NRCS Conservation Programs

California

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 | EQIP Enhancement Summary -- To learn more about CSP and EQIP 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 $46,952.4
$46,795.5
$43,164.0
$41,937.2
$44,932.6
$50,319.0
$47,715.6
$42,593.0
$39,463.7
$41,241.4
$48,764.9
$42,354.8
$51,692.4
$47,873.1
$45,280.7
$50,432.7
$52,029.8
$53,188.2
Financial Assistance $167,145.5
$117,107.3
$73,151.3
$96,508.6
$118,830.1
$164,478.8
$148,064.0
$163,767.4
$124,017.9
$129,228.6
$130,419.9
$119,747.3
$114,990.6
$121,534.4
$125,574.9
$148,263.2
$139,151.8
$124,833.7
Reimbursable $2,495.5
$2,858.0
$2,079.8
$3,014.6
$2,709.1
$3,284.1
$3,465.1
$2,802.4
$1,465.6
$1,418.8
$1,230.4
$414.7
$363.1
$586.3
$304.3
$151.4
$296.9
$151.2
Total $216,593.4
$166,760.9
$118,395.0
$141,460.4
$166,471.8
$218,082.0
$199,244.6
$209,162.9
$164,947.2
$171,888.8
$180,415.3
$162,517.1
$167,046.1
$169,993.8
$171,159.9
$198,847.3
$191,478.5
$178,173.1
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)








$19,511.2
$20,852.0
$23,078.4
$25,273.9
$8,691.9
$15,904.8
$28,529.1
$23,434.7
$22,722.7
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$20,766.0
$23,926.9
$21,269.3
$14,317.7
$12,847.0
$2,117.7
$2,662.6
$1,729.9
$3,666.7
$983.8
$146.9
$120.0


Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $62.0
$177.1
$240.4
$190.1
$74.3
$47.5
$358.4
$403.9
$72.1
$74.5
$124.4
$164.8
$240.7
$257.0
$255.4
$332.5
$313.1
$1,232.8
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $6,924.6
$6,888.7
$8,195.8
$7,991.9
$6,628.7
$4,746.0
$3,893.8
$3,501.4
$2,500.9
$2,191.9
$380.6
$84.3
$-4.5





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$244.8
$7,092.0
$7,970.5
$8,159.7
$8,620.4
$9,068.7
$7,504.0
$6,356.0
$6,614.0
$6,078.5
$10,535.2
$14,245.7
$7,210.8
$8,741.6
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $19,901.6
$20,782.1
$17,431.2
$18,994.5
$19,494.5
$21,683.3
$21,050.8
$17,766.6
$17,341.6
$16,935.3
$16,910.3
$15,243.5
$16,465.5
$17,078.7
$16,602.5
$17,550.0
$18,894.6
$20,269.0
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $72,983.1
$62,553.9
$62,168.3
$66,118.9
$69,871.2
$91,860.1
$90,102.6
$116,559.8
$96,880.0
$114,702.2
$123,665.0
$109,010.3
$104,777.1
$120,290.3
$116,791.2
$121,570.5
$128,585.0
$108,349.7
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $5,865.8
$2,444.0
$2,462.6
$6,149.5
$3,755.4
$5,132.3
$3,279.8
$4,054.7
$4,506.3
$102.5
$58.9
$29.6
$17.4
$16.9




Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $150.0
$61.4
$51.4
$42.0
$136.6
$147.3
$154.0
$286.2
$95.0
$20.6
$21.6
$7.2
$15.0
$17.8




Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)




$636.7
$706.7
$413.4
$152.4

$0.3







Plant Materials Center (PMC) $443.9
$299.9
$372.5
$384.3
$479.2
$490.7
$672.0
$608.1
$555.4
$395.0
$416.0
$496.2
$678.6
$367.6
$288.5
$482.6
$851.5
$411.0
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$30.5
$2,782.8
$545.9
$5,700.1
$4,178.4
$5,725.8
$2,418.5
$7,216.1
$11,042.5
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $1,521.1
$1,492.4
$1,476.5
$1,409.5
$1,350.7
$1,623.2
$641.3











Snow Survey (SNOW) $62.4
$57.4
$57.8
$51.5
$57.6
$64.4
$127.3
$61.2
$4.3
$36.0
$28.0
$24.9
$26.8
$28.7
$12.2
$33.3
$31.8
$34.8
Soil Survey (SOIL) $3,794.8
$3,682.2
$3,518.9
$3,566.5
$3,822.6
$3,884.4
$4,055.3
$2,964.3
$1,198.2
$1,581.0
$1,181.6
$426.0
$544.0
$733.4
$580.7
$567.6
$734.9
$798.6
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $289.1
$462.6
$529.3
$27.5














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $471.4
$415.5
$-824.8
$70.0
$2,422.1
$21,325.2
$1,265.3
$541.8
$190.9
$1,196.6
$161.0

$0.1
$5,235.3
$633.8
$11,402.9
$512.3
$970.4
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $26.2
$4.8
$189.9
$29.8




$4.9
$73.5
$337.8





$467.9
$73.8
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $88,025.3
$51,968.0
$10,727.0
$22,474.8
$18,045.5
$3,783.8
$2,457.6
$825.1
$200.6
$1,536.5
$1,472.1
$474.7
$1,760.5
$1,428.8
$3,563.3
$1,508.1
$3,208.9
$3,460.5
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $14,022.2
$14,368.2
$10,865.8
$10,104.0
$16,867.4
$28,781.9
$36,829.1
$38,096.7
$18,228.6
$1,742.5
$1,422.3
$4,221.8
$833.9
$4,284.9
$30.6



Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $2,050.0
$1,104.3
$932.4
$3,855.6
$2,455.2
$2,856.3
$4,378.5
$588.3
$1,548.6
$567.3
$432.3
$620.7
$436.4
$321.8
$89.0
$86.5
$16.9
$12.0
Other $-0.1
$-1.6




$32.3
$14.0

$5.3
$1.7
$2.9
$-0.2




$53.7
Total $216,593.4
$166,760.9
$118,395.0
$141,460.4
$166,471.8
$218,082.0
$199,244.6
$209,162.9
$164,947.2
$171,888.8
$180,415.3
$162,517.1
$167,046.1
$169,993.8
$171,159.9
$198,847.3
$191,478.5
$178,173.1
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, Klamath Basin and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation and Klamath Basin are 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)








$2,918.5
$5,298.3
$4,981.0
$5,750.6
$2,154.3
$2,233.9
$3,825.3
$3,696.4
$4,712.4
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$2,707.2
$2,802.0
$3,115.7
$2,138.3
$1,649.7
$2,085.9
$2,580.5
$1,652.6
$3,642.4
$964.3
$146.9
$120.0


Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)








$73.5
$124.4
$164.8
$240.7
$257.0
$255.4
$332.5
$313.1
$1,232.8
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $598.7
$902.6
$549.3
$837.3
$623.4
$392.0
$353.8
$364.2
$225.8
$109.5
$177.8
$23.1
$0.5





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$244.8
$1,116.8
$943.0
$899.1
$942.7
$1,197.5
$2,608.1
$2,144.3
$2,251.5
$2,077.1
$2,442.5
$3,543.6
$2,664.2
$2,956.3
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $18,323.8
$18,796.9
$16,166.1
$16,749.0
$17,527.1
$19,091.9
$18,895.0
$15,893.5
$16,474.0
$16,117.5
$16,388.7
$14,851.2
$16,193.8
$16,916.0
$16,414.5
$17,459.1
$18,758.1
$20,120.3
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $14,073.8
$13,974.7
$13,698.1
$12,770.9
$12,025.0
$16,693.0
$15,717.8
$16,372.3
$15,290.5
$15,839.2
$18,118.1
$15,929.7
$16,764.3
$19,670.3
$21,571.7
$19,038.5
$22,620.0
$18,861.7
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $97.4
$52.8
$55.2
$220.5
$109.3
$106.6
$98.5
$275.8
$226.2
$71.8
$58.9
$29.6
$17.4
$16.9




Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $150.0
$48.2
$51.4
$42.0
$136.6
$147.3
$152.5
$113.6
$92.0
$12.3
$21.6
$0.7
$15.0
$17.8




Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)




$36.7
$107.7
$61.7
$45.4

$0.3







Plant Materials Center (PMC) $336.2
$278.3
$309.1
$317.9
$389.8
$429.7
$514.0
$551.6
$555.4
$284.0
$382.0
$476.7
$678.6
$287.3
$270.1
$482.6
$831.5
$411.0
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$30.5
$2,249.7
$319.1
$4,668.3
$3,660.5
$348.6
$402.3
$906.6
$2,180.5
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $1,521.1
$1,492.4
$1,476.5
$1,409.5
$1,350.7
$1,623.2
$641.3











Snow Survey (SNOW) $62.4
$57.4
$57.8
$51.5
$57.6
$64.4
$127.3
$61.2
$4.3
$36.0
$28.0
$24.9
$26.8
$28.7
$12.2
$33.3
$31.8
$34.8
Soil Survey (SOIL) $3,046.9
$3,008.0
$2,982.5
$3,053.9
$3,244.6
$3,300.2
$3,294.7
$2,509.4
$684.7
$1,092.0
$508.4
$426.0
$452.5
$470.5
$495.2
$567.6
$734.9
$798.6
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $289.1
$462.6
$529.3
$27.5














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $527.3
$343.2
$139.7
$70.0
$222.5
$1,093.6
$490.3
$411.8
$190.9
$44.2
$-919.6


$91.4
$621.4
$4,342.4
$371.9
$967.9
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $26.2
$4.8
$189.9
$29.8




$4.9
$73.5
$337.8





$467.9
$73.8
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $6,502.8
$5,723.8
$5,661.0
$4,094.0
$4,929.9
$1,563.7
$441.3
$186.4
$6.7
$146.8
$127.5
$46.2
$193.6
$136.4
$348.7
$199.0
$616.5
$772.4
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $1,102.2
$1,378.8
$1,130.9
$1,189.1
$804.4
$1,301.3
$2,045.4
$2,440.9
$2,366.0
$558.5
$242.7
$677.4
$379.5
$802.8
$30.6



Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $294.5
$271.0
$167.2
$1,074.3
$559.7
$556.6
$777.3
$313.2
$704.5
$544.7
$431.6
$607.5
$416.9
$321.8
$89.0
$86.5
$16.9
$12.0
Other








$5.3







$53.7
Total $46,952.4
$46,795.5
$43,164.0
$41,937.2
$44,932.6
$50,319.0
$47,715.6
$42,593.0
$39,463.7
$41,241.4
$48,764.9
$42,354.8
$51,692.4
$47,873.1
$45,280.7
$50,432.7
$52,029.8
$53,188.2
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, Klamath Basin and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation and Klamath Basin are 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)








$16,592.7
$15,553.7
$18,097.4
$19,523.4
$6,537.6
$13,670.9
$24,703.8
$19,738.3
$18,010.3
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$18,058.8
$21,124.9
$18,153.6
$12,179.4
$11,197.3
$31.8
$82.1
$77.3
$24.4
$19.5




Conservation Security Program (CSP) $6,325.9
$5,986.1
$7,646.4
$7,154.6
$6,005.3
$4,354.0
$3,540.1
$3,137.2
$2,275.1
$2,082.3
$202.8
$61.2
$-5.0





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)




$5,975.2
$7,027.5
$7,260.6
$7,677.7
$7,871.2
$4,895.8
$4,211.6
$4,362.5
$4,001.4
$8,092.7
$10,702.1
$4,546.6
$5,785.3
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $58,909.2
$48,579.2
$48,470.2
$53,348.0
$57,846.1
$75,167.1
$74,384.8
$100,187.4
$81,589.5
$98,863.0
$105,546.9
$93,080.6
$88,012.8
$100,620.0
$95,219.5
$102,532.0
$105,965.0
$89,488.0
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $5,768.4
$2,391.2
$2,407.5
$5,929.0
$3,646.1
$5,025.7
$3,181.3
$3,778.9
$4,280.1
$30.7








Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)
$13.2




$1.5
$172.6
$3.0
$8.2

$6.6






Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)




$600.0
$599.0
$351.7
$107.0









Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)









$533.1
$226.7
$1,031.8
$517.9
$5,377.2
$2,016.2
$6,309.5
$8,862.0
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $-55.9
$72.3
$-964.5

$2,199.6
$20,231.6
$775.0
$130.0

$1,152.4
$1,080.6


$5,063.5

$7,000.0


Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $81,522.5
$46,244.2
$5,091.6
$18,380.8
$13,115.6
$2,220.0
$2,016.3
$638.7
$181.5
$1,389.7
$1,344.5
$428.4
$1,566.9
$1,292.4
$3,214.6
$1,309.1
$2,592.4
$2,688.1
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $12,920.0
$12,989.4
$9,734.9
$8,914.9
$16,063.1
$27,480.6
$34,783.7
$35,655.8
$15,862.6
$1,184.0
$1,179.6
$3,544.4
$454.5
$3,482.1




Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $1,755.5
$833.3
$765.2
$2,781.3
$1,895.5
$2,299.7
$3,601.2
$275.1
$844.1
$22.6
$0.7
$13.1
$19.5





Other $-0.1
$-1.6
















Total $167,145.5
$117,107.3
$73,151.3
$96,508.6
$118,830.1
$164,478.8
$148,064.0
$163,767.4
$124,017.9
$129,228.6
$130,419.9
$119,747.3
$114,990.6
$121,534.4
$125,574.9
$148,263.2
$139,151.8
$124,833.7
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, Klamath Basin and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation and Klamath Basin are 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
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $62.0
$177.1
$240.4
$190.1
$74.3
$47.5
$358.4
$403.9
$72.1
$1.0








Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $1,577.9
$1,985.2
$1,265.1
$2,245.5
$1,967.4
$2,591.4
$2,155.8
$1,873.1
$867.6
$817.8
$521.6
$392.3
$271.7
$162.7
$188.0
$90.9
$136.5
$148.7
Plant Materials Center (PMC) $107.7
$21.5
$63.4
$66.4
$89.4
$61.0
$158.0
$56.5

$111.0
$34.0
$19.5

$80.3
$18.4

$20.0

Soil Survey (SOIL) $747.9
$674.2
$536.5
$512.6
$578.0
$584.2
$760.6
$454.9
$513.5
$489.0
$673.1

$91.5
$262.9
$85.5



Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)











$0.1
$80.4
$12.4
$60.5
$140.4
$2.5
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)

$-25.6





$12.4









Other





$32.3
$14.0


$1.7
$2.9
$-0.2





Total $2,495.5
$2,858.0
$2,079.8
$3,014.6
$2,709.1
$3,284.1
$3,465.1
$2,802.4
$1,465.6
$1,418.8
$1,230.4
$414.7
$363.1
$586.3
$304.3
$151.4
$296.9
$151.2
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.
• 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)

















162
2












609
18


Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







4,190
39
30,868
899
58,159
1,311
65,462
1,248
62,990
987
61,810
890
41,251
523
19,873
277
14,376
175
3,393
119
1,410
23
488
10
327
3


Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 12,257
201
20,402
786
34,050
1,622
46,525
2,140
46,256
1,554
33,316
983
27,656
866
18,342
792
2,291
103


174
2
846
68
353
15




1,298
96
1,580
390


Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP Contracts)









721,128
337
85,907
74
31,048
31
76,421
34
57,533
23
134,063
35
55,163
11
62,623
17
20,489
11
72,329
51
369,556
100




Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)































201,583
1,451
373,966
1,378
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 227,370
5,833
382,743
11,612
561,551
6,455
641,745
8,079
764,637
7,707
1,001,707
11,107
1,055,614
10,141
855,751
9,048
975,038
8,914
1,061,736
7,706
781,023
5,857
768,589
4,465
768,362
1,749
650,794
1,559
1,066,869
1,916
889,453
1,042
662,532
709
534,631
898
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 444,222
4,404
539,488
6,783
779,093
9,509
876,679
10,232
988,869
9,357
942,270
11,133
1,376,794
9,800
1,310,492
10,332
1,336,549
11,311
1,198,624
9,090
1,412,359
10,599
1,502,232
10,153
1,458,216
9,893
1,164,524
10,089
1,259,427
8,805
900,448
8,908
816,914
7,964
817,806
8,881
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 7,373
11
8,015
17
7,093
28
9,359
31
8,693
29
19,128
23
21,763
45
4,282
25
4,605
4
1,035
24
335
9
105
2
335
9










Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)











10,304
25
4,414
43
10,951
20
9,404
83


1,211
8












Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















9,467
294
24,069
580
40,037
914
61,372
578
53,753
647
15,520
520
35,639
659
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 10
3


































Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 17,800
128
47,591
216
15,690
144
5,086
81
46,365
256
28,267
80
298
3






















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 13,644
324
11,745
1,039
28,460
380
25,409
338
23,882
695
27,580
398
22,672
327
28,360
295
25,405
124
2,286
8
692
13
228
2




70
5






Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 4,498
54
9,886
100
13,592
178
9,105
133
24,590
224
27,009
243
55,133
217
60,299
456
35,936
444
59,236
401
22,705
165
12,023
104
4,570
32
6,037
26
961
25
227
8
120
4
95
5
Other 5,481
27
30,161
97
1,621
22




37
1
177
5
10
1










3
3








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 and Klamath Basin practices. Starting in 2017 these subprograms are 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 674,966
3,953
899,390
6,543
1,250,122
8,165
1,415,544
9,271
1,652,262
8,499
1,859,989
11,090
2,345,056
10,076
2,089,420
10,209
2,071,915
9,071
2,173,130
8,922
1,945,846
8,044
2,091,261
7,525
2,061,750
6,298
1,675,007
6,275
1,922,947
5,734
1,729,967
5,450
1,565,993
5,389
1,673,394
5,423
Percent of land units treated by multiple programs 9.71%
12.98%
18.25%
18.91%
16.41%
11.28%
17.89%
9.31%
20.16%
10.91%
16.12%
13.03%
15.52%
9.31%
12.90%
6.89%
25.08%
7.51%
14.78%
4.58%
17.44%
5.25%
14.68%
5.61%
10.38%
2.37%
17.76%
4.05%
25.71%
4.46%
9.90%
2.42%
10.68%
2.99%
5.45%
3.39%
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 1,381
10
1,636
33
2,566
59
13,106
193
1,745
42
4,568
76
9,055
171
24,370
444
7,637
132
9,252
114
2,340
70
377
24
1,270
28
1,019
72
2,582
88
2,336
44
3,623
97
162
8
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327



























336
10
23
1
374
7
269
8
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 100,451
1,534
126,776
1,989
101,665
1,635
142,036
2,197
139,311
2,117
187,996
3,296
195,620
3,796
200,411
3,799
171,832
3,018
161,966
3,069
92,460
1,603
81,456
1,501
41,128
593
2,281
92
7,481
125
1,481
33
667
18
1,178
31
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328

























54
1
268
2
783
19
1,622
31
2,890
60
Contour Buffer Strips 332









99
1
























Contour Farming 330

196
3
1,475
9
2,229
18
1,709
12
2,383
18
1,104
8






















Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops 331

762
5
439
4
318
5
586
3


24
2






















Controlled Traffic Farming 334





























426
3
989
12


Controlled Traffic Farming - Enhancements E334





























74
3
4,513
125
49
1
Cover Crop 340 24,476
640
55,754
1,577
26,415
449
39,510
543
33,587
394
41,289
770
31,703
638
23,233
552
17,632
404
27,520
439
11,839
294
14,145
354
15,598
496
12,078
404
9,252
323
12,561
380
7,338
284
10,645
410
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340



























276
9
2,315
45
3,747
96
1,218
29
Critical Area Planting 342 507
13
1,344
25
3,301
43
1,189
43
2,479
44
1,349
31
1,253
39
427
27
1,633
20
5,861
17
17,030
172
5,853
25
3,070
29
2,769
28
163
5
59
2
38
2
8
1
Crop Bundle#6 - Soil Health Assessment, Reduced till B000CPL6





























4
1
4
1


Crop Bundle#7 - Soil Health -"Organic" B000CPL7





























19
7
19
7


Cross Wind Trap Strips 589C 3,747
61




466
10


89
1
























Deep Tillage 324 3,456
51
4,928
59
14,789
196
14,264
167
9,490
64
8,553
105
9,726
174
22,995
531
39,972
1,012
8,189
143
16,345
279
2,048
19
92
4
216
13
449
17
594
13
236
5
34
3
Diversion 362 1,559
6
1,171
6
2,435
26
2,459
26
2,443
21
1,797
15
267
2
64
4








16
1




13
1


20
1
Field Border 386 701
7
231
8
374
13
201
6
597
4
974
14
538
9
256
3
132
4
71
2
185
5
200
4
58
5
49
1




41
1


Field Border - Enhancements E386





























5
1
721
10


Forage and Biomass Planting 512 93
2
376
5
56
3
808
23
7,889
10
734
14
558
9
2,637
12
2,461
14
3,148
17
187
6
192
5
28
2
95
4
54
2
430
15
207
2
155
1
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512































15
1


Grade Stabilization Structure 410

172
2
458
14
2,153
12
510
8
214
6
488
3
343
3
561
4
155
3
289
3
13
2
226
3






118
1


Grassed Waterway 412 166
3
1,257
3
1,173
19
81
4
387
9
149
2
957
10
770
6
52
2
967
3
948
1
1,092
2
948
1
948
1








Herbaceous Wind Barriers 603 800
1
30
1
120
2
74
1




195
1
195
1
195
1
22
1
















Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 36,936
893
83,642
2,359
55,583
1,218
75,192
1,203
52,343
760
67,343
1,074
43,208
794
42,717
796
15,158
357
19,676
351
13,554
189
18,682
316
5,438
165
5,492
160
2,067
40
1,598
29
2,807
83
1,673
46
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

























177
3
1,347
41
2,046
65
5,019
151
4,160
120
Irrigation Water Management 449 57,705
1,143
132,901
2,836
101,899
1,720
149,534
2,398
162,055
2,413
243,257
3,948
238,076
4,364
177,010
3,063
220,650
4,074
172,733
2,860
130,513
2,166
84,844
1,796
51,314
1,428
44,369
1,214
27,697
909
35,028
890
23,899
715
36,175
925
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

























223
3
124
2
1,288
35
7,992
140
3,429
84
Lined Waterway or Outlet 468 700
1
65
4
1,245
14
1,052
12
496
5
1,334
13
1,599
9
603
6
72
3
187
5
34
3
263
11
211
7
431
5
298
16
129
9
54
3
590
7
Mulching 484 1,288
17
927
19
3,337
65
3,000
86
2,902
62
1,812
54
7,012
163
5,549
172
4,376
139
11,184
185
9,103
221
11,839
190
4,640
198
4,074
186
4,545
193
1,909
118
1,835
120
1,445
116
Mulching - Enhancements E484































491
32
349
23
Nutrient Management 590 38,531
943
75,973
2,212
37,365
719
61,284
1,161
43,321
662
57,458
1,060
38,976
839
55,513
911
27,238
596
34,512
732
24,715
658
34,496
927
18,584
442
21,904
543
16,771
333
3,381
123
1,592
50
1,900
30
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590

























147
2
1,674
27
8,121
132
9,179
152
6,568
116
Residue Management, Seasonal 344 22,261
562
28,297
710
4,179
83
4,759
58
11,610
115
23,542
212
14,784
128
15,220
299
61,069
1,214
27,066
440
20,860
383
9,201
199
89
8










Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 10,340
147
7,449
78
20,558
213
54,964
701
61,978
863
72,710
1,059
45,748
873
33,727
732
37,200
690
23,580
504
39,686
640
16,620
271
3,833
81
4,150
52
794
12
87
1
25
1
530
8
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345



























112
2
56
1
224
6
264
5
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 1,826
26
2,971
33
2,183
22
2,400
24
2,387
20
1,821
19
952
13
1,262
66
922
21
740
8
1,339
11
3,343
50
1,839
24
710
11
1,385
23
674
12
542
10
849
15
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329

























54
1
646
7
700
8
646
7
519
6
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 517
4
75
2
1,678
3
23
1
10,118
16
956
9
2,969
20
930
16
174
1
49
2
55
1
2
1
360
1
22
2


78
3
161
1


Row Arrangement 557 48
4
1,019
17
371
8
32
3




8
4
28
1


2
1


715
1












Subsurface Drain 606 2,226
28
838
18
2,100
30
1,326
24
993
19
3,389
37
400
11
402
9
1,298
22
345
9
1,416
5
1,569
30
6,507
138
861
21
1,276
17
1,392
21
326
4
368
7
Terrace 600



167
5
46
3




























Toxic Salt Reduction 610 7,578
112
9,354
117
21,370
324
13,536
176
9,499
88
15,080
178
10,319
182
27,845
474
44,261
646
24,017
415
28,112
430
4,432
39
3,049
65
2,565
53


190
4


99
14
Underground Outlet 620 746
11
3,542
24
2,431
31
797
25
1,587
41
829
20
945
20
179
10
130
5
334
11
714
23
207
13
1,058
27
682
29
609
22
990
30
1,382
19
422
14
Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 762
10
1,080
18
5,396
67
2,469
48
2,301
28
1,968
21
676
9
225
3
167
2




60
1
2
1


1
2
10
1




Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 1,390
12
598
13
1,548
31
765
21
1,294
15
1,072
24
515
17
358
18
772
13
500
11
1,433
12
663
9
987
9
608
8
781
9
866
16
206
4
9
3
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650

15
1




4
1






515
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 Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







74
2
1,942
96
9,146
204
12,530
399
11,039
335
11,697
309
8,643
230
8,123
194
5,885
114
1,635
53
266
14
488
10
327
3


Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2,076
48
5,123
170
14,447
464
21,274
659
16,010
298
4,956
195
7,254
249
4,969
193
789
25




189
12
353
5




1,055
40
1,363
140


Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























231
10
2,310
115
7,536
301
13,740
643
8,340
444
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 100,630
4,954
166,785
10,241
132,037
3,812
174,613
5,156
160,005
4,648
219,353
8,007
191,942
8,105
183,332
7,434
167,228
7,642
190,321
6,655
143,137
4,973
106,445
3,663
50,614
1,201
AR
787
AR
504
AR
254
AR
106
AR
301
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 43,261
1,235
57,049
1,756
84,872
2,747
118,597
3,377
113,251
2,887
133,661
3,772
108,024
3,745
133,828
3,931
119,778
4,392
71,431
2,377
53,175
1,957
46,870
1,916
62,325
2,431
AR
2,056
AR
1,548
AR
1,346
AR
1,117
AR
1,235
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























2
4
75
2
2,708
55
4,583
115
5,709
189
4,350
112
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 10
3


































Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

29
1




37
1






51
1


14
1














Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)

75
4
61
2




234
7
943
5
11
1


1
1
360
14
503
5
360
1
5
1








Other 76
1
282
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.
• 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 137,079
6,241
218,887
12,177
211,290
7,025
297,330
9,192
271,566
7,836
342,024
12,077
300,355
12,308
318,150
11,958
283,335
12,395
261,783
9,342
203,636
7,175
157,352
5,790
118,498
3,756
70,470
2,909
61,066
2,236
55,846
2,066
50,106
2,198
54,958
2,092
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 1,339
43
919
34
2,165
31
89
8
657
13
0
1
366
7
37
2
786
16
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328







54
1
268
2
722
9
1,136
18
581
10
Cover Crop 340 1,857
20
456
28
854
17
166
11
69
4
37
3
336
2
569
6
423
15
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340













613
12
584
8
Crop Bundle#6 - Soil Health Assessment, Reduced till B000CPL6











4
1
4
1


Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 369
26
858
18
1,091
3




37
2


25
1
530
8
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345













168
5
204
2
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 82
1
152
2
1,285
20


643
10


366
7


377
8
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329







54
1
569
6
623
7
569
6


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)







54
2
164
8
557
17
1,028
42
696
20
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 542
28
695
29
1,752
58
68
3
643
20
37
2


37
5
417
13
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 1,091
62
337
53
150
13
19
16
69
7
37
4
336
2
355
4
303
20
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)











312
14


312
14
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 1,337
90
944
82
1,798
71
87
19
711
29
201
14
869
33
1,065
51
1,510
67
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



1,003
18








25
1
22
1
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328







54
1








Cover Crop 340



502
9


54
1




25
1
22
1
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345













25
1
22
1
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329



1,003
18












Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329







54
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 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)







54
2








Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)



502
45








25
3
22
3
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)







54
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 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



502
45


54
3




25
3
22
3
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 6,029
52
13,130
234
23,957
329
18,865
332
22,982
252
64,379
153
75,827
155
23,311
126
3,286
21
41,729
19
24,775
16
31,334
22
20,658
17
23,794
7
294
1
3,078
30
5,366
57


Access Control - Enhancements E472





























162
1
5,075
4
8,618
4
Aquatic Organism Passage 396

894
3
25
2
1,411
15
856
8


59
1


39
1


146
2




61
1




5,285
2


Conservation Cover 327 3,140
22
8,976
118
5,973
107
22,044
243
251,051
97
24,031
136
125,868
213
49,725
507
14,936
166
20,463
131
113,159
84
7,698
37
5,438
33
1,796
88
348,886
186
7,857
62
3,667
101
219
11
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327



























372
11
82
5
6,405
14
3,252
9
Crop Bundle#6 - Soil Health Assessment, Reduced till B000CPL6





























4
1
4
1


Crop Bundle#7 - Soil Health -"Organic" B000CPL7





























19
7
19
7


Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647

220
6
563
11
1,978
15
20,815
31
111
2


26
2




16
1
2
1












Early Successional Habitat Development/Management - Enhancements E647































178
1
316
3
Grazing Bundle 1 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ1

































361
5
Grazing Bundle 3 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ3































4,547
3
2,024
3
Grazing Bundle 4 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ4

































7,922
1
Hedgerow Planting 422 677
14
852
32
2,510
38
1,770
44
2,782
56
2,699
53
2,424
73
2,375
54
4,104
80
5,548
67
3,032
55
4,331
59
2,010
69
7,097
84
2,796
75
948
40
1,245
47
806
43
Range Bundle 4 B000RNG4































842
3
4,391
1
Range Bundle#2 B000RNG2



























26,233
50
16,093
40
16,093
40
10,163
34
Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643 4,174
9
6,945
34
74,122
85
13,093
52
87,281
69
59,642
69
438,759
83
76,647
80
14,963
26
34,916
35
5,971
35
2,192
7
3,521
8
917
6
13,391
8


3,417
2


Riparian Forest Buffer 391 690
8
22,887
18
2,671
24
4,100
12
24,093
44
4,137
29
10,327
42
11,731
23
785
6
2,740
8
2,730
12
42,812
21
14,627
22
71,180
16
14,724
14
1,303
12
391
5
332
4
Riparian Forest Buffer - Enhancements E391



























197
2
7,041
1
7,041
1


Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390 210
1
2,348
10
5,133
33
388
9
665
13
10,274
12
117,018
15
1,680
10
616
9
335
7
4,538
9
5,077
17
17,038
9
6,999
7
183
3
16,662
10
14,399
1
185
2
Shallow Water Development and Management 646 78
1
1,914
4
513
3


479
7
145
2


28,914
546
87,490
1,355
74,500
1,147
55,901
839
8,666
83
1,145
12


141
1






Shallow Water Development and Management - Enhancements E646

























196
6


393
12
374
7
613
6
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395 222
4
1,440
11
37,806
36
3,933
30
3,702
16
635
7
44,667
17
534
5
79
1
4,671
15
1,854
9
64,071
3
2,815
13


2,866
49
228
1
1,673
1
1,363
7
Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580 4,609
29
12,281
43
15,509
46
3,317
41
39,889
60
20,839
25
2,526
15
262
5
18,566
11
1,015
8
4,937
13
17,891
25
4,861
10
1,605
12
3,921
10
27
1


36
2
Streambank and Shoreline Protection - Enhancements E580



























7,041
1


5,247
6
7,922
1
Structures for Wildlife 649































40,639
168
22,461
100
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 17,218
95
68,047
211
171,360
627
206,306
1,009
334,896
822
389,491
777
407,115
618
181,778
600
243,182
301
125,840
233
302,508
161
108,953
135
180,296
101
80,756
100
342,698
266
220,649
400
158,499
337
62,658
123
Wetland Creation 658 100
1
347
5
67
2
681
3
512
6


1,539
2






















Wetland Enhancement 659 9,089
31
19,619
61
34,916
190
39,611
183
39,759
206
41,997
174
45,439
204
47,247
199
37,220
129
10,909
11
6,536
7
254
1
1,561
3


41
1


609
2
650
1
Wetland Restoration 657 7,410
122
13,403
144
19,860
131
13,471
106
14,855
157
4,585
64
3,496
22
9,044
42
5,245
13
437
7
1,642
5
122
2
10
1


748
4






Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management 644 22,962
135
74,695
652
84,333
685
70,722
621
93,435
746
150,725
534
146,726
396
47,220
437
19,918
123
18,509
190
36,689
517
30,657
510
43,124
602
55,651
867
68,366
860
47,721
906
50,905
846
92,316
1,532
Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management - Enhancements E644































962
12
584
4
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)

















162
2












609
2


Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)









103
2
72
4
1,154
21
642
17
571
21
316
4
542
3
73
4
217
3








Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 8,580
65
20,344
484
33,416
793
42,767
1,159
45,472
928
33,267
636
27,502
577
17,676
568
2,291
68


174
2
846
44
353
10




1,298
58
1,580
309


Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



























17,988
65
18,588
81
46,314
157
48,215
139
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 9,884
128
53,259
276
208,386
1,030
158,316
1,015
212,099
787
371,718
677
451,632
527
168,033
734
179,872
351
126,291
223
151,322
212
93,803
77
125,146
47
71,967
103
284,487
514
207,648
418
121,411
162
34,497
47
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 663
9
2,939
28
593
5
598
7
113
1


141
1






















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 5,487
79
37,989
110
39,198
173
30,735
238
120,322
251
96,967
343
364,895
392
82,494
724
147,134
1,353
104,447
1,281
177,611
1,435
180,031
487
92,723
264
94,392
211
126,874
470
49,305
659
84,156
995
60,554
1,687
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 860
2
1,170
3
4,515
12
4,088
12
3,092
8
2,020
6
1,850
7
1,073
4


850
10
335
5
105
1
335
5










Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)

















1,211
2
















Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















8,596
282
21,094
558
36,018
856
18,691
468
10,146
305
1,222
39
606
18
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 12,949
206
10,806
630
24,546
257
21,121
230
23,549
506
24,805
262
22,074
255
27,576
249
25,405
114
2,286
7
583
6






70
5






Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 3,440
32
4,901
54
8,648
79
7,503
54
12,472
109
17,797
111
37,521
93
34,068
336
23,098
339
31,637
332
16,963
101
2,209
29
1,023
12
4,256
21
246
20
227
8
120
4
95
5
Other 154
3
78
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 40,463
524
120,751
1,586
307,449
2,349
247,042
2,715
395,291
2,590
522,932
2,037
873,043
1,856
318,976
2,636
365,818
2,242
264,680
1,878
344,217
1,765
283,620
923
238,799
900
206,447
1,194
443,178
1,542
286,434
1,529
254,359
1,668
143,682
1,896
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 472 136
2
159
1






53,870
16


3,993
4
327
3
17,030
4
745
3


5,039
3
21,251
3
294
1






Brush Management 314 766
11
7,165
53
16,201
42
3,482
24
2,554
25
1,509
15
261,474
23
27,084
20
356
6
26,015
27
19,739
45
193,756
52
19,810
51
124,944
76
199,682
71
35,666
125
39,197
80
7,069
61
Brush Management - Enhancements E314































93
1


Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647



54
1


91
1


























Firebreak 394

2,417
12
36,777
18
676
7
723
7
118
2








499
3




3,672
5


474
5
1,054
5
245
1
Forest Stand Improvement 666 12,718
132
59,801
263
46,563
390
28,745
312
25,795
326
101,059
342
50,984
397
158,350
431
187,863
241
307,343
281
261,027
303
439,587
344
187,153
383
113,011
471
1,092,737
462
195,545
447
168,553
445
335,198
481
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666





























1,869
36
2,853
22
10,581
34
Forest Trails and Landings 655 235
1


65
1
239
4
77,038
7
247
3


1,075
16
275
1
426
2
726
9
12,292
21
520
6
1,472
21
168
8
675
4
569
7
720
6
Fuel Break 383



8,941
1
1,560
28
2,764
42
5,315
28
9,712
40
19,783
68
31,464
25
19,937
21
66,506
46
182,603
57
433,528
53
15,622
51
55,983
50
54,864
34
5,975
33
10,827
48
Fuel Break - Enhancements E383

































224
1
Herbaceous Weed Control 315















6,609
6
5,241
7
47,659
20
10,164
37
71,154
47
7,240
25
72,451
33
24,222
55
2,240
23
2,755
17
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595



8,941
1
80
2
33
1
779
4
93
5
63
4




11
1














Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595





























2,984
1
2,984
1
2,984
1
Prescribed Burning 338



166
3
40
1
154
2


80
1
61
3


170
1
170
1
61,683
1
61,683
1


1,207
29


49
1


Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643



2,975
19


15,335
7
15,615
8
518
2
1,583
7
80
1


1,411
13
1,112
4
1,852
5
518
3
13,378
7


3,417
2


Riparian Forest Buffer 391

157
1
111
2
832
2
687
3
436
2
901
2
10,625
3
416
1
667
2
627
2
1,677
10
7,433
14
62,388
9
2,152
2


35
1


Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390



























78
1




64
1
Road/Trail/Landing Closure and Treatment 654











247
1


393,584
8
159,609
6
5,190
4




811
2
745
1
3,681
6


2,947
3
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395

263
1
21,219
4


1,883
1








75
2


62,428
2
296
9








1,240
4
Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 309
9
1,783
23
13,119
47
2,675
26
54,133
41
8,656
53
4,204
36
13,570
45
6,962
47
158,597
56
23,755
67
60,643
63
729,991
121
79,728
79
82,494
86
10,871
48
12,784
38
1,914
25
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612





























3,103
2
3,196
3
74
1
Tree/Shrub Pruning 660 1,031
32
8,058
57
7,381
114
9,938
125
12,504
174
19,857
141
17,472
190
41,891
170
85,868
112
189,155
105
227,662
164
157,592
177
375,054
254
151,103
260
140,912
214
22,693
229
15,476
283
162,684
310
Tree/Shrub Site Preparation 490 112
4
1,539
12
1,480
35
1,212
33
2,183
28
12,557
47
9,710
43
8,992
65
397,541
54
558,617
63
12,596
57
118,058
56
194,028
57
78,961
72
229,536
130
13,471
70
15,606
99
12,303
83
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 677
10
6,200
32
23,005
99
30,098
79
35,273
105
4,660
102
20,480
95
17,288
72
2,660
62
3,463
26
6,840
38
3,562
31
8,093
38
6,993
54
1,166
26


2,035
8
1,774
7
Woody Residue Treatment 384





1,943
18
3,622
51
4,000
109
14,207
179
89,647
239
86,315
147
311,486
132
429,454
201
170,327
242
222,195
327
211,828
451
1,076,330
465
535,031
462
183,169
446
222,705
529
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)

















112
1
















Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)





























4,267
48
7,317
32
8,037
56
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 648
8
3,316
27
21,320
178
29,723
97
49,421
151
30,732
135
28,450
221
22,546
308
10,212
87
33,986
28
31,878
70
61,972
30
5,402
39
2,065
35
18,985
231
3,064
14
4,729
47


Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 8,809
43
41,759
88
11,977
49
2,905
43
3,440
149
889
49
























Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 3,413
150
11,134
340
49,656
545
16,638
521
39,887
518
63,544
685
202,347
789
113,383
836
143,187
622
333,899
701
237,934
899
218,189
1,058
237,403
1,326
196,311
1,526
235,524
1,340
167,601
1,444
120,276
1,249
148,316
1,241
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















244
4
244
2
1,507
20
2,387
15
4,744
18
2,612
170
5,357
316
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)









96
3


124
1
96
1


96
1














Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)



54
3


91
3


706
4
292
2
335
4
663
5
541
7
344
5
343
2
343
1








Other



101
2






























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 12,358
201
55,199
455
77,463
777
46,117
661
88,702
821
82,112
872
226,377
1,014
123,150
1,147
153,004
714
365,106
735
243,818
977
273,457
1,097
238,925
1,369
198,366
1,582
248,995
1,586
178,110
1,524
133,546
1,498
157,098
1,613
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 78,772
21
17,609
30
65,253
48
39,077
38
172,721
46
85,643
50
219,475
50
193,821
77
220,597
80
470,953
117
80,652
32
36,915
25
77,699
38
49,382
75
120,522
54
32,267
27
46,450
23
100,788
43
Animal Trails and Walkways 575 3,190
2
1,194
5
9,148
7
82,780
6
38,441
9
7,181
3
5,847
4
2,858
1
3,312
3
244
1
4,211
5
6,056
5
1,283
2


419
1
762
3




Brush Management 314 22,448
49
41,661
67
204,166
140
139,322
187
153,875
162
156,696
155
426,689
143
468,379
159
238,247
135
379,335
131
3,227,188
149
765,191
154
1,772,440
156
548,752
136
596,677
98
260,963
127
189,356
76
198,909
109
Brush Management - Enhancements E314





























127
1
127
1
127
1
Channel Bank Vegetation 322 46
3
119
2
1,832
2
1,231
4
350
1
123
3
757
2
1,503
5
66
1
162
1


116
1












Channel Bed Stabilization 584 45
1


1,888
3


38
1
1,870
3


3
1




248
2


822
1








454
2
Critical Area Planting 342 785
3
2,593
13
12,670
20
10,702
20
45,160
20
22,322
37
36,903
20
32,488
19
1,690
12
4,768
9
19,589
14
6,435
21
25,529
10
17,959
18
49,460
11
505
3
317
8
249
3
Fence 382 189,327
154
258,224
273
356,283
360
349,815
357
537,158
458
290,952
415
778,731
412
358,973
354
988,936
383
436,563
330
473,856
416
536,062
424
520,467
333
545,371
402
448,583
314
579,785
350
208,069
247
221,213
196
Fence - Enhancements E382































13
1


Forage Harvest Management 511

139
1
68
1
1,536
18


1,957
13
1,361
14
1,334
12
1,979
13
1,128
11
495
4
845
5
259
2










Forage Harvest Management - Enhancements E511



























336
10
376
12
541
19
665
24
Forage and Biomass Planting 512 1,549
18
1,183
22
8,417
47
8,442
26
2,570
28
5,873
51
8,829
82
3,036
31
2,950
31
4,197
40
4,233
35
2,876
44
1,591
31
2,994
37
3,530
26
1,182
30
589
10
1,629
7
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512



























353
7


3
1


Grazing Bundle 1 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ1

































361
5
Grazing Bundle 3 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ3































4,547
3
2,024
3
Grazing Bundle 4 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ4

































7,922
1
Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment 548





















1,254
8
284
2
284
2
635
1






Heavy Use Area Protection 561

1,998
5
8,659
11
302
5
3,530
6
660
2
6,443
7
3,882
9
3,724
12
24,908
40
9,877
52
39,415
32
18,008
29
29,889
45
30,218
57
59,963
39
17,494
51
45,161
64
Herbaceous Weed Control 315













18,251
19
77,848
43
27,744
57
115,923
55
147,614
102
71,136
92
73,367
103
119,927
137
328,387
151
72,824
89
186,422
99
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315



























235
1
3,198
8
6,297
64
6,290
58
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 19,207
41
8,926
59
34,074
74
35,457
83
32,475
81
144,355
133
120,666
97
46,177
150
42,841
97
180,734
110
17,643
25
25,394
32
2,362
5
2,044
1




1,737
24


Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595



























321
8
3,467
10
4,153
26
3,992
25
Livestock Pipeline 516 74,554
80
163,366
135
210,594
156
477,021
244
278,172
321
275,991
271
591,129
262
449,790
305
255,573
230
357,092
273
565,014
564
566,741
514
820,247
402
550,025
410
447,963
327
460,938
289
351,257
257
485,651
337
Livestock Shelter Structure 576



























568
3


362
2
136,370
19
Nutrient Management 590 1,072
3
2,004
61
3,992
74
5,778
16
606
8
1,329
17
7,846
22
13,079
86
5,428
28
5,198
38
2,056
26
5,152
34
2,506
14
1,872
13
4,979
58
1,510
17
982
23
247
19
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590



























304
7
304
7
1,375
24
1,356
23
Pond 378 56,342
6
11,793
15
6,862
12
17,509
27
3,948
15
32,119
18
8,862
12
1,864
4
8,542
5
1,355
5
10,476
6
25,871
9
2,661
2
3,919
3
6,598
4
2,801
3


8,859
7
Prescribed Burning 338

1,242
4
1,881
2
1,395
6
1,609
4
379
1
80
1
2,437
3
1,562
7
3,372
2
2,976
1






2,713
2


49
1
939
2
Prescribed Grazing 528 240,800
381
246,484
465
338,027
612
437,479
633
549,039
564
620,049
549
691,117
610
888,610
632
748,291
451
439,648
404
531,607
301
436,261
446
450,106
331
420,630
449
686,254
359
639,332
420
610,997
596
590,377
630
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528



























22,176
78
30,267
77
79,738
182
198,176
421
Pumping Plant 533 15,935
15
18,473
42
65,865
51
38,701
48
93,179
89
156,231
109
71,676
100
174,245
108
60,723
68
133,301
94
203,221
235
381,132
203
247,106
164
180,776
148
165,299
110
65,868
95
193,667
80
87,218
81
Range Bundle 4 B000RNG4































842
3
4,391
1
Range Bundle#2 B000RNG2



























26,233
50
16,093
40
16,093
40
10,163
34
Range Planting 550 8,927
25
23,303
62
54,495
92
43,600
87
65,316
117
73,219
102
79,241
90
27,996
72
34,660
72
22,393
48
6,108
32
197,163
54
10,383
38
27,114
49
24,202
55
33,174
31
1,850
8
3,654
12
Range Planting - Enhancements E550



























7,676
2
7,676
2
162
1
5,464
4
Spring Development 574



























72,774
10
80,528
13
120,947
12
32,203
13
Stream Crossing 578



























117,974
45
30,741
30
11,495
6
96,955
45
Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580 1,637
6
3,830
13
13,590
19
1,075
7
14,363
17
13,238
10
1,218
3
100
1
420
1
120
2
3,604
7
5,741
13
4,486
7
1,104
3
3,693
6




22
1
Streambank and Shoreline Protection - Enhancements E580



























7,041
1


5,237
5
7,922
1
Toxic Salt Reduction 610











4,787
1






















Waste Recycling 633

39
1
2,678
4


212
2
232
11
























Water Well 642 1,523
15
14,055
23
44,130
30
31,699
36
26,157
39
46,849
50
33,066
39
34,261
50
9,378
28
170,618
50
119,962
149
187,963
111
145,213
72
28,164
54
51,518
37
25,945
40
18,020
27
22,225
23
Water and Sediment Control Basin 638

171
1
2,668
2
556
2
67
1












8,400
3












Watering Facility 614 102,518
109
286,822
203
298,671
224
697,919
348
340,774
420
465,126
402
632,374
401
707,733
443
444,704
370
816,593
387
1,177,266
828
1,029,694
814
1,193,565
678
977,435
727
696,384
486
1,052,209
500
390,648
392
519,565
376
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380

320
1
79
3
2,124
4
95
1
769
7
656
10
337
3
153
4
749
9
72
8
655
5
192
3
210
2
97
1


4
1


Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650









21
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 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)







2,425
2
4,653
11
21,992
90
26,451
118
30,984
141
31,407
110
25,747
96
9,935
27
7,062
29
850
46
868
1






Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

370
11
783
31
991
22
3,239
90
3,784
33
3,118
31
3,548
36
















217
24


Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



























21,901
171
45,787
165
167,805
621
358,429
730
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 116,512
269
165,337
343
286,038
548
331,946
588
418,222
634
601,238
443
609,779
592
538,363
415
626,619
397
722,762
504
434,218
337
516,176
373
572,686
322
578,957
373
746,683
383
703,304
308
539,162
372
492,166
490
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 289,536
629
281,594
1,092
442,659
1,344
548,090
1,557
562,436
1,629
583,601
1,836
906,782
1,561
825,750
1,879
655,266
1,466
725,297
1,482
881,151
2,482
974,028
2,607
975,559
2,037
764,650
2,247
813,002
1,805
547,002
1,799
473,791
1,259
357,167
1,362
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 7,373
9
7,694
11
2,829
15
8,080
19
7,662
19
18,278
17
20,914
38
3,432
21
4,605
4
415
14
335
4
105
1
335
4










Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)











10,304
19
4,414
14
10,951
16
9,404
29


1,211
1












Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























2,038
4
2,038
9
60
1
10,383
53
4,953
27
5,631
107
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 170
1


846
9
182
2
402
2
3,184
6
434
3
901
7




















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 1,018
5
4,510
19
7,649
36
2,132
14
12,994
34
11,636
67
27,290
48
27,565
54
19,257
50
29,827
20
5,388
27
9,550
50
3,590
16
1,439
2
715
5






Other 5,168
19
13,550
27
1,280
11






























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 385,891
932
434,822
1,503
633,112
1,994
766,445
2,202
863,051
2,410
1,084,728
2,413
1,414,539
2,382
1,273,411
2,544
1,129,997
2,074
1,367,353
2,159
1,164,913
2,946
1,400,663
3,059
1,474,652
2,412
1,173,807
2,677
1,332,785
2,366
1,222,956
2,325
1,072,393
2,303
1,152,135
2,689
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 6,142
2


83
2
103
2




























Irrigation Ditch Lining 428 784
12
1,716
23
1,935
31
2,336
46
711
18
589
12
691
19
1,417
38
2,186
34
1,543
32
843
15
709
12
1,031
16
227
5
932
17
180
4
44
1
218
5
Irrigation Field Ditch 388 334
1
512
16
1,558
7
675
1
551
7
121
7


276
3
537
2
1,400
20
1,696
7
66
1
670
3
50
1
7
1
2
1
512
4
46
1
Irrigation Land Leveling 464 4,757
85
3,191
53
10,694
170
8,336
160
10,305
145
3,550
102
6,301
97
4,217
98
7,934
162
6,475
83
1,768
46
2,288
63
2,092
32
854
22
1,511
36
792
21
970
34
604
14
Irrigation Pipeline 430 29,712
262
23,134
395
23,691
384
33,548
434
21,606
410
26,143
337
21,692
282
22,089
314
27,898
325
25,229
324
27,465
361
34,324
444
19,527
366
35,516
351
16,894
256
13,032
244
16,422
260
16,892
228
Irrigation Reservoir 436 716
11
1,104
16
1,030
16
370
7
399
9
344
7
1,678
12
362
19
372
15
2,378
26
1,693
25
5,265
32
2,113
50
12,184
34
568
24
1,512
26
423
18
635
21
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441 11,696
219
47,406
552
31,312
631
28,577
713
24,772
620
24,826
561
37,182
838
30,353
776
39,215
745
34,528
802
31,498
984
33,512
959
27,807
778
41,796
695
48,703
614
18,784
596
13,620
467
14,027
428
Irrigation System, Sprinkler 442 17,653
208
12,828
189
19,596
210
12,625
159
8,020
125
9,357
122
7,186
105
11,258
141
6,367
91
9,846
80
5,662
89
10,510
131
6,139
108
7,510
131
7,744
96
7,061
99
7,461
93
6,433
66
Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface 443 3,046
36
6,022
28
687
15
11,362
13
1,538
27
3,930
28
3,099
62
4,380
57
2,728
49
5,153
20
303
8
885
7
198
4






44
4
16
1
Irrigation System, Tailwater Recovery 447 2,461
25
2,510
54
2,989
68
8,086
74
6,188
87
3,746
55
1,859
48
4,395
60
2,210
42
1,279
16
1,201
18
22
1
130
2
244
2




144
1


Irrigation Water Management 449 60,562
1,201
137,457
2,953
113,789
1,921
171,383
2,631
169,357
2,615
251,906
4,047
246,570
4,425
187,370
3,153
226,906
4,141
186,399
2,929
132,655
2,197
98,175
1,887
57,653
1,478
48,391
1,265
34,982
943
40,122
949
26,668
745
37,224
938
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

























223
3
124
2
1,613
38
8,359
148
3,475
87
Land Smoothing 466



























490
21
1,344
25
247
9
41
2
Pumping Plant 533 9,033
70
5,047
60
8,830
76
6,945
77
5,602
62
4,984
70
3,488
57
5,599
74
3,859
57
7,311
84
5,365
96
6,790
122
8,286
133
7,555
123
7,133
77
6,130
86
11,940
90
7,976
96
Pumping Plant - Enhancements E533































39
1
514
17
Structure for Water Control 587 191,753
207
44,597
216
78,304
274
167,164
286
360,145
343
149,121
289
615,817
347
501,601
405
1,253,784
431
603,836
442
368,374
425
153,793
340
169,926
369
700,776
411
300,402
302
157,366
307
64,677
236
1,311,210
201
Toxic Salt Reduction 610 7,578
112
9,354
117
21,370
324
13,536
176
9,499
88
15,080
178
15,106
183
43,357
475
44,261
646
24,017
415
28,112
430
4,432
39
3,049
65
2,565
53


190
4


99
14
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)































609
16


Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







1,248
19
15,887
372
32,340
754
36,559
731
25,298
579
25,719
548
13,659
313
8,452
178
4,157
90
1,830
61
534
21
488
10
327
3


Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

36
1
13
2
121
1
318
1


























Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























147
3
1,371
22
2,697
56
7,600
151
4,120
129
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 32,796
942
88,037
2,365
65,244
1,128
108,754
1,853
135,566
2,062
159,477
3,241
158,351
3,447
117,898
2,520
137,827
3,486
188,567
2,793
109,492
2,038
40,589
1,021
13,725
293
11,301
178
15,514
139
7,972
160
4,823
91
12,228
273
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 136
1


































Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 88,521
1,488
113,367
2,153
142,678
2,951
154,893
2,866
193,706
2,416
113,031
2,152
291,067
2,224
215,498
2,329
309,619
2,657
209,224
1,904
167,271
2,343
157,274
2,834
124,389
3,017
196,160
2,825
183,490
2,191
90,061
2,127
69,996
1,823
120,881
1,682
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)











9,092
3
1,655
12
1,211
2
1,211
26


1,211
3












Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























70
3
310
25
111
16
1,140
47
700
27
1,078
35
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 2,010
19
2,092
82
2,834
33
2,159
28
4,262
45
5,780
38
1,056
24
2,692
18
101
5
158
1
105
2














Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 142
1
3,107
9
772
6
829
31
269
13
739
12
340
18
171
2
261
11
320
1
40
5
9
2
640
1
5
1








Other

16,341
62
240
9






177
5
10
1










3
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.

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 121,432
2,451
199,378
4,672
196,047
4,129
257,056
4,779
321,767
4,556
277,280
5,815
465,959
6,475
359,926
5,613
456,270
6,740
414,349
5,273
289,245
4,701
203,752
4,038
141,598
3,404
209,211
3,096
189,698
2,389
101,668
2,400
83,616
2,111
137,076
2,119
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 6,029
52
13,130
234
23,957
329
18,865
332
22,982
252
64,379
153
75,827
155
23,311
126
3,286
21
41,729
19
24,775
16
31,334
22
20,658
17
23,794
7
294
1
3,078
30
5,366
57


Access Control - Enhancements E472





























162
1
5,075
4
8,618
4
Access Road 560 81,273
57
21,273
51
130,656
289
103,888
340
196,466
219
160,075
199
618,999
104
903,836
158
1,830,149
151
820,535
179
1,084,227
97
269,549
120
183,879
105
413,937
156








Brush Management 314



























795,269
186
289,947
244
234,736
158
210,024
174
Brush Management - Enhancements E314





























127
1
220
2
127
1
Channel Bank Vegetation 322 46
3
1,256
15
3,029
17
1,596
8
734
6
439
7
1,171
6
1,820
10
81
2
179
2
154
4
116
1












Composting Facility 317



17
2
422
7
136
5
175
6
44
1
473
6
487
8
56
2
105
4
44
3




9
2






Conservation Cover 327 3,140
22
8,976
118
5,973
107
22,044
243
251,051
97
24,031
136
125,868
213
49,725
507
14,936
166
20,463
131
113,159
84
7,698
37
5,438
33
1,796
88
348,886
186
7,857
62
3,667
101
219
11
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327



























372
11
82
5
6,405
14
3,252
9
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 100,451
1,534
126,935
1,991
102,143
1,640
142,926
2,218
139,321
2,118
187,996
3,296
196,001
3,804
253,082
3,811
172,068
3,022
162,344
3,079
92,544
1,607
81,648
1,506
41,226
596
2,285
93
7,500
126
1,481
33
770
19
1,687
38
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328

























54
1
268
2
783
19
1,622
31
2,890
60
Constructed Wetland 656











31
1
20
1




















Contour Buffer Strips 332









99
1
























Contour Farming 330

368
4
1,475
9
2,229
18
1,709
12
2,383
18
1,104
8






















Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops 331

762
5
439
4
318
5
586
3


24
2






















Cover Crop 340 25,770
646
57,187
1,584
27,809
455
39,581
545
33,729
396
41,313
771
33,417
640
24,347
558
20,286
415
28,899
447
13,846
319
15,577
359
17,409
503
12,102
406
10,060
331
12,788
383
7,421
286
10,841
415
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340



























276
9
2,315
45
3,747
96
1,218
29
Critical Area Planting 342 10,296
51
5,205
52
28,401
97
23,014
86
72,584
109
29,056
100
62,160
68
33,930
57
3,886
38
11,149
30
37,358
192
50,426
57
28,704
43
21,777
52
49,630
17
1,992
7
355
10
333
6
Crop Bundle#6 - Soil Health Assessment, Reduced till B000CPL6





























4
1
4
1


Crop Bundle#7 - Soil Health -"Organic" B000CPL7





























19
7
19
7


Diversion 362 6,083
14
3,224
13
15,629
39
7,760
42
30,059
28
2,662
17
1,436
5
1,867
9
70
1


9,147
2


16
1
9,073
1
2,052
9
13
1


20
1
Drainage Water Management 554









1,619
2










715
1












Drainage Water Management - Enhancements E554





























3,455
50
3,455
50


Field Border 386































41
1


Field Border - Enhancements E386





























5
1
721
10


Filter Strip 393 276
6
148
6
3,491
19
2,110
32
1,233
15
922
19
4,089
16
1,245
19
25
2




1,085
23
410
5
1,344
3








Filter Strip - Enhancements E393



























112
2
56
1
56
1
56
1
Forage and Biomass Planting 512



























3,586
29
1,440
41
750
12
1,786
9
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512



























353
7


18
2


Forest Stand Improvement 666



























1,277,876
499
371,980
503
193,737
469
363,016
518
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666





























1,886
37
2,859
23
10,586
35
Grade Stabilization Structure 410 1,863
7
16,938
51
5,524
34
10,805
38
87,259
66
33,735
30
13,678
34
5,464
17
8,121
21
15,971
19
3,490
8
3,783
12
6,365
12
6,294
21
29,347
34
14,903
18
274
3
371
8
Grassed Waterway 412 522
5
2,746
8
2,664
29
1,814
10
37,258
16
1,556
11
1,679
14
2,961
10
52
2
967
3
948
1
1,092
2
971
2
948
1


192
1




Grazing Bundle 1 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ1

































361
5
Grazing Bundle 3 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ3































4,547
3
2,024
3
Grazing Bundle 4 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ4

































7,922
1
Heavy Use Area Protection 561 3,856
7
4,216
10
19,740
34
1,730
16
157,286
28
3,226
81
8,992
84
6,732
73
6,652
82
27,169
82
15,766
86
47,178
45
18,147
37
30,428
63
30,722
73
60,670
50
17,610
61
45,372
71
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 59,259
980
112,287
2,604
130,857
1,504
123,043
1,468
98,810
1,049
260,258
1,311
167,803
918
123,448
968
60,739
461
200,678
468
31,366
216
44,114
350
7,800
170
7,536
161
2,067
40
1,598
29
4,543
107
1,673
46
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

























177
3
1,347
41
5,191
67
8,165
153
7,143
121
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441 11,696
219
47,406
552
31,312
631
28,577
713
24,772
620
24,826
561
37,182
838
30,353
776
39,215
745
34,528
802
31,498
984
33,512
959
27,807
778
41,796
695
48,703
614
18,784
596
13,620
467
14,027
428
Irrigation System, Tailwater Recovery 447 2,461
25
2,510
54
2,989
68
8,086
74
6,188
87
3,746
55
1,859
48
4,395
60
2,210
42
1,279
16
1,201
18
22
1
130
2
244
2




144
1


Irrigation Water Management 449 60,562
1,201
137,457
2,953
113,789
1,921
171,383
2,631
169,357
2,615
251,906
4,047
246,570
4,425
187,370
3,153
226,906
4,141
186,399
2,929
132,655
2,197
98,175
1,887
57,653
1,478
48,391
1,265
34,982
943
40,122
949
26,668
745
37,224
938
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

























223
3
124
2
1,613
38
8,359
148
3,475
87
Land Reclamation, Abandoned Mined Land 543



61
1






























Land Reclamation, Currently Mined Land 544







61
1


























Lined Waterway or Outlet 468



























155,037
36
22,136
24
1,614
6
91,633
23
Mulching 484 1,716
23
48,433
119
26,392
184
11,320
123
163,602
158
3,454
83
9,501
195
8,570
207
6,572
155
12,994
202
11,889
235
33,403
208
15,495
213
13,657
202








Nutrient Management 590 39,756
955
78,242
2,280
42,361
810
68,313
1,186
44,099
672
58,787
1,077
47,502
873
69,790
1,004
32,998
627
40,528
774
27,372
688
40,531
971
21,200
457
23,939
561
21,326
398
4,557
137
2,033
61
2,184
50
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590

























147
2
1,674
27
8,121
132
10,250
170
7,621
133
Prescribed Grazing 528 251,635
448
250,603
482
363,081
710
461,572
724
560,930
652
631,451
651
705,017
714
903,656
719
754,116
514
445,544
454
554,554
333
440,991
478
451,257
338
424,281
510
699,649
441
650,122
430
612,213
609
592,317
664
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528



























22,176
78
30,267
77
79,744
184
198,202
430
Range Bundle 4 B000RNG4































842
3
4,391
1
Range Bundle#2 B000RNG2



























26,233
50
16,093
40
16,093
40
10,163
34
Range Planting 550



























24,202
55
33,174
31
1,850
8
3,654
12
Range Planting - Enhancements E550



























7,676
2
7,676
2
162
1
5,464
4
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 10,340
147
7,449
78
20,558
213
54,964
701
62,037
864
72,769
1,060
45,932
879
33,727
732
37,334
694
23,580
504
39,820
644
16,620
271
4,150
83
4,150
52
794
12
87
1
25
1
1,022
14
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345



























112
2
56
1
224
6
264
5
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 1,826
26
2,971
33
2,183
22
2,400
24
2,387
20
1,821
19
952
13
1,262
66
1,339
23
740
8
1,339
11
3,343
50
1,839
24
710
11
1,385
23
674
12
561
11
952
18
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329

























54
1
646
7
700
8
646
7
519
6
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 690
8
22,887
18
2,671
24
4,100
12
24,093
44
4,137
29
10,327
42
11,731
23
785
6
2,740
8
2,730
12
42,812
21
14,627
22
71,180
16
14,724
14
1,303
12
391
5
332
4
Riparian Forest Buffer - Enhancements E391



























197
2
7,041
1
7,041
1


Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390 210
1
2,348
10
5,133
33
388
9
665
13
10,274
12
117,018
15
1,680
10
616
9
335
7
4,538
9
5,077
17
17,038
9
6,999
7
183
3
16,662
10
14,399
1
185
2
Roof Runoff Structure 558 1,397
7
1,143
2
3,210
16
3,656
31
10,919
12
3,877
13
504
14
2,235
54
916
21
519
12
85
9
268
7
486
10
770
6
797
13
830
21
1,303
16
66
8
Roofs and Covers 367



























75
8
350
5
10
1
277
9
Sediment Basin 350 126
1
2,496
13
931
19
1,554
10
2,662
15
433
10
358
3
1,077
9
20
1
81
2
107
3
28
3
43
2
38
2
13
1
193
2
1,275
8
9
1
Stream Crossing 578

1,758
2
32
1
87,661
36
181,240
31
91,722
54
540,782
68
392,910
78
503,114
103
291,025
115
236,601
71
136,434
35
49,116
48
278,475
59
307,063
64
59,781
38
17,994
16
108,448
86
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395 222
4
1,440
11
37,806
36
3,933
30
3,702
16
635
7
44,667
17
534
5
79
1
4,671
15
1,854
9
64,071
3
2,815
13










Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580 4,609
29
12,281
43
15,509
46
3,317
41
39,889
60
20,839
25
2,526
15
262
5
18,566
11
1,015
8
4,937
13
17,891
25
4,861
10
1,605
12
3,921
10
27
1


36
2
Streambank and Shoreline Protection - Enhancements E580



























7,041
1


5,247
6
7,922
1
Structure for Water Control 587 191,753
207
44,597
216
78,304
274
167,164
286
360,145
343
149,121
289
615,817
347
501,601
405
1,253,784
431
603,836
442
368,374
425
153,793
340
169,926
369
700,776
411
300,402
302
157,366
307
64,677
236
1,311,210
201
Terrace 600



167
5
46
3
22,820
1


























Toxic Salt Reduction 610 7,578
112
9,354
117
21,370
324
13,536
176
9,499
88
15,080
178
15,106
183
43,357
475
44,261
646
24,017
415
28,112
430
4,432
39
3,049
65
2,565
53


190
4


99
14
Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 4,003
57
8,632
80
25,459
106
17,050
110
107,497
137
46,240
112
174,922
120
35,110
63
23,041
72
181,512
70
51,720
94
118,296
92
737,593
147
84,484
96
91,696
118
22,990
72
45,365
53
75,359
48
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612

























7,041
1
7,041
1
10,337
7
7,790
9
3,681
8
Waste Facility Closure 360

































99
3
Waste Recycling 633 5,969
160
8,805
314
6,087
45
6,567
88
5,232
72
32,271
637
15,781
283
3,440
95
673
22
547
17
83
5
491
17












Waste Storage Facility 313 2,638
22
3,601
47
2,147
55
3,310
77
783
32
1,120
29
457
8
70
4
311
12
1,389
28
2,570
45
5,164
71
2,921
61
2,640
56
1,253
30
2,789
44
4,350
57
3,023
36
Waste Transfer 634 7,861
23
11,299
58
11,855
77
5,823
51
2,641
56
5,527
98
6,727
118
7,562
99
6,481
96
7,550
113
5,447
114
3,574
84
4,470
54
1,559
42
945
31
2,974
39
6,754
67
5,486
66
Waste Treatment 629

425
3
19
2
1,151
4
61
3
251
5


446
5


290
2
21
1




353
1








Waste Treatment Lagoon 359 43
2
70
4




137
5


























Water Well Decommissioning 351

100
1
8,941
1






30
1




22
1
452
2
19
2


152
3
3,115
3
356
1
74
1


Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 842
11
1,273
20
17,210
72
3,843
51
17,609
32
1,968
21
676
9
225
3
167
2




8,472
5
224
4
9,073
1
13
3
10
1




Wetland Creation 658 100
1
347
5
67
2
681
3
512
6


1,539
2






















Wetland Enhancement 659 9,089
31
19,619
61
34,916
190
39,611
183
39,759
206
41,997
174
45,439
204
47,247
199
37,220
129
10,909
11
6,536
7
254
1
1,561
3


41
1


609
2
650
1
Wetland Restoration 657 7,410
122
13,403
144
19,860
131
13,471
106
14,855
157
4,585
64
3,496
22
9,044
42
5,245
13
437
7
1,642
5
122
2
10
1


748
4






Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 1,390
12
918
14
1,632
35
3,057
26
1,519
19
1,842
31
1,175
29
749
25
936
18
1,248
20
1,505
20
1,318
14
1,215
14
818
10
883
11
866
16
289
7
9
3
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650

15
1




4
1
21
1




515
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 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)































609
18


Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







797
14
25,418
739
35,134
823
36,249
827
26,977
664
30,577
609
16,997
404
11,788
227
10,031
135
3,224
88
541
22
488
10
327
3


Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 12,002
152
20,234
414
30,032
938
37,751
1,186
33,027
710
20,882
416
21,944
464
9,380
347
1,120
45




189
24
353
10




1,298
66
1,580
217


Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























7,272
11
23,889
263
51,704
480
181,197
1,143
366,292
1,090
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 218,295
4,872
319,700
10,302
465,191
4,995
540,836
6,353
596,453
5,786
816,952
8,674
904,322
8,709
752,817
7,734
783,838
6,959
741,071
6,754
635,470
4,783
488,862
3,979
403,429
1,545
344,599
1,271
674,794
1,081
627,487
601
453,028
450
482,933
789
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 8,919
33
47,129
114
9,401
69
5,086
29
46,365
78
28,173
20
298
3






















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 242,102
1,965
232,132
3,019
314,947
4,382
307,172
5,107
532,220
4,427
410,741
5,356
672,641
5,217
757,848
5,479
646,131
5,134
513,679
3,962
389,290
3,779
458,028
3,850
408,001
4,027
386,230
3,740
637,177
3,458
399,799
3,306
336,352
2,597
321,687
2,737
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 7,373
9
8,015
14
2,938
16
8,080
19
7,771
21
18,278
17
20,914
38
3,432
21
4,605
4
415
16
335
5
105
1
335
5










Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)











10,304
9
2,867
30
1,211
5
1,211
74


1,211
8












Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























2
2
2,200
17
42,244
87
39,323
233
9,328
207
31,872
290
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 7,595
173
10,148
526
22,229
207
19,041
166
20,769
346
25,024
206
17,487
201
23,038
168
23,827
90
2,286
8
330
11






70
4






Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 2,303
24
5,228
43
2,959
47
1,979
57
1,345
75
13,246
72
18,661
94
16,110
40
1,517
26
10,810
20
11,788
38
2,575
52
1,117
5
186
6








Other 5,061
10
18,939
49
329
8




















3
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.

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 485,641
7,238
627,267
14,481
791,661
10,662
856,787
12,917
1,176,697
11,457
1,283,458
15,500
1,544,404
15,558
1,503,648
14,646
1,378,986
12,927
1,272,990
11,443
1,032,815
9,020
941,657
8,141
807,182
5,729
734,266
5,136
1,316,730
4,915
1,058,522
4,696
958,248
4,635
1,168,605
4,906
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 658 100
1
347
5
67
2
681
3
512
6


1,539
2






















Wetland Enhancement 659 9,089
31
19,619
61
34,916
190
39,611
183
39,759
206
41,997
174
45,439
204
47,247
199
37,220
129
10,909
11
6,536
7
254
1
1,561
3


41
1


609
2
650
1
Wetland Restoration 657 7,410
122
13,403
144
19,860
131
13,471
106
14,855
157
4,585
64
3,496
22
9,044
42
5,245
13
437
7
1,642
5
122
2
10
1


748
4






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)































609
2


Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 3,833
5
11,740
29
11,664
29
12,724
34
12,356
40
11,639
32
11,060
27






















Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 966
41
2,163
31
18,078
185
17,075
182
9,676
148
7,996
116
11,506
70
12,925
103
6,855
66
8,100
4
7,852
7
254
1
1,329
2


748
4




650
1
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 320
5


278
4
96
5
511
9
145
3
239
4
6,646
17
2,628
6
280
6
4
1
122
2
241
2


41
1






Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 6,820
96
9,126
144
16,196
100
14,157
66
19,538
167
16,240
82
16,754
126
21,941
115
23,153
69
2,286
7
158
3














Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 1,165
7
123
6
1,041
5
332
5
237
5
487
5
254
1
4,305
6
74
1
0
1
165
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 12,734
154
22,567
210
46,582
323
41,554
292
39,342
369
33,164
238
35,563
228
45,696
241
32,332
142
10,666
18
8,178
12
375
3
1,571
4


789
5


609
2
650
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]