NRCS Conservation Programs

Hawaii and Pacific Basin

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

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

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


Financial Information

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

There are three categories of Total Obligations presented below:

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

Total Obligations, by Fiscal Year and Type
Total Obligations, by Fiscal Year and Type
In thousands of dollars
Fund Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Technical Assistance $14,739.5
$14,300.0
$12,131.7
$13,312.1
$13,515.3
$16,632.6
$12,530.1
$11,977.1
$11,048.7
$10,560.7
$10,003.2
$10,792.1
$10,219.6
$10,687.6
$10,754.2
$12,739.9
$12,367.2
$19,482.3
Financial Assistance $18,832.5
$14,558.6
$16,596.2
$10,680.0
$11,171.8
$17,364.2
$8,801.0
$11,447.5
$6,358.7
$10,469.9
$8,317.6
$8,452.2
$8,359.0
$10,300.6
$20,072.5
$12,220.2
$12,549.7
$24,969.3
Reimbursable $51.3
$194.6
$-121.8
$3.4
$41.2
$49.6
$345.2
$292.5
$92.6
$28.0
$48.7
$25.7
$245.5


$415.5

$13.6
Total $33,623.4
$29,053.3
$28,606.3
$23,995.8
$24,728.3
$34,046.6
$21,676.2
$23,717.1
$17,500.0
$21,058.6
$18,369.5
$19,269.8
$18,824.1
$20,988.2
$30,826.7
$25,375.6
$24,916.9
$44,465.2
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.

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)








$275.4
$371.5
$256.8
$269.3
$180.7
$256.0
$1,694.8
$1,245.3
$556.8
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)


$154.6
$153.3
$336.9
$151.2
$121.1
$81.0
$316.9
$336.9
$211.4
$373.7
$126.0
$268.6
$436.0
$243.9
$229.5
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $48.3
$24.3
$5.9
$3.6
$2.2
$24.5
$128.4
$289.6
$37.6
$22.1
$91.1
$112.0
$38.8
$115.6
$95.6
$76.2
$95.6
$446.4
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $145.7
$270.1
$328.5
$429.8
$426.9
$388.6
$363.1
$368.2
$162.6
$123.5
$108.5
$-1.9
$0.3





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$28.0
$327.2
$219.5
$215.5
$327.2
$325.4
$706.4
$567.3
$496.4
$795.2
$1,935.5
$1,825.7
$2,205.6
$2,100.8
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $6,708.0
$6,835.5
$5,814.8
$6,139.0
$6,776.8
$8,469.6
$6,673.7
$6,090.6
$5,845.6
$6,322.7
$6,282.2
$6,635.7
$5,864.6
$5,832.4
$5,454.8
$6,799.7
$5,205.7
$5,725.8
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $12,236.9
$8,102.7
$9,179.6
$8,967.5
$9,570.6
$9,494.7
$9,444.1
$12,093.4
$9,789.0
$9,087.3
$9,725.6
$10,843.2
$10,679.0
$11,957.5
$16,753.3
$13,700.9
$12,739.9
$15,420.9
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $2,153.5
$1,886.2
$1,116.3
$1,122.1
$335.9
$15.5
$653.2
$2,564.2
$116.7
$15.4
$2.2
$0.4
$9.2
$13.3




Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $348.6
$6.2
$0.7
$0.7
$6.8
$109.1
$117.5
$177.5
$113.2
$7.6
$12.9
$0.1
$7.8
$5.4




Plant Materials Center (PMC) $458.5
$459.4
$370.7
$348.3
$421.1
$400.5
$359.9
$387.8
$326.5
$350.0
$259.0
$297.1
$257.8
$299.0
$275.6
$312.8
$614.8
$348.0
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$12.2
$15.4
$8.3
$541.4
$869.9
$194.3
$139.1
$75.9
$594.0
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $788.5
$768.8
$814.3
$1,544.7
$909.6
$932.4
$396.4











Soil Survey (SOIL) $614.3
$630.9
$669.1
$630.2
$654.1
$632.7
$584.9
$434.9
$296.6
$277.0
$332.2
$294.6
$258.4
$280.7
$277.8
$372.2
$262.5
$287.0
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $259.3
$216.4
$256.0
$18.4














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $5,949.6
$7,362.0
$944.7
$505.5
$3,536.9
$6,877.6
$1,746.2
$413.5
$114.9
$3,834.1
$2.2
$-0.3

$0.8
$1,212.4
$-1.1
$1,258.3
$18,665.7
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)







$5.7
$24.3
$3.5







Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $1,164.6
$235.7
$5,960.2
$2,174.5
$317.0
$5,625.3
$550.8
$171.3
$11.4
$0.6
$3.2
$5.4
$-0.1
$52.7
$4,102.1
$19.3
$47.3
$76.0
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $1,256.1
$706.2
$137.9
$524.5
$545.9
$92.4
$139.9
$210.3
$153.8
$48.2
$35.0
$6.3
$17.3
$459.0
$0.7



Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $1,518.2
$1,548.9
$3,007.6
$1,432.4
$1,043.2
$319.6
$147.4
$179.2
$118.2
$14.2
$81.7
$33.4
$10.3





Other $-26.7








$1.8






$922.1
$14.3
Total $33,623.4
$29,053.3
$28,606.3
$23,995.8
$24,728.3
$34,046.6
$21,676.2
$23,717.1
$17,500.0
$21,058.6
$18,369.5
$19,269.8
$18,824.1
$20,988.2
$30,826.7
$25,375.6
$24,916.9
$44,465.2
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, WHIP was 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)








$275.4
$371.5
$256.8
$269.3
$180.7
$256.0
$235.8
$339.3
$445.8
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)


$5.3
$8.3
$39.8
$48.5
$14.7
$40.9
$59.0
$67.8
$88.3
$42.6
$63.7
$61.6
$20.5
$45.2
$44.1
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)








$22.1
$91.1
$112.0
$38.8
$115.6
$95.6
$76.2
$95.6
$446.4
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $55.1
$91.1
$59.9
$46.7
$28.6
$30.1
$61.3
$77.2
$28.0
$6.7
$21.2
$-1.9
$0.3





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$28.0
$221.3
$95.7
$89.3
$201.0
$194.5
$680.6
$537.6
$488.7
$577.0
$683.2
$774.8
$835.0
$839.5
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $6,705.0
$6,665.2
$5,942.4
$6,139.2
$6,737.9
$8,444.5
$6,571.9
$6,087.7
$5,844.9
$6,322.7
$6,233.4
$6,610.0
$5,859.1
$5,832.4
$5,454.8
$6,799.7
$5,205.7
$5,722.8
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $2,557.8
$2,144.7
$2,605.1
$2,684.0
$2,536.1
$2,556.4
$2,914.9
$3,887.0
$3,731.2
$2,668.9
$3,073.2
$2,544.0
$2,897.1
$3,037.0
$3,383.3
$4,051.1
$3,535.5
$4,222.3
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $77.8
$46.8
$26.3
$19.6
$10.9
$15.5
$45.8
$62.8
$116.7
$15.4
$2.2
$0.4
$9.2
$13.3




Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $348.6
$6.2
$0.7
$0.7
$6.8
$97.1
$99.5
$175.0
$113.2
$7.6
$12.9
$0.1
$7.8
$5.4




Plant Materials Center (PMC) $458.5
$459.4
$370.7
$348.3
$421.1
$400.5
$359.9
$387.8
$326.5
$350.0
$259.0
$297.1
$257.8
$299.0
$275.6
$312.8
$614.8
$348.0
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$12.2
$15.4
$8.3
$62.9
$167.3
$154.7
$81.4
$75.9
$242.9
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $788.5
$768.8
$814.3
$1,544.7
$909.6
$932.4
$396.4











Soil Survey (SOIL) $614.3
$630.9
$669.1
$630.2
$654.1
$632.7
$584.9
$434.9
$296.6
$277.0
$332.2
$294.6
$258.4
$280.7
$277.8
$372.2
$262.5
$287.0
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $259.3
$216.4
$256.0
$18.4














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $2,249.6
$2,799.1
$435.6
$505.5
$1,327.9
$2,548.7
$887.9
$413.5
$60.6
$260.3
$-1,280.8
$-0.3

$0.8
$12.4
$-1.1
$1,258.3
$6,793.2
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)







$5.7
$24.3
$3.5







Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $251.2
$62.7
$328.6
$451.0
$312.5
$478.4
$233.9
$12.9
$11.4
$0.6
$3.2
$5.4
$-0.1
$3.8
$98.5
$16.5
$47.3
$76.0
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $58.1
$61.0
$14.4
$67.3
$25.8
$76.4
$97.4
$155.1
$153.8
$48.2
$35.0
$6.3
$17.3
$110.9
$0.7



Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $315.7
$347.7
$608.6
$851.2
$507.7
$158.8
$132.1
$179.2
$118.2
$14.0
$81.7
$33.4
$10.3





Other








$1.8






$52.1
$14.3
Total $14,739.5
$14,300.0
$12,131.7
$13,312.1
$13,515.3
$16,632.6
$12,530.1
$11,977.1
$11,048.7
$10,560.7
$10,003.2
$10,792.1
$10,219.6
$10,687.6
$10,754.2
$12,739.9
$12,367.2
$19,482.3
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CTA, PMC, SNOW, and SOIL also include multi-year funds.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, WHIP was 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)














$1,459.0
$906.0
$111.0
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)


$149.2
$144.9
$297.0
$102.7
$106.4
$40.1
$257.9
$269.1
$123.1
$91.0
$62.3
$207.0

$198.7
$174.8
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $90.5
$178.9
$268.6
$383.0
$398.3
$358.5
$301.8
$291.0
$134.6
$116.9
$87.3







Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)




$105.9
$123.9
$126.2
$126.2
$130.8
$25.8
$29.8
$7.7
$218.2
$1,252.3
$1,050.9
$1,370.6
$1,261.3
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $9,679.2
$5,958.0
$6,574.5
$6,283.5
$7,034.5
$6,938.2
$6,529.2
$8,206.4
$6,057.8
$6,418.4
$6,652.4
$8,299.3
$7,781.9
$8,920.5
$13,370.0
$9,649.8
$9,204.4
$11,198.6
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $2,075.7
$1,839.4
$1,090.0
$1,102.5
$325.0

$607.4
$2,501.4










Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)




$12.0
$18.0
$2.5










Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)











$478.4
$702.6
$39.6
$57.7

$351.1
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $3,700.0
$4,562.9
$509.2

$2,209.0
$4,328.9
$858.3


$3,545.8
$1,283.0



$1,200.0


$11,872.5
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $913.3
$173.0
$5,631.5
$1,723.4
$4.4
$5,146.9
$201.9
$158.4





$48.9
$4,003.6
$2.8


Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $1,198.0
$645.2
$123.5
$457.2
$520.2
$16.0
$42.4
$55.2





$348.1




Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $1,202.5
$1,201.2
$2,398.9
$581.2
$535.5
$160.8
$15.4


$0.2








Other $-26.7















$870.0

Total $18,832.5
$14,558.6
$16,596.2
$10,680.0
$11,171.8
$17,364.2
$8,801.0
$11,447.5
$6,358.7
$10,469.9
$8,317.6
$8,452.2
$8,359.0
$10,300.6
$20,072.5
$12,220.2
$12,549.7
$24,969.3
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CRP, CTA, PMC, RCD, SNOW, SOIL, and WSP do not provide financial assistance.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, WHIP was authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP, FRPP, and GRP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out contracts, agreements, or easements entered into prior to the date of enactment of the 2014 Act, including the provision of technical assistance, provided that no such contract, agreement, or easement is modified so as to increase the amount of payment received. Pursuant to this authority, the funds obligated in FY 2014 were used to carry out acquisition and restoration activities on those prior contracts, agreements, or easements.

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











$240.1


$415.5

$10.6
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $48.3
$24.3
$5.9
$3.6
$2.2
$24.5
$128.4
$289.6
$37.6









Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $3.0
$170.3
$-127.7
$-0.2
$39.0
$25.1
$101.8
$2.9
$0.7

$48.7
$25.7
$5.4




$3.0
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)







$54.3
$28.0








Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)





$115.0











Total $51.3
$194.6
$-121.8
$3.4
$41.2
$49.6
$345.2
$292.5
$92.6
$28.0
$48.7
$25.7
$245.5


$415.5

$13.6
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.
• 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 Management Assistance (AMA)





1,226
1
13,997
12
3,221
49
22
40
48
43
61
25
29
41
119
27
296
57
438
62
380
57
936
56
695
30
83
35
97
33
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)





41
1


17
5
13
2
530
10
251
15
201
6
240
6
751
10
12
3










Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)































4,637
149
7,062
342
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP Contracts)









7,098
16
1,321
7
56
3


446
4
722
1
116
2


2,234
30
1,884
31
2,205
32




Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 60,940
468
30,051
754
66,921
1,131
28,532
366
30,788
263
39,253
361
49,567
453
22,107
484
49,739
557
52,566
465
40,445
243
14,142
170
24,038
432
39,320
306
35,629
247
40,754
32
115
6
3
3
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 6,891
434
29,228
870
30,665
2,307
52,068
1,939
42,788
1,851
41,756
2,148
48,303
1,901
35,879
1,508
36,469
1,600
45,167
1,475
56,555
1,276
34,504
1,008
28,943
1,022
60,408
1,049
64,300
1,201
66,201
1,456
96,910
1,369
68,974
1,386
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 2,704
68


16
1










1,381
4


801
2
801
1
394
12


394
12






Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























46
1
2,257
6
49,907
29
47,846
31
48,091
31
87,648
48
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)











3
1
4
1
7
3


















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 142
2
63
6
264
22
462
27
303
20
164
8
390
6
101
2
2
1


5
6


5
5










Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 17,435
57
10,517
20
14,195
100
17,066
107
14,291
121
11,343
85
13,437
113
10,130
59
1,510
21
109
43
486
19
411
6
410
1










Other





2
1




























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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Fiscal Year
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres Number
Land units treated by at least one program 87,326
500
59,523
721
109,389
1,576
91,218
1,221
88,062
1,209
82,347
1,437
104,236
1,475
67,485
1,213
88,312
1,368
97,586
1,166
97,574
851
47,738
620
53,586
761
102,165
666
151,945
747
157,391
677
149,718
686
136,535
760
Percent of land units treated by multiple programs 0.92%
5.20%
17.37%
3.33%
2.45%
4.76%
8.97%
3.60%
16.01%
2.81%
16.62%
2.64%
7.19%
4.14%
1.95%
3.87%
1.26%
4.09%
0.50%
3.69%
1.10%
1.41%
6.63%
5.16%
1.31%
2.76%
0.20%
0.90%
0.57%
3.35%
0.91%
1.03%
0.08%
1.60%
19.96%
1.18%
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
Alley Cropping 311







4
2
3
4


5
2
7
2






0
1






26
2
20
1
Conservation Cover 327

385
66
153
21
212
22
514
37
354
36
4,417
62
5,726
26
1,003
35
155
30
1,011
17
213
2
214
4
192
19
1,674
35
33
13
102
9
5
2
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327































1
1
1
1
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 1,755
55
885
94
2,247
252
177
82
112
95
183
79
117
38
56
21
400
66
738
61
404
70
159
35
236
66
177
38
370
25
259
18
62
28
72
6
Contour Farming 330 45
10
10
18
20
22
1,052
42
225
9
547
12
300
11
14
8
104
2




896
7
1
1
5
2


19
3




Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops 331 2
2
26
5
113
16
12
5
43
17
1,408
13
12
12
21
13
4
4


















Cover Crop 340 934
26
1,319
120
3,944
205
2,095
75
631
55
1,301
112
4,453
98
2,477
107
9,961
93
4,508
75
2,253
70
5,825
67
4,326
72
5,072
111
2,759
49
2,548
36
107
17
454
22
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340



























9
5
9
2


9
5
Critical Area Planting 342 4
1
7
2
22
8
9
3
24
4
113
7
208
10
242
3
7
3
239
5
359
3
1
1


32
1
0
1
15
1
0
3
21
1
Deep Tillage 324 5,665
52
1,177
32
3,353
189
2,116
39
3,472
41
4,682
47
9,161
52
1,526
17
14,408
80
17,800
95
15,911
68
275
6
569
33
382
19
5,347
24
13
2




Diversion 362 1
1
75
3
148
11
56
4
1,321
13
435
3
99
5
289
11
9
4
175
14
13
1




23
3




21
1


Field Border 386 8
7
306
74
51
16
24
14
10
9
11
3
484
10
2
1
10
6
196
1


817
6












Forage and Biomass Planting 512











39
6










171
11
5
1




10
6


Grassed Waterway 412 13
3
13
3
379
9
294
3
122
5
213
1
64
6
2,194
25
18
1












177
2




Herbaceous Wind Barriers 603

393
9




1
2
1
2
9
7
17
8
11
2
18
13
60
6
2
2
1
3
1
1








Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 43
32
162
62
973
331
545
179
354
137
443
208
227
123
101
72
303
61
260
51
267
35
46
12
36
19
51
8
20
2
5
1


5
1
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

































6
1
Irrigation Water Management 449 519
29
859
44
1,006
177
478
107
1,806
63
3,677
86
206
49
105
70
924
40
403
105
138
79
59
30
55
25
70
11
129
27
132
11
39
23
110
24
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

































2
2
Lined Waterway or Outlet 468



4
1
15
1
1
1








9
1
















Mulching 484 32
8
39
27
287
110
243
78
611
66
401
113
550
105
637
100
658
114
205
94
259
108
236
110
537
92
975
105
2,643
153
630
121
813
116
835
150
Mulching - Enhancements E484

































10
12
Nutrient Management 590 88
30
115
58
629
285
1,144
192
567
113
879
150
235
112
98
78
223
117
368
90
522
70
150
57
73
30
122
36
396
55
36
4
7
7
27
19
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590



























295
24
295
24
302
31
301
30
Residue Management, Seasonal 344 2,520
10
2,536
11
6
5
19
7
95
1
1,121
11


741
12
418
5
282
10
239
4
1,118
8
328
3
10
1








Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345



271
7
24
1








13
20
10
9
20
15
410
53
142
36
58
15
13
2
11
1




Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 79
34
1,230
82
4,301
100
83
58
54
29
154
48
174
110
214
136
200
109
209
37
25
20
3
5
17
4
4
5
1
1
0
1


1
7
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 19
2
6
1
4
1
















35
1












Row Arrangement 557







4
2
1
1
























Silvopasture Establishment 381

























5
1








Stripcropping 585 20
2


































Terrace 600 199
11


45
3


1,627
9
1,716
11
322
5
3,942
30




1,926
17




11
1








Underground Outlet 620







9
2




1
1




















Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 1
1










28
2






















Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 219
23
152
23
184
53
453
57
369
54
208
45
501
79
1,023
52
180
29
1,171
58
924
27
194
22
1,008
24
1,214
33
6,265
58
544
46
180
30
337
31
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650 1
1
8
3
159
6


7
2
36
18
31
13
7
2
30
9


17
5
36
14
13
5
31
10


16
2
80
6
3
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 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 Management Assistance (AMA)







3
4
8
23
16
23
25
33
13
12
25
33
9
15
17
11
28
14
10
6
16
20
11
6
25
14
11
9
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



























305
55
301
28
307
41
370
111
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 8,926
146
5,794
353
9,886
756
5,765
215
6,202
118
9,023
178
18,199
287
10,223
314
26,260
311
21,168
228
18,063
169
5,308
138
5,708
198
AR
182
AR
140
AR
6
AR
3
AR
1
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 469
194
552
384
1,453
1,065
1,209
745
1,753
641
1,246
805
1,274
602
762
446
935
479
1,188
488
919
431
909
289
806
217
AR
233
AR
246
AR
248
AR
222
AR
200
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)



3
7
12
9
13
5
8
4
13
3
8
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.
• 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 9,390
340
6,315
737
11,274
1,828
6,941
969
7,939
768
10,254
1,010
19,441
915
11,001
795
26,993
802
22,158
749
18,942
615
6,175
438
6,522
429
6,883
421
4,188
461
3,143
288
962
280
1,101
321
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 328 506
39
148
44
126
20
163
37
56
17
290
14
112
10
25
5
2
2
Cover Crop 340 621
40
106
26
386
16
120
28
35
10
193
9
101
9
34
6
2
2
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345



294
6
116
27
41
10
13
2
11
1




Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 168
24
5
10
3
5
17
4
2
3


0
1




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

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to 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
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)





2
2
2
3
2
2






Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 427
48


268
4
129
63
40
25








Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 141
55
110
80
103
43
36
31
14
12
204
23
112
21
25
11
2
4
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 568
103
110
80
371
47
152
96
56
40
206
25
112
21
25
11
2
4
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



13
2
48
13
22
6


0
1




Cover Crop 340



13
2
48
13
22
6


0
1




Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345



26
4
47
10
22
6








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





2
3




0
1




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

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to 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
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)







2
3








Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)





47
30
20
15








Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)



13
8
2
9




0
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 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



13
8
48
39
22
18


0
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 472 377
1
5,764
8
575
4




914
17
2,184
49
6,278
32
2,417
8
65
24
73
28
15
13
12
3


4,400
4
2
1




Conservation Cover 327

385
66
266
25
426
27
5,681
52
362
44
4,477
72
7,040
45
1,016
40
169
36
1,043
22
226
3
219
7
195
21
1,674
35
35
14
429
12
15
10
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327



























0
1


1
1
2
2
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647

9
1
































Hedgerow Planting 422











2
1


1
4
1
1
133
3
101
2
11
1
2
1
9
3
27
2
54
3
8
2
Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643

5
1
462
6
868
4
782
5
1,227
10
561
8
552
7


17
1


84
1


79
2
1,354
11
1,219
8
178
3
1,562
10
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 39
3
61
5
129
3
26
2




6
3
147
3
234
7
202
4
137
2
35
1
68
4


23
1




47
2
Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390









20
1








6
2














Shallow Water Development and Management 646 14
19


6
15


28
4
13
2
13
3
8
2




















Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 66,667
37
2,775
33
76,180
86
16,653
31
16,610
41
12,711
42
13,719
38
13,859
35
1,905
35
944
72
5,093
48
1,059
28
874
30
2,138
7
4,382
27
334
28
48,760
57
93,412
31
Wetland Creation 658

70
10
22
1
8
4


0
1
66
2






















Wetland Enhancement 659 14
19
5
4
151
10
134
7
71
6
115
3
304
4
101
1




















Wetland Restoration 657 53
21
16
1
65
4
65
3


6
2




2
1


















Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management 644 391
20
62
12
436
16
500
26
287
15
247
14
141
7
65
5
22
1
63
3
58
8
7
2
14
5










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 Management Assistance (AMA)















2
1










2
2






Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)









7
2


117
2
251
11
201
2
167
2
679
7
12
3










Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



























0
2
0
1
1
3
80
9
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 47,407
85
2,009
120
45,901
88
6,185
25
6,532
31
1,808
43
5,357
69
7,204
41
1,454
22
511
23
851
18
262
4
621
11
193
16
2,284
32


50
1


Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 186
3
5,542
10
1,275
13
870
24
1,676
33
630
43
2,910
65
5,905
53
2,391
50
400
97
4,576
80
112
37
120
30
78
13
624
37
381
45
1,571
58
171
34
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)

























2,143
2
3,289
9
1,201
7
46,828
14
48,034
14
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 23
1
50
3
215
6
462
24
75
6
134
5
101
3
101
1
2
1


5
4


5
5










Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 17,433
31
1,368
8
14,186
63
10,266
31
14,182
53
11,308
43
12,683
50
9,865
33
1,477
11
95
19
482
9
411
2
410
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 65,048
120
8,969
141
61,577
170
17,783
104
21,527
123
13,886
136
20,994
187
23,044
130
5,576
96
1,155
141
6,081
113
1,463
50
1,168
50
2,414
31
6,142
82
1,582
53
48,451
76
48,284
57
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



2
1






538
18
913
8
2
2
52
6
22
8
2
2




4,400
4






Brush Management 314





3,281
6
2,116
3
2,700
5
2,310
4
536
7
5
3
2,049
21
259
6
1,424
9
462
22
151
10
53,832
24
95,519
28
335
26
61,290
28
Forest Stand Improvement 666

5
1
5,515
4
26
2
12
1
203
1
11
5
96
5
40
5
3
2
15
1
3,010
2
19
2
12
2
2
1


2
1
12
2
Fuel Break 383



















24
2
165
1
35
2










Herbaceous Weed Control 315











8
1
79
3


63
12
46
4
485
10
1,798
21
156
9
46,692
19
93,179
18
2,155
13
59,066
25
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315

































4
1
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595

8,130
6
2,589
24
8,852
7
12,402
10
15,358
14
12,210
35
1,363
13
331
5
284
13
16
1














Multi-Story Cropping 379











38
1
2
1




5
1
4
3
7
1
4
2
11
1
1
2
413
7
303
1
Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643

5
1






335
3
18
3
13
3


17
1


84
1


79
2
1,354
11
1,219
8
178
3
1,562
10
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 20
1
55
4


25
1




6
3
84
1
227
4
201
3
134
1


63
3








24
1
Tree/Shrub Establishment 612

17
3
426
2
2,693
9
68
3
4
6
2,665
19
131
15
1,847
28
628
32
308
32
210
14
218
22
39
26
27,449
27
247
42
28,791
51
87,017
49
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612



























37
10
22
6
94
18
732
38
Tree/Shrub Pruning 660





27
2




13
4




3
2
15
1


19
2
19
2
82
6
74
4


43
6
Tree/Shrub Site Preparation 490



485
2
2,689
7
4
1
4
4
221
32
509
27
919
39
2,191
43
663
25
305
21
349
32
27,273
40
512
47
27,483
52
31,056
44
110,848
46
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 11,654
5
1,144
13
31,645
19
9,634
10
9,662
7
10,122
10
11,869
17
11,662
15
498
24
665
43
718
27
1,012
16
454
19
2,112
5
4,265
20
129
17
46,989
35
93,334
25
Woody Residue Treatment 384











16
10
60
19
298
23
55
35
312
18
72
14
165
18
56
18
87
29
182
26
160
14
85
19
Woody Residue Treatment - Enhancements E384

































2
2
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• 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 Management Assistance (AMA)









2
6








1
1
47
5
86
9
5
2
5
1






Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)











4
1
497
5
247
10
201
4
207
4
748
8
4
1










Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



























107
12
96
10
1,835
21
2,175
55
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 20
2
437
23
11,833
20
6,862
30
13
3
975
6
2,412
21
174
7
815
17
2,218
32


3,265
7
1,515
30
2
3
1,842
3
11
3




Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

5
1
2,162
26
3,025
8
2,626
9
1,563
15
1,225
77
5,292
87
583
94
588
165
487
117
1,593
67
381
102
27,399
105
29,311
154
27,693
159
28,767
160
28,952
153
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























46
1
2,257
6
49,907
29
47,846
31
48,091
31
87,648
45
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 11,634
4
8,822
4
9,112
6
8,822
6
8,153
13
8,822
16
11,447
53
8,547
18
451
12
52
12
443
5
411
6
410
1










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

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Forest Land Conservation Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 11,654
6
9,263
28
23,104
52
14,575
44
10,791
25
11,363
43
12,777
152
14,497
117
1,835
133
2,988
213
1,138
127
6,065
93
2,371
144
29,663
116
81,171
199
75,646
203
78,690
212
91,582
253
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 560 418
7


5
2




1,285
3


35
2








2
1
12
2
201
3
201
1
42
2
27
1
Animal Trails and Walkways 575





3,339
1




























Brush Management 314 2,682
67
852
76
7,836
187
12,064
166
13,201
111
8,806
143
6,167
90
7,801
83
9,256
137
4,039
92
11,491
44
10,563
34
6,608
61
4,586
72
5,293
66
6,760
84
7,309
88
10,936
92
Critical Area Planting 342



51
1
626
4
2,150
2
2,360
5
7,254
6
532
7


2
2
101
2






23
2
83
1
8
1
1
1
Fence 382 3,030
75
12,820
110
13,664
233
35,705
155
29,262
159
23,652
162
29,666
125
13,664
79
14,270
73
6,256
57
25,430
102
60,750
153
29,153
106
29,512
117
26,354
147
32,471
128
31,481
117
20,766
111
Forage Harvest Management 511 35
1


































Forage and Biomass Planting 512 420
27
227
39
928
63
3,176
105
3,964
106
1,578
48
1,904
53
865
51
4,216
51
6,465
50
1,198
25
1,703
27
2,842
45
573
17
2,203
24
3,630
35
3,578
38
706
19
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512

































0
1
Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment 548



92
4
549
14


97
1








13
5




50
2


60
1




Heavy Use Area Protection 561

4
4
12
4
13
5
11
6
67
8
1,484
15
642
15
1,227
8
938
10
222
13
1,494
29
5,047
34
2,114
28
5,131
58
8,477
103
10,044
75
9,770
63
Herbaceous Weed Control 315











363
2
2,813
9
5,125
56
6,553
50
2,083
25
2,617
14
7,311
33
4,010
38
2,649
23
16,568
43
14,438
66
17,655
63
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315

































60
3
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 761
54
181
32
3,505
102
4,977
121
4,072
62
2,737
67
371
42
422
46
293
30
78
10
0
1
42
2












Livestock Pipeline 516 1,421
16
1,654
47
2,529
61
24,046
82
24,993
123
25,447
124
12,355
117
10,981
53
1,260
17
4,573
33
46,409
37
13,554
45
7,974
40
37,519
66
8,558
59
18,090
111
80,474
69
34,858
158
Nutrient Management 590

44
10
137
22
827
23
40
17
276
14
26
6
502
7
55
4
55
4
















Pond 378 75
5
5,528
2
1,252
6
8,983
2
317
2
1,165
4
1,099
3
207
1
2,037
2
81
1




29
1
1,298
3
83
1
4,971
3




Prescribed Burning 338

3,287
1
































Prescribed Grazing 528 8,471
163
25,964
76
17,897
352
9,407
193
15,797
250
12,004
233
32,009
293
15,097
181
33,793
295
39,438
261
34,208
152
5,157
71
18,938
183
45,819
124
47,907
155
44,643
107
12,761
123
13,530
110
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528





























732
5
799
9
1,493
33
Pumping Plant 533











40
1


76
3


1,916
2


5
1
361
2
106
1
39
2
60
2
302
2
Range Planting 550 567
6
8,486
1
205
10
128
4
684
18
28
1
683
3


43
1












5,998
4
5,555
4
5,070
19
Range Planting - Enhancements E550

































30
1
Silvopasture Establishment 381



















1,578
7
1,630
6
834
7


982
15
3,565
16
3,726
33
526
13
Silvopasture Establishment - Enhancements E381

































202
1
Stream Crossing 578



























8
1


74
3


Waste Recycling 633



2
1






























Watering Facility 614 1,216
17
73,477
51
2,570
87
17,713
127
31,612
115
39,753
175
28,042
126
10,455
68
6,859
25
29,091
59
10,890
43
11,979
69
8,335
95
73,989
109
12,274
94
26,713
179
155,366
128
26,973
138
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380

2
4
19
11
7
7
33
6
75
12
7
3
7
1


11
3
33
2
28
1




19
2
1,822
4
255
4
87
2
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650



4
1


5
1










27
1












20
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 Management Assistance (AMA)





1,226
1
13,994
8
3,210
7








99
7
153
26
304
15
274
34
870
20
656
11
24
1


Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



























1,226
8
2,576
36
2,258
28
4,326
77
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 4,022
166
22,867
87
10,338
209
8,989
60
17,959
72
26,264
57
27,769
63
9,778
69
20,526
152
28,642
129
22,237
22
3,970
11
14,158
114
33,111
76
29,259
60
32,534
19




Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 6,076
204
27,071
366
25,992
936
49,446
947
38,319
897
39,354
936
39,348
818
28,354
530
29,986
546
42,729
499
46,711
429
24,987
413
26,494
466
30,755
470
33,127
551
36,707
761
64,862
733
38,914
755
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 2,704
68


16
1










1,381
4


801
2
801
1
394
12


394
12






Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)



8
1
30
1
30
1


4
4
4
4


2
4
2
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 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 12,366
438
40,434
453
35,471
1,147
55,748
1,009
57,267
978
56,245
1,000
62,078
885
37,050
603
51,545
702
71,218
632
69,048
461
28,465
451
40,755
607
63,946
580
64,365
651
71,074
827
67,064
762
43,194
832
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 Ditch Lining 428







6
1


























Irrigation Field Ditch 388

1
1
































Irrigation Land Leveling 464



3
1






























Irrigation Pipeline 430 0
1
13
11
117
26
186
31
490
48
521
55
147
40
68
41
158
51
103
21
18
6
15
9
290
24
13
3
51
25
83
23
21
13
78
12
Irrigation Reservoir 436



3
4
418
5
625
11
696
12
33
7
4
4
166
4




8
1
1
1
15
7
71
6
125
10
40
8
38
5
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441 227
4
1
3
75
12
657
41
595
41
179
61
69
46
156
63
109
63
77
35
17
7
138
22
77
31
59
7
226
35
76
31
41
26
29
17
Irrigation System, Sprinkler 442

2
1


9
3
7
1
331
8
56
1
48
8
49
14
2
1




114
2


3
1




21
1
Irrigation Water Management 449 519
29
859
44
1,007
178
478
107
1,820
68
3,750
93
214
51
108
71
925
41
484
112
145
82
64
32
55
25
70
11
129
27
149
13
39
23
110
25
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

































2
2
Pumping Plant 533













7
3
8
2
10
1
3
2
0
1


2
1
10
6
15
6
3
2
11
4
Structure for Water Control 587



20
3


70
2


41
4
39
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 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 Management Assistance (AMA)









5
9
6
10
10
10
53
13
23
22
2
3
5
11
20
24
5
5
27
23
37
12
48
18
39
12
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

































2
2
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 434
7
788
5
729
22
393
3
1,577
9
3,619
28
46
7
59
25
1,038
22
353
14


0
1




7
4






Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 86
27
68
54
399
200
907
164
1,321
158
1,468
191
347
128
266
154
224
139
220
134
151
94
159
53
171
59
145
24
296
73
254
71
63
54
189
52
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)













4
1
1
1


















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)



11
1






























Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)

1
1
1
1
25
19
18
5
8
1
14
4
8
1




















Other





2
1




























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

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Irrigation Efficiency Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 520
34
858
60
1,140
224
1,327
187
2,914
172
5,018
229
408
149
346
191
1,297
175
594
170
153
97
164
65
190
83
149
29
326
100
291
83
111
72
230
66
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 472 377
1
5,764
8
575
4




914
17
2,184
49
6,278
32
2,417
8
65
24
73
28
15
13
12
3


4,400
4
2
1




Access Road 560 421
8


553
5
2
4
100
17
1,308
10
39
14
47
5


14
3
4
1
11
3
2
1
18
4








Alley Cropping 311







4
2
3
4


5
2
7
2






0
1






26
2
20
1
Brush Management 314



























59,717
93
102,304
113
7,725
120
72,273
123
Channel Bank Vegetation 322



6
15
1
2




























Composting Facility 317



88
1
2
2
8
3
5
7
34
20
25
17
24
31
37
33
16
18
8
10
23
10


2
2
23
4
6
4
5
5
Conservation Cover 327

385
66
266
25
426
27
5,681
52
362
44
4,477
72
7,040
45
1,016
40
169
36
1,043
22
226
3
219
7
195
21
1,674
35
35
14
429
12
15
10
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327



























0
1


1
1
2
2
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 1,755
55
885
94
2,247
252
177
82
114
96
183
79
117
38
56
21
400
66
738
61
406
71
164
37
236
66
182
40
370
25
259
18
62
28
72
6
Contour Farming 330 45
10
10
18
20
22
1,056
44
225
9
547
12
300
11
14
8
104
2




896
7
1
1
5
2


19
3




Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops 331 2
2
26
5
113
16
12
6
43
17
1,409
14
12
12
21
13
4
4


















Cover Crop 340 934
26
1,319
120
3,944
205
2,112
79
631
55
1,301
112
4,453
98
2,481
109
9,961
93
4,512
77
2,256
72
5,858
69
4,326
72
5,072
111
2,759
49
2,549
37
107
17
454
22
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340



























9
5
9
2


9
5
Critical Area Planting 342 77
12
43
51
453
12
648
11
2,209
8
3,682
21
7,894
26
807
20
1,694
10
260
10
462
9
1
1
473
6
32
1
25
8
108
3
45
6
78
6
Diversion 362 1
1
76
5
167
13
63
6
1,321
13
435
4
99
5
289
11
9
4
175
14
33
2


2
1
23
3
20
1


21
1
230
3
Filter Strip 393 9
1
152
39
22
2


3
1
0
2
























Forage and Biomass Planting 512



























2,203
24
3,630
35
3,578
38
706
19
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512

































0
1
Forest Stand Improvement 666



























2
1


2
1
17
3
Grade Stabilization Structure 410

1
1






3
2






44
1
















Grassed Waterway 412 13
3
13
3
382
11
294
3
122
5
213
1
124
7
2,194
25
56
2










4
1
177
2
20
1


Heavy Use Area Protection 561

5
5
21
6
15
10
20
10
79
13
1,510
24
650
24
1,266
10
940
12
711
21
1,496
33
5,056
45
2,118
35
5,133
65
8,508
110
10,066
85
9,813
77
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 1,054
100
8,581
149
184,328
491
14,616
321
17,772
242
19,693
307
14,000
211
1,889
132
1,279
100
633
78
288
39
88
14
36
19
51
8
20
2
5
1


5
1
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

































6
1
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441 227
4
1
3
75
12
657
41
595
41
179
61
69
46
156
63
109
63
77
35
17
7
138
22
77
31
59
7
226
35
76
31
41
26
29
17
Irrigation Water Management 449 519
29
859
44
1,007
178
478
107
1,820
68
3,750
93
214
51
108
71
925
41
484
112
145
82
64
32
55
25
70
11
129
27
149
13
39
23
110
25
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

































2
2
Lined Waterway or Outlet 468

































34
2
Mulching 484 45
28
62
64
290
114
254
92
645
72
417
123
594
116
717
122
755
130
285
118
400
136
291
129
770
117
1,053
129








Nutrient Management 590 88
30
170
71
784
309
1,974
217
608
132
1,918
170
615
126
602
88
626
123
423
94
522
70
150
57
420
31
123
38
401
57
36
4
7
8
31
21
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590



























295
24
295
24
302
31
301
30
Prescribed Grazing 528 8,491
164
25,964
76
17,897
352
9,498
203
15,800
251
12,007
234
32,009
293
15,188
185
33,837
297
39,529
265
34,222
154
5,211
78
19,478
194
46,125
140
47,911
156
44,644
108
12,762
124
13,556
111
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528





























732
5
799
9
1,493
34
Range Planting 550





























5,998
4
5,555
4
5,070
19
Range Planting - Enhancements E550

































30
1
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345



271
7
24
1








14
22
10
9
21
16
411
54
142
36
58
15
13
2
11
1




Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 79
34
1,230
82
4,302
101
84
59
55
30
154
48
176
113
220
141
206
112
209
38
26
21
3
5
17
4
4
5
1
1
0
1


1
7
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 39
3
61
5
129
3
26
2




6
3
147
3
234
7
202
4
137
2
35
1
68
4


23
1




47
2
Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390









20
1








6
2














Roof Runoff Structure 558

5
3
3
5
38
10
17
7
208
7
200
9
10
4
3
4
33
3
53
9
37
7
47
8
393
14
107
17
245
19
193
24
223
28
Roofs and Covers 367



























8
5
45
10
35
9
41
18
Sediment Basin 350



9
1
1
1
43
2
6,591
2


329
5
74
1
46
1
238
2


1
1










Silvopasture Establishment 381



























982
15
3,565
16
3,726
33
526
13
Silvopasture Establishment - Enhancements E381

































202
1
Stream Crossing 578













4
1












8
1


74
3


Stripcropping 585 20
2


































Structure for Water Control 587



20
3


70
2


41
4
39
1




















Terrace 600 199
11


45
3


1,627
9
1,716
11
322
5
3,942
30




1,926
17




11
1








Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 281
18
172
25
26,258
23
3,759
35
879
34
1,307
38
3,427
47
667
31
2,225
47
675
47
339
44
426
19
1,357
37
419
45
27,580
36
425
50
32,325
60
87,029
55
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612



























54
24
50
23
258
45
791
73
Vegetative Barrier 601



























74
38
312
21
107
25
36
24
Waste Recycling 633 4
3
396
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
85
11
63
9


0
4


1
8
2
1
2
1
2
1








Waste Storage Facility 313 6
2
792
7
14
2
4
4
6
4
7
2


0
1
1
2
20
1
1
5
1
3
5
8
17
10
1
4
22
4
11
3
7
8
Waste Transfer 634 20
5
388
2


1
2
1
2
3
4


1
5
4
3
51
29
19
21
8
12
25
15
2
3
3
6
45
7
18
10
24
12
Waste Treatment 629







1
1
3
5
34
19
24
18
18
26
31
6
3
1
3
1
30
2


5
1
22
3
21
2
0
1
Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 1
1










28
2






















Wetland Creation 658

70
10
22
1
8
4


0
1
66
2






















Wetland Enhancement 659 14
19
5
4
151
10
134
7
71
6
115
3
304
4
101
1




















Wetland Restoration 657 53
21
16
1
65
4
65
3


6
2




2
1


















Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 222
24
154
27
208
65
464
67
410
63
286
59
616
88
1,033
55
219
35
1,188
65
1,002
46
266
26
1,104
27
1,214
33
6,286
61
2,368
52
443
35
436
37
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650 1
1
8
3
163
7


12
3
36
19
38
17
72
4
30
9
64
2
76
7
42
17
13
5
31
10








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 Management Assistance (AMA)







0
1
10
36
20
30
26
35
23
21
27
39
14
17
61
23
197
38
92
23
721
37
683
16
45
12
34
11
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)









7
2


117
2
231
7
201
2
134
1


6
1










Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



























1,587
93
3,058
90
2,868
119
5,182
236
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 6,594
252
14,336
509
41,649
779
12,736
271
13,080
163
17,402
227
32,907
325
19,472
400
30,210
400
32,140
239
25,277
126
7,075
136
19,880
302
38,973
264
32,040
162
34,448
27
65
5


Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 2,684
278
16,684
473
16,749
1,460
10,027
1,114
16,734
1,020
12,997
1,237
19,172
1,120
12,566
832
18,318
858
14,971
883
12,238
776
4,341
492
8,155
425
11,682
400
50,912
508
19,649
594
48,670
644
48,543
559
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 2,704
68


16
1










1,381
4


801
2
801
1
394
12


394
12






Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)



























47,758
15
47,804
12
234
10
87,411
20
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 23
1
63
3
208
9
219
6
303
15
164
6
390
5
101
1
2
1


5
2














Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 629
19
8,193
9
304
35
9,092
64
4,870
60
9,422
35
9,521
61
435
23
304
8
33
15
7
9
1
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 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 12,549
618
39,244
994
58,431
2,284
31,780
1,455
34,942
1,259
39,377
1,543
59,534
1,541
32,655
1,293
49,888
1,299
47,320
1,178
37,660
933
11,953
654
28,184
778
50,572
687
132,725
827
104,244
739
51,769
790
113,927
826
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

70
10
22
1
8
4


0
1
66
2






















Wetland Enhancement 659 14
19
5
4
151
10
134
7
71
6
115
3
304
4
101
1




















Wetland Restoration 657 53
21
16
1
65
4
65
3


6
2




2
1


















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

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Wetlands Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 30
39
41
13
20
7
8
4
51
3


























Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 23
1
50
1
165
4
169
5


114
4
101
2
101
1
2
1


















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)

1
1
53
4
15
5
21
3
8
2
168
4






















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 52
40
92
15
238
15
193
14
64
6
121
6
269
6
101
1
2
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]