073
1
54
1














Wetland Restoration 657 21,463
67
17,466
159
18,002
190
14,138
185
5,926
75
18,042
191
5,665
84
15,573
161
12,353
164
4,318
33
5,408
43
4,595
38
916
33
131
1
2,399
42
17
1


18
1
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to Wetlands were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of land treated with wetland conservation practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Wetlands Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)



















2,418
20
1,654
13


131
1
2,010
39






Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2,118
26
215
9
3,124
146
2,463
146
1,611
58
4,598
143
2,276
65
2,965
102
2,223
75


32
4
16
2
120
7




17
1




Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)



83
1
385
12
189
1
792
19
1,122
15
646
16
860
32
14
1
54
2
413
8
562
24


37
3






Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)







83
1


























Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 5
1
117
3






19
2
759
8
303
3




149
2
61
2
61
1






7
1
18
1
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 18,728
39
15,560
144
14,384
50
9,586
34
3,133
15
11,447
30
21,954
32
26,874
69
20,132
95
5,270
33
2,767
17
2,099
15
159
1










Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 304
3
25
3


658
1




























Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to Wetlands. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years, but are only counted once per fiscal year. Data for FY 2017 and after includes practices applied under the Conservation Stewardship Program.

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Wetlands Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 21,154
69
15,917
159
17,590
197
13,083
193
4,744
75
16,856
194
26,111
120
30,788
190
23,160
202
5,285
34
5,420
45
4,243
40
902
33
131
1
2,047
42
17
1
7
1
18
1
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

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Citation for this website:
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) 2012-2022 Data October 2022
Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS) 2009-2011 Data
National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD) October 2022
ProTracts Program Contracts System October 2020
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC. 31 March 2023*
<http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/data-and-reports/rca-data-viewer/>
*[use date the website was accessed]