NRCS Conservation Programs

Indiana

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 $21,050.7
$18,264.3
$19,062.8
$20,511.4
$21,060.0
$22,225.9
$21,270.1
$18,954.3
$18,034.1
$23,220.0
$26,709.1
$30,869.9
$28,152.1
$28,546.6
$27,450.9
$32,471.0
$33,021.7
$36,322.9
Financial Assistance $33,648.2
$28,503.2
$31,112.4
$37,109.5
$42,786.5
$44,540.1
$48,001.6
$45,630.9
$46,969.4
$31,520.5
$34,142.4
$39,560.2
$45,268.5
$45,655.7
$52,119.9
$58,754.1
$44,528.7
$48,206.5
Reimbursable $4,922.8
$4,936.3
$5,206.7
$3,885.7
$3,494.7
$5,723.2
$8,701.5
$7,343.8
$5,352.4
$742.3
$898.4
$1,383.2
$1,132.6
$792.9
$1,719.7
$851.1
$1,201.0
$1,928.3
Total $59,621.9
$51,703.7
$55,381.8
$61,506.4
$67,341.0
$72,489.2
$77,973.0
$71,929.0
$70,355.9
$55,482.7
$61,750.0
$71,813.4
$74,553.2
$74,995.2
$81,290.5
$92,076.2
$78,751.4
$86,457.7
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.

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)








$4,004.3
$4,759.0
$8,332.8
$14,139.6
$10,528.0
$12,826.7
$11,690.9
$9,833.1
$5,823.5
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$675.3
$1,273.8
$1,355.7
$1,764.1
$973.4
$355.5
$87.4
$41.3
$29.8
$-0.2




Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $4,855.1
$4,920.4
$4,903.0
$3,873.8
$3,475.0
$3,881.5
$6,881.7
$6,399.4
$5,102.2
$3,777.5
$6,658.6
$7,433.4
$6,749.5
$4,837.3
$4,301.1
$6,810.8
$8,129.2
$12,488.2
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $7,579.7
$8,174.9
$9,242.9
$9,514.2
$8,429.2
$6,780.8
$5,859.9
$5,735.0
$5,479.0
$3,321.6
$308.4
$8.2
$8.0





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$273.2
$6,346.6
$6,505.4
$7,571.6
$8,288.7
$9,556.8
$9,349.9
$12,939.6
$11,030.9
$12,486.2
$18,730.3
$24,072.3
$14,944.2
$17,343.0
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $12,785.5
$11,006.2
$12,305.4
$11,717.2
$11,900.9
$12,052.8
$12,109.4
$10,658.0
$10,162.3
$12,028.5
$9,939.2
$9,682.7
$9,358.8
$10,068.4
$9,673.9
$10,868.7
$10,290.2
$10,319.8
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $15,462.2
$13,720.9
$14,184.5
$22,953.1
$15,188.5
$16,460.6
$24,745.1
$21,831.2
$32,965.3
$19,899.8
$28,298.1
$31,803.0
$30,523.0
$29,666.2
$31,843.6
$35,151.1
$34,706.8
$36,149.7
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $0.8
$0.8


$2.2
$0.2
$9.4


$0.8
$0.9
$0.5
$0.4





Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $145.7
$14.2
$0.4
$5.7
$51.0
$44.0
$66.6
$54.8
$42.2
$4.3
$2.2
$2.0
$3.5
$0.3




Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)



$137.2
$1,356.4
$1,595.2
$12.1
$628.1
$30.1
$11.3





$139.6
$-4.7
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$17.6
$389.2
$154.5
$249.4
$701.6
$77.7
$371.5
$164.8
$1,088.3
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $1,142.3
$1,011.0
$1,031.6
$1,057.2
$995.5
$1,139.0
$518.6











Soil Survey (SOIL) $1,420.9
$1,244.5
$1,431.2
$1,469.6
$1,321.7
$1,274.6
$1,224.4
$1,057.7
$275.2
$709.0
$349.5
$317.6
$317.9
$305.5
$320.6
$437.9
$528.6
$428.7
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $7.7

















Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $-110.7
$-28.5
$-0.3

$33.3
$4,165.0







$4,350.3
$-84.4
$2.2
$1.1
$71.5
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $100.3
$95.3
$-1.5





$10.0
$394.8
$204.1
$-0.4
$187.7


$130.6
$-0.7
$120.0
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $2,880.4
$347.3
$2.2
$2,552.8
$16,278.8
$3,264.5
$895.8
$1,791.4
$297.1
$251.1
$302.1
$600.2
$1,385.9
$222.5
$2,860.4
$1,771.1
$9.0
$2,622.5
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $12,799.2
$10,809.7
$11,792.4
$6,710.0
$7,268.4
$13,414.1
$15,380.6
$9,129.8
$5,929.2
$1,009.1
$974.8
$462.3
$545.9
$1,832.0
$740.1
$16.4


Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $556.6
$387.0
$490.0
$1,652.8
$1,310.8
$1,035.3
$825.2
$5,923.9
$203.2
$117.9
$115.2
$35.7
$22.9
$-2.9
$0.5



Other $-3.8








$4.0





$752.7
$5.5
$7.2
Total $59,621.9
$51,703.7
$55,381.8
$61,506.4
$67,341.0
$72,489.2
$77,973.0
$71,929.0
$70,355.9
$55,482.7
$61,750.0
$71,813.4
$74,553.2
$74,995.2
$81,290.5
$92,076.2
$78,751.4
$86,457.7
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.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, AWEP and WHIP were authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP, FRPP, and GRP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out contracts, agreements, or easements entered into prior to the date of enactment of the 2014 Act, including the provision of technical assistance, provided that no such contract, agreement, or easement is modified so as to increase the amount of payment received. Pursuant to this authority, the funds obligated in FY 2014 were used to carry out acquisition and restoration activities on those prior contracts, agreements, or easements.

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








$856.0
$1,445.3
$1,294.4
$1,495.5
$1,170.3
$2,052.8
$1,974.5
$2,144.4
$1,603.8
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$87.9
$132.4
$143.7
$233.7
$139.2
$66.5
$87.4
$41.3
$29.8
$-0.2




Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)








$3,777.5
$6,658.6
$7,433.4
$6,749.5
$4,837.3
$4,301.1
$6,810.8
$8,129.2
$12,488.2
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $1,244.0
$942.0
$581.8
$1,033.2
$722.1
$549.7
$241.4
$260.8
$194.4
$133.6
$103.6
$2.5
$2.3





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$273.2
$1,133.8
$612.9
$660.1
$665.7
$884.9
$1,555.8
$4,477.4
$2,130.1
$2,293.3
$2,969.9
$3,217.8
$3,164.9
$3,154.3
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $12,717.8
$11,045.6
$12,072.1
$11,705.3
$11,881.3
$11,646.2
$11,701.2
$10,521.8
$10,157.6
$11,322.2
$9,849.7
$9,542.0
$9,253.3
$9,962.0
$9,567.6
$10,532.4
$10,183.8
$10,014.1
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $2,823.2
$2,794.4
$2,894.6
$3,612.2
$3,828.9
$3,896.8
$4,989.3
$4,302.4
$4,898.7
$4,886.0
$5,754.4
$7,336.4
$7,641.6
$7,669.3
$7,256.1
$8,937.9
$8,681.9
$7,873.2
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $0.8
$0.8


$2.2
$0.2
$9.4


$0.8
$0.9
$0.5
$0.4





Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $145.7
$14.2
$0.4
$5.7
$46.3
$32.1
$43.5
$42.9
$42.2
$4.3
$2.2
$2.0
$3.5
$0.3




Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)



$108.4
$202.1
$100.5
$45.9
$59.6
$-176.2
$4.2





$9.2
$-4.7
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$17.6
$389.2
$154.5
$249.4
$701.6
$77.7
$203.6
$164.8
$180.3
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $1,142.3
$1,011.0
$1,031.6
$1,057.2
$995.5
$1,139.0
$518.6











Soil Survey (SOIL) $1,420.9
$1,244.5
$1,431.2
$1,469.6
$1,321.7
$1,274.6
$1,224.4
$1,057.7
$275.2
$709.0
$349.5
$317.6
$317.9
$305.5
$320.6
$437.9
$528.6
$428.7
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $7.7

















Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $72.9
$-28.5
$-0.3

$33.3
$565.0







$1,295.3
$6.8
$2.2
$1.1
$71.5
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $100.3
$95.3
$-1.5





$10.0
$83.8
$24.1
$-0.4



$130.6
$-0.7
$120.0
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $407.9
$152.0
$2.2
$400.0
$969.4
$494.9
$28.5
$142.4
$69.5
$39.2
$47.8
$75.2
$161.3
$35.0
$388.4
$203.2
$9.0
$386.3
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $848.8
$909.4
$976.8
$851.0
$580.9
$888.9
$1,346.8
$1,246.1
$1,319.7
$494.0
$322.5
$157.5
$94.7
$279.8
$509.4
$17.4


Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $118.4
$83.6
$73.9
$377.2
$208.9
$270.2
$309.9
$440.5
$202.3
$116.9
$113.8
$35.6
$22.9
$-2.9
$0.5



Other








$4.0





$2.7
$5.5
$7.2
Total $21,050.7
$18,264.3
$19,062.8
$20,511.4
$21,060.0
$22,225.9
$21,270.1
$18,954.3
$18,034.1
$23,220.0
$26,709.1
$30,869.9
$28,152.1
$28,546.6
$27,450.9
$32,471.0
$33,021.7
$36,322.9
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CTA, PMC, SNOW, and SOIL also include multi-year funds.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, AWEP and WHIP were authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP, FRPP, and GRP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out contracts, agreements, or easements entered into prior to the date of enactment of the 2014 Act, including the provision of technical assistance, provided that no such contract, agreement, or easement is modified so as to increase the amount of payment received. Pursuant to this authority, the funds obligated in FY 2014 were used to carry out acquisition and restoration activities on those prior contracts, agreements, or easements.

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








$3,148.4
$3,313.8
$7,038.3
$12,644.2
$9,357.7
$10,773.9
$9,716.4
$7,688.7
$4,219.7
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$587.4
$1,141.4
$1,212.0
$1,530.4
$834.2
$289.1








Conservation Security Program (CSP) $6,335.7
$7,233.0
$8,661.1
$8,480.9
$7,707.2
$6,231.1
$5,618.5
$5,474.2
$5,284.6
$3,188.0
$204.8
$5.8
$5.7





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)




$5,212.8
$5,892.5
$6,911.5
$7,623.0
$8,671.9
$7,794.1
$8,462.2
$8,900.7
$10,192.9
$15,760.4
$20,854.5
$11,779.3
$14,188.7
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $12,639.1
$10,926.5
$11,289.9
$19,341.0
$11,359.6
$11,658.9
$19,145.3
$17,009.8
$27,820.1
$15,013.7
$21,699.6
$23,224.0
$22,042.1
$21,310.4
$22,974.1
$25,698.4
$24,930.3
$26,653.9
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)



$4.8
$11.9
$23.2
$11.9










Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)



$28.8
$1,154.3
$1,494.8
$-33.8
$568.5
$206.3
$7.1





$130.4

Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)














$167.9

$908.0
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $-183.7




$3,600.0







$3,055.0
$-91.2



Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)








$311.0
$180.0







Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $2,472.4
$195.3

$2,152.9
$15,309.4
$2,267.5
$68.5
$1,361.8
$228.6
$176.0
$289.3
$525.0
$1,224.6
$187.5
$2,472.0
$1,567.9

$2,236.2
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $11,950.4
$9,845.0
$10,745.3
$5,859.1
$6,687.5
$12,525.1
$14,033.8
$7,883.7
$4,609.5
$515.1
$652.3
$304.9
$451.3
$1,552.2
$230.7
$-1.0


Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $438.1
$303.4
$416.1
$1,275.6
$1,101.8
$737.1
$513.0
$5,481.4
$0.9
$1.0
$1.4







Other $-3.8














$750.0


Total $33,648.2
$28,503.2
$31,112.4
$37,109.5
$42,786.5
$44,540.1
$48,001.6
$45,630.9
$46,969.4
$31,520.5
$34,142.4
$39,560.2
$45,268.5
$45,655.7
$52,119.9
$58,754.1
$44,528.7
$48,206.5
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CRP, CTA, PMC, RCD, SNOW, SOIL, and WSP do not provide financial assistance.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, AWEP and WHIP were authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP 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) $4,855.1
$4,920.4
$4,903.0
$3,873.8
$3,475.0
$3,881.5
$6,881.7
$6,399.4
$5,102.2









Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $67.7
$-39.4
$233.3
$11.9
$19.7
$406.6
$408.2
$136.2
$4.7
$706.3
$89.4
$140.7
$105.5
$106.4
$106.3
$336.3
$106.4
$305.7
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)




$905.0
$610.5
$519.0
$246.5

$844.0
$1,242.5
$839.4
$686.5
$1,613.4
$514.8
$1,094.6
$1,622.6
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)











$187.7





Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)




$502.1
$798.8
$287.2
$-1.0
$36.0
$-35.0







Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
$55.3
$70.4















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)




$28.0
$2.3
$2.0










Total $4,922.8
$4,936.3
$5,206.7
$3,885.7
$3,494.7
$5,723.2
$8,701.5
$7,343.8
$5,352.4
$742.3
$898.4
$1,383.2
$1,132.6
$792.9
$1,719.7
$851.1
$1,201.0
$1,928.3
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.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• 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 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.

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)





















77
6


61
3
191
7
23
6
55
3
230
27
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







705
46
4,502
130
13,645
325
16,231
657
19,313
955
23,242
1,189
17,363
925
9,618
366
1,502
39










Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 113,484
5,503
88,446
4,478
98,806
5,910
128,435
7,180
77,299
4,239
66,023
3,999
68,445
4,459
52,844
3,885
30,177
2,708
17,660
1,921
18,048
1,677
15,069
1,892
17,169
1,747
31,813
3,782
10,596
1,495
25,106
2,978
19,347
2,883
12,982
1,980
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP Contracts)









211,565
308
26,708
45
43,300
66
40,725
55
58,588
86
36,498
47
58,959
79
57,902
229
114,585
156
44,132
92
67,443
92




Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)































69,843
4,804
57,830
3,425
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 312,153
18,724
287,497
21,206
311,121
24,282
322,033
24,869
312,270
23,212
346,512
20,909
347,735
20,184
329,749
19,042
306,314
19,191
270,698
15,996
201,051
12,410
230,296
15,049
231,606
13,584
220,591
15,333
247,452
15,216
245,638
15,063
138,068
8,417
47,912
3,754
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 64,693
4,110
93,402
6,022
139,962
10,215
191,717
13,776
173,638
11,124
164,279
13,155
196,154
13,685
192,731
12,946
181,791
11,330
280,541
16,110
263,429
15,144
252,670
13,398
238,815
13,261
273,395
14,635
287,854
15,451
315,454
16,778
265,828
16,230
227,168
13,966
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 1,311
101
49
15
365
34
162
6
162
10
52
4
642
94


27
1
18
4
















Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)







1,085
1


52
6






















Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)



















2,948
74
13,039
452
14,765
492
20,114
675
17,370
631
20,404
812
15,679
684
15,985
679
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) 342
22
806
15












52
1


















Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)



3
1






























Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)













637
42




















Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)





293
4
2,442
4
64
2
339
11
65
10


5
1
















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 5,778
290
4,609
304
9,770
488
8,311
366
6,266
198
3,305
188
6,236
338
6,346
347
3,529
266
329
31
427
39
180
33
65
3
6,269
61
3,713
28
108
6
22
8
1,083
4
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 2,200
219
3,215
196
6,957
292
5,790
394
5,606
225
9,706
329
8,609
401
13,520
576
58,179
2,820
26,299
1,177
13,515
522
1,037
37
730
15
49
1








Other 17
1


65
1
50
2
445
7
155
8
17
2


135
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 385,983
10,145
381,196
11,620
464,551
15,130
536,734
17,037
495,712
15,682
520,803
16,559
556,857
18,297
543,509
18,584
550,791
19,778
576,226
18,894
489,420
16,353
499,144
17,128
480,933
15,864
535,769
18,336
556,414
18,649
618,771
21,743
485,119
17,729
349,805
12,519
Percent of land units treated by multiple programs 30.62%
24.84%
26.09%
20.80%
22.46%
17.38%
23.32%
17.57%
17.83%
12.44%
15.97%
12.17%
16.87%
11.54%
14.41%
10.81%
10.27%
8.34%
8.87%
6.56%
6.50%
5.78%
5.40%
4.51%
6.36%
5.09%
4.94%
3.57%
5.69%
4.94%
8.44%
6.91%
6.42%
5.41%
4.80%
3.94%
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 9,267
364
5,587
268
19,372
825
14,311
647
16,397
622
14,433
835
19,192
874
16,135
959
8,920
566
5,148
453
4,680
488
7,442
582
6,253
515
18,000
1,256
5,528
463
15,989
860
13,510
863
6,520
493
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327

























171
1
95
1
18
2
224
6
760
13
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 273,572
6,205
226,059
6,806
249,896
7,861
243,118
7,443
244,971
7,741
248,805
7,823
222,248
7,405
204,229
7,118
186,873
7,092
179,070
5,792
130,015
4,601
133,681
4,955
133,419
4,587
130,355
5,069
146,905
5,110
150,055
5,614
84,960
2,745
40,821
1,299
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328



























456
49
1,135
57
1,791
74
4,866
133
Contour Buffer Strips 332 190
3


116
3
149
2


60
1
























Contour Farming 330







451
30
4
1


40
1


605
17


130
3


48
1








Controlled Traffic Farming 334





























1,617
46




Controlled Traffic Farming - Enhancements E334





























780
9


1,752
29
Cover Crop 340 5,076
109
7,953
233
11,208
268
44,963
1,353
53,539
1,633
41,786
1,426
72,133
2,456
112,724
3,549
160,361
5,224
233,593
7,819
210,223
7,129
241,841
7,584
207,567
6,701
252,592
8,117
271,977
9,016
289,449
9,844
222,279
7,847
153,416
5,233
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340

























167
10
6,436
300
23,048
932
24,227
1,029
23,772
809
Critical Area Planting 342 568
8
246
6
268
6
637
20
154
10
601
17
594
12
248
8
577
12
548
19
841
28
353
20
912
26
1,188
36
896
29
846
25
644
14
778
26
Deep Tillage 324 12
1


































Diversion 362 186
5


176
3
142
7
193
4
110
5
206
5
182
6
89
7


7
1
36
1
25
1
198
6
212
10
61
3
111
5
82
2
Field Border 386 13,301
262
5,758
157
13,733
223
10,462
319
7,749
226
7,236
211
5,145
158
2,828
106
594
46
265
21
1,306
54
2,687
155
1,248
132
4,042
225
2,032
95
1,155
89
2,017
171
1,728
82
Field Border - Enhancements E386



























98
1
27
2
44
3


Forage and Biomass Planting 512 1,445
86
2,395
127
1,736
104
5,361
290
4,767
230
3,443
195
4,546
212
2,290
149
5,960
323
2,981
193
2,827
148
2,805
166
2,559
134
3,479
180
3,217
155
4,404
236
4,994
234
2,988
178
Grade Stabilization Structure 410 10,403
271
7,914
187
10,720
239
12,746
285
9,434
183
7,464
179
10,540
209
7,030
152
2,951
75
2,357
61
2,217
64
2,845
77
1,622
36
2,832
92
2,257
56
1,934
49
797
37
1,531
34
Grassed Waterway 412 58,963
1,217
33,590
659
40,088
779
57,379
1,074
41,459
801
45,111
1,110
46,045
1,181
36,998
970
26,260
1,020
14,461
830
12,660
531
10,244
632
8,349
367
18,485
767
9,580
416
11,399
633
8,885
524
10,340
384
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 140,523
2,708
104,913
3,120
147,032
4,365
146,893
4,606
111,084
3,418
90,853
2,827
104,262
3,460
88,614
3,120
73,037
2,500
106,540
3,008
89,177
2,741
60,627
1,898
47,851
1,571
57,388
1,929
48,043
1,593
56,192
1,747
40,532
1,720
31,432
1,189
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595



























3,782
176
23,758
665
44,660
1,486
37,466
1,163
Irrigation Water Management 449 706
1


103
2
7,061
100
6,151
78
5,679
65
9,096
94
10,445
129
11,047
122
14,133
190
11,111
162
7,483
127
4,785
88
4,120
76
1,258
19
2,375
37
2,236
31
3,018
40
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449





























170
3
266
2
170
3
Lined Waterway or Outlet 468 3,419
84
3,002
59
4,936
101
5,082
98
5,191
97
11,454
204
12,257
234
8,766
186
6,251
137
3,226
79
4,043
83
5,507
144
3,038
77
7,320
177
4,035
118
6,516
139
3,315
94
4,100
75
Mulching 484 5,063
138
5,181
110
13,125
263
17,633
357
16,255
280
20,675
368
18,112
370
13,262
259
5,613
138
3,776
92
3,823
81
2,345
59
1,611
47
2,586
79
4,019
104
5,659
139
5,140
125
6,739
113
Nutrient Management 590 146,906
2,708
108,516
3,131
147,844
4,424
163,293
4,969
131,714
4,020
115,620
3,568
104,404
3,503
99,664
3,439
105,132
3,569
167,745
5,053
136,179
4,249
103,417
3,233
82,577
2,656
82,761
2,605
77,317
2,658
77,500
2,507
79,123
3,002
85,950
2,999
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590

























1,585
26
2,590
192
23,279
795
40,707
1,335
31,342
941
Residue Management, Seasonal 344 40,616
1,008
41,579
1,186
34,267
1,156
35,912
1,390
32,594
1,183
24,444
767
12,729
485
13,447
519
13,199
667
15,342
639
780
56
3,250
160
3,755
112
1,607
55








Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 115,107
2,734
134,597
3,427
117,976
3,556
113,924
3,027
106,460
3,267
130,671
3,968
129,505
3,995
96,065
3,169
70,207
2,397
72,894
2,041
56,885
1,836
58,552
1,948
73,945
2,103
70,116
2,255
72,326
1,989
61,928
1,867
33,453
811
18,320
610
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345





























3,739
78
3,987
93
3,188
65
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 179,442
3,987
153,534
4,886
161,570
5,192
166,079
5,126
157,048
5,168
167,690
5,355
137,962
4,864
164,286
5,370
154,372
5,897
142,299
5,050
113,735
4,229
107,565
3,941
106,413
3,631
113,066
3,827
124,983
4,800
120,959
4,675
94,727
3,452
59,870
1,927
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329



























1,722
49
3,985
121
10,079
317
5,122
113
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till 346 155
3
1,668
48
245
7
599
14


108
5
























Riparian Forest Buffer 391 2,101
63
1,271
51
663
45
758
46
699
20
426
23
157
14
292
18
95
8
33
11
213
19
248
46
120
17
134
31
42
10
123
28
132
18
213
9
Silvopasture Establishment 381



























26
1
16
1
18
1


Subsurface Drain 606 28,726
586
20,614
389
21,666
404
28,730
541
18,981
362
25,992
439
25,163
501
19,229
360
11,870
243
7,338
167
5,256
115
10,597
263
6,967
128
17,702
314
8,653
199
8,151
163
6,759
155
7,852
144
Terrace 600 45
1
359
3
30
1
66
2


89
3
142
2
330
7
412
10




60
1
68
1
405
8


109
3


112
3
Toxic Salt Reduction 610



27
1
6
1




























Underground Outlet 620 1,118
27
1,872
38
2,769
67
5,220
156
4,040
95
6,549
139
4,248
127
3,374
100
4,686
115
2,811
57
3,613
99
3,873
114
7,472
206
11,258
256
7,312
211
10,754
306
5,747
211
5,777
170
Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 5,481
34
5,836
113
4,083
93
7,047
182
5,740
127
6,128
149
7,974
151
5,015
145
4,628
108
2,164
44
4,900
106
5,158
164
8,457
195
15,502
351
8,735
220
13,410
368
11,755
286
8,205
225
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 863
51
714
32
1,218
40
1,438
59
837
34
581
22
413
18
39
11
184
12
87
6
291
22
168
22
127
28
201
41
9
7
216
21
123
25
751
17
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650 10
1










11
1










6
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 Cropland Soil Quality Management were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of cropland treated with soil quality practices by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

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



























70
1
2
1


28
5
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







605
25
4,348
109
12,511
266
14,863
609
18,740
896
22,608
1,146
17,295
908
9,510
354
1,030
35










Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 61,680
2,683
44,005
1,914
54,406
2,663
63,603
2,717
48,901
2,123
53,679
3,026
53,232
3,116
41,620
2,863
22,585
2,003
14,515
1,506
12,904
1,182
9,997
1,193
9,490
897
21,333
2,094
7,803
811
18,817
1,519
13,191
1,585
9,353
988
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)























942
38
3,799
111
12,637
769
50,919
2,789
66,314
4,489
55,453
3,279
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 292,167
16,970
258,957
18,510
271,986
20,740
276,718
20,881
281,360
20,726
310,303
18,568
308,349
17,646
295,016
16,884
273,912
17,063
245,027
14,669
190,578
11,555
219,720
14,006
218,717
12,370
AR
14,142
AR
14,066
AR
14,146
AR
7,624
AR
3,374
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)













18
2




















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 50,685
2,966
73,733
4,598
101,274
6,597
141,366
8,489
121,332
6,742
113,794
7,968
147,933
9,267
143,665
9,297
139,940
8,471
235,383
13,403
222,878
12,719
205,831
10,364
184,313
9,604
AR
10,835
AR
11,806
AR
12,991
AR
12,481
AR
10,298
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 87
8


50
6






164
8






















Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)



















2,948
74
11,803
360
12,244
408
18,807
608
16,832
594
16,972
618
13,100
534
14,334
577
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) 68
4


































Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)













637
42




















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 712
20
281
9
1,020
22
912
13
103
4
193
10
298
16
720
28
638
32


35
2










22
3


Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 297
13
46
5


250
12
23
5
240
16
139
10
3,458
125
42,864
1,822
21,391
918
11,381
402
597
18
406
9










Other 17
1




50
2
400
4
155
8
17
2


135
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.
• 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 336,421
22,665
324,329
25,036
366,042
30,028
413,222
32,114
394,935
29,629
425,584
29,705
453,189
30,331
443,319
29,850
459,204
30,288
501,079
31,642
434,097
26,842
437,641
26,295
409,154
23,361
446,930
27,790
478,508
28,047
537,318
32,064
417,483
26,716
293,928
18,521
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 328 121,376
4,047
83,705
2,974
83,159
3,151
92,487
3,113
93,319
3,616
103,735
3,577
87,997
3,234
53,590
1,863
32,238
947
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328









152
14
715
18
173
4
2,704
75
Cover Crop 340 65,488
2,149
44,568
1,675
48,074
1,424
43,356
1,405
46,941
1,486
56,195
1,914
64,243
2,308
43,142
1,529
29,846
953
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340









581
36
3,185
90
3,248
168
4,129
100
Prescribed Grazing 528















48
4
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 49,254
1,402
36,912
1,226
34,078
1,205
42,402
1,322
39,004
1,561
45,601
1,265
39,430
1,192
21,222
518
11,862
364
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345











308
11
777
23
477
10
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 101,204
3,595
77,414
2,859
77,143
2,733
72,833
2,517
78,163
2,757
79,355
3,189
79,220
3,104
58,671
2,201
40,138
1,205
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329









246
14
2,702
77
1,907
74
2,127
57
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
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) 3,650
245
1,195
122
1,011
39












Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 270
25
479
19
226
15
100
5
147
11
127
6
911
27
229
1
7
5
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)





942
25
1,744
60
544
64
3,874
196
4,112
269
4,001
244
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 117,332
8,151
84,902
6,269
86,503
6,959
92,490
6,631
85,813
7,734
104,293
8,120
98,025
7,474
55,529
4,468
24,968
2,050
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 40,051
2,642
31,380
2,306
28,665
1,500
29,574
1,695
29,497
1,577
32,803
1,741
42,283
2,277
23,023
1,594
19,484
1,409
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





95
1
784
38
2,187
78
1,354
60
957
48
221
7
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 2,819
130
231
18














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 143,056
11,193
108,270
8,734
106,452
8,513
111,536
8,357
108,410
9,420
122,960
10,009
118,961
10,034
76,955
6,380
45,869
3,715
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 24,287
720
8,463
317
10,924
314
9,333
361
12,226
465
16,686
596
20,116
731
16,436
590
7,676
130
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328









145
12
57
2
92
2
818
30
Cover Crop 340 24,449
736
8,703
336
12,110
353
9,671
374
12,761
459
15,935
571
20,499
724
16,266
583
6,616
121
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340









581
36
199
7
341
12
674
24
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 6,486
152
1,951
43
971
18
952
36
1,163
53
2,351
64
4,914
117
728
30
3,016
60
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 17,505
563
6,936
276
10,711
301
8,484
325
10,834
406
14,284
531
18,935
701
15,923
566
6,438
76
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329









145
12
57
2


714
25
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 Reserve Program (CRP) 252
21
233
7
59
1
39
1
69
3
43
1
449
10
229
1
0
1
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)









436
60
199
11
262
14
674
79
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 18,921
1,458
7,188
772
9,859
857
8,363
904
11,482
1,263
14,381
1,570
19,259
1,991
14,639
1,701
4,186
302
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 11,643
609
3,212
175
4,192
128
4,733
191
3,303
115
5,051
173
6,638
268
2,008
67
2,517
84
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)







144
2
866
18
287
4




Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 1,815
83
231
18














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 21,794
2,171
7,956
972
9,917
986
8,405
1,096
11,554
1,383
14,526
1,822
19,472
2,284
14,778
1,783
4,904
466
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 13,165
409
10,560
265
8,258
324
12,642
432
5,444
217
4,076
189
3,484
202
5,183
259
9,383
575
2,250
89
2,793
89
2,632
133
3,991
71
2,249
74
552
22
1,540
51
1,644
141
1,156
87
Access Control - Enhancements E472





























1
1




Conservation Cover 327 9,720
390
6,072
297
20,225
904
15,916
700
17,752
669
14,443
838
19,828
936
16,376
977
9,498
601
6,073
494
5,016
530
8,642
639
7,649
577
71,602
1,396
8,520
546
20,580
1,026
15,146
932
8,008
539
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327

























171
1
442
15
170
17
584
25
778
17
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647 3,581
127
2,951
160
7,277
333
17,441
776
11,678
661
6,243
335
14,958
640
9,099
413
10,494
446
3,133
174
7,781
314
7,792
443
13,344
708
18,603
1,345
7,729
641
15,835
1,117
8,894
703
11,334
720
Hedgerow Planting 422 37
1


36
4
110
6








30
2
324
1


34
1


39
3
117
15
560
17
692
37
1,111
25
Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643 1,477
44
647
9
481
18
4,100
50
884
19
631
20
898
20
521
26
260
5
76
2
26
1
59
6
12
1
367
3
84
4
138
13
1,087
53
57
5
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 2,698
109
1,353
62
1,043
83
842
64
837
33
461
30
207
20
443
26
102
10
43
14
257
23
271
48
350
25
202
46
46
11
139
30
132
18
217
12
Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390



27
1
29
4
139
10
457
22
176
12
227
7
309
14
23
4


1
1
12
3
172
13
8
4
11
3
139
6
193
2
Shallow Water Development and Management 646 1,726
24
587
17
889
30
440
19
462
12
290
7
135
7
287
15
27
3
16
5
50
9
16
4
63
6
43
9


289
9
51
12
15
3
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395





238
17






84
1




















Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580

8
1
62
1
347
3
2,513
3
133
2
64
3


23
2




30
1


31
1
40
1






Structures for Wildlife 649































124
2
359
6
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 42,417
1,561
67,999
2,575
96,842
3,567
103,772
3,851
45,246
1,578
24,923
884
21,068
834
14,605
632
5,370
259
3,480
136
3,191
159
4,290
183
14,112
424
5,854
289
5,855
233
7,721
378
6,907
496
5,288
309
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management - Enhancements E645





























5
1
8
2


Wetland Creation 658 890
14
86
8
243
11
194
9
240
4
188
8
423
19
182
7
170
4
19
5
345
4
5
1
32
2
22
5
20
2
20
2


49
6
Wetland Enhancement 659 106
8
182
6
671
21
1,042
26
434
8
999
33
1,682
35
994
49
911
26
117
12
35
2
59
6
30
2
123
4
79
1


179
9
14
1
Wetland Restoration 657 7,596
215
6,999
174
8,318
207
7,922
206
8,066
130
4,219
132
7,040
196
6,894
195
2,717
124
242
13
649
32
421
32
448
21
834
33
607
17
1,235
52
759
59
1,010
33
Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management 644 2,622
70
6,284
123
7,131
235
5,448
203
3,320
66
1,736
73
2,508
76
2,849
127
1,123
43
270
14
153
15
309
23
999
62
373
13
1,273
18
4,540
72
1,446
45
101
2
Wildlife Habitat Planting. 420































4,772
183
3,004
156
Wildlife Habitat Planting. - Enhancements E420

































70
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)





















68
4


52
1
191
5
21
3
34
1
73
17
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







1
1
1
1
139
1




37
1
















Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 35,355
1,741
34,616
1,757
40,729
2,772
48,458
2,939
29,699
1,733
18,970
1,352
28,339
1,767
23,191
1,672
13,099
980
5,114
608
8,208
772
8,102
850
10,835
977
20,560
2,363
5,039
817
16,034
1,853
10,729
1,633
8,516
1,237
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























171
1
343
20
130
19
652
40
739
24
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 20,413
788
38,822
1,507
54,606
2,197
66,588
2,688
32,658
1,294
23,119
858
18,167
752
12,565
567
6,835
528
4,296
209
4,039
290
6,321
574
10,821
803
8,249
653
6,996
414
10,246
410
4,304
443
1,832
204
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)





293
2
2,442
2
64
2
339
7
47
4




















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 1,864
37
3,097
42
4,809
171
4,699
164
2,270
96
1,682
76
1,608
61
2,074
72
1,868
82
2,745
94
1,893
68
1,498
64
2,160
118
3,514
187
3,739
266
4,983
407
8,133
566
5,750
412
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 10
1










166
8






















Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















50
1
14
1
3
1
20
5
1,300
92
500
37
531
32
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD)

768
12
































Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)



3
1






























Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 5,352
251
4,484
229
7,688
365
7,185
292
5,636
160
3,187
159
5,157
252
4,362
265
3,085
177
74
12
196
18
180
23


6,259
28
125
3
68
5
17
3
34
1
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 1,926
154
2,895
150
6,516
232
4,197
281
1,244
124
1,517
124
2,504
152
2,140
154
7,513
347
543
39
627
30
280
5
308
3
49
1








Other



65
1




30
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 59,781
2,972
75,315
3,697
105,047
5,739
119,161
6,366
66,871
3,410
43,692
2,573
48,463
3,000
38,652
2,734
31,366
2,114
12,417
963
14,042
1,178
15,914
1,521
22,788
1,902
38,267
3,235
16,074
1,530
31,349
2,789
23,319
2,723
16,838
1,927
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 472 938
48
369
19
2,010
71
1,253
40
1,059
46
1,753
45
722
23
900
38
926
32
453
10
833
16
763
25
521
14
658
16
80
3
272
6
302
10
114
5
Brush Management 314











1,015
42
6,542
171
7,902
224
11,861
300
8,969
208
13,102
374
24,218
527
28,518
729
34,629
818
38,132
929
29,271
787
29,915
901
Brush Management - Enhancements E314

























57
1


652
23
678
11
145
7
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647 21
2
20
1
186
2
347
2
61
2
53
3
922
18
501
12
385
5
9
4
97
4


31
2
59
3
5
1
91
5
79
3
35
2
Firebreak 394



















30
1






324
1
581
8
292
5
346
6
Forest Stand Improvement 666 2,075
61
4,597
144
5,741
203
6,395
187
13,933
317
19,242
379
20,105
425
22,671
426
22,621
402
24,021
393
19,126
329
16,484
283
20,709
353
19,192
339
18,696
283
12,777
233
11,410
202
10,493
222
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666

























304
7
743
30
1,657
37
2,148
61
785
27
Forest Trails and Landings 655 69
8


82
1
662
4
229
1
595
7
593
13
299
3
266
2
53
1
213
1
123
1
1,961
27
6,404
27
2,305
20
934
18
1,384
10
1,064
11
Herbaceous Weed Control 315











232
3
1,125
16
1,424
27
3,126
34
1,304
34
612
28
2,181
30
1,360
27
5,331
78
4,835
67
5,343
80
5,045
99
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315



























271
5
341
8
669
8
111
1
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 15
4
7
2
5
2
1,140
30
2,319
42
8,485
164
11,267
225
8,701
189
4,937
115
1,813
34
712
26
147
11


10
3
799
3
6
4




Prescribed Burning 338











1,051
21
963
2
1,221
3
1,284
2
348
5
857
1
1,677
6
859
6


1,092
4




Prescribed Burning - Enhancements E338

































532
8
Prescribed Forestry 409



305
12
1,602
69
3,253
103
2,642
61
1,185
29
49
1




39
4














Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643 62
2




67
1


22
1
8
1


114
1










21
1
41
3
266
2


Riparian Forest Buffer 391 219
14
27
5
220
22
68
14
68
6
10
2
7
2
115
4
7
2
4
1
5
3


230
8
68
15


5
1


5
3
Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 412
50
151
17
1,364
48
595
34
320
17
1,452
38
1,642
32
815
43
295
10
1,078
47
178
13
657
20
764
17
904
16
1,202
22
733
20
1,202
53
860
27
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612



























420
6
67
6
205
7
318
7
Tree/Shrub Pruning 660





106
4
141
1
92
1
153
5
63
2
208
7
10
1


105
1
105
1


9
2


23
1
51
1
Tree/Shrub Site Preparation 490































5
2
289
11
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 2,300
126
1,528
60
4,288
129
3,371
115
2,640
64
2,944
75
1,276
39
2,022
51
1,568
31
1,915
40
690
20
1,422
48
993
27
1,197
31
1,265
26
2,239
47
1,229
42
1,179
35
Wildlife Habitat Planting. 420































427
6
718
17
Wildlife Habitat Planting. - Enhancements E420

































69
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
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 337
62
269
16
486
34
122
19
10
5
49
7
117
8
232
17
13
5
111
14
73
7
1
1
252
8
123
17
4
1
20
4
221
23
37
3
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























273
16
1,531
60
2,085
95
2,478
101
1,736
71
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 3,436
191
3,704
158
5,586
221
5,022
178
7,815
219
10,014
262
8,582
232
7,113
188
8,978
211
8,249
165
2,827
87
3,135
98
2,830
65
1,717
36
2,458
65
3,449
61
338
8
188
14
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 1,279
49
1,939
69
4,256
193
5,065
250
6,704
334
14,142
378
15,515
430
20,394
537
18,518
508
18,787
604
17,741
538
18,382
679
26,663
939
31,008
1,149
29,481
1,162
29,773
1,202
26,213
1,087
24,179
1,248
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)







1,085
1


























Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)

























92
2
305
11
943
57
1,237
71
1,053
56
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)



3
1






























Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 173
7
11
2
746
17
103
7


27
7
218
14
24
2
100
6


















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 27
6
26
3
843
24
1,553
46
1,535
40
5,049
122
6,126
194
5,275
214
3,046
131
2,355
84
899
32
161
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 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 4,879
315
5,932
248
11,005
490
11,315
500
15,481
599
27,059
776
26,752
878
31,323
958
29,226
861
28,633
867
21,048
664
21,679
792
29,638
1,012
33,189
1,220
33,463
1,299
35,833
1,419
30,448
1,290
27,155
1,392
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

183
3
351
11
758
21
675
16
298
15
748
23
137
13
473
8
160
10
735
14
711
21
552
26
1,049
36
656
25
819
22
666
28
746
28
Animal Trails and Walkways 575









3
2
91
4
83
3
87
3
173
4
91
4
62
7


765
7
411
8
147
5
15
1
54
3
Brush Management 314











4
1
93
3
629
5
230
9
663
4
691
4
804
8
574
9
1,556
20
1,289
24
371
10
1,417
22
Critical Area Planting 342 75
5
296
11
269
10
336
18
859
28
597
16
2,148
8
292
10
65
7
506
17
124
10
279
9
433
18
344
14
163
6
243
8
182
11
155
4
Fence 382 3,515
128
8,443
179
10,033
374
8,326
334
11,168
433
10,068
460
7,142
393
5,244
209
4,377
208
3,726
122
1,871
92
2,731
124
3,161
127
4,627
144
2,307
98
2,808
91
2,333
90
2,183
91
Forage Harvest Management 511 3,296
88
658
58
3,120
209
6,155
369
3,593
224
3,944
193
7,022
412
10,333
569
9,388
468
4,433
208
1,023
70
353
32
578
49
506
30
563
29
224
22
232
14
39
2
Forage and Biomass Planting 512 6,571
248
3,857
208
10,547
386
10,819
540
8,546
426
7,065
368
8,277
408
5,724
282
12,753
761
9,737
404
4,676
236
3,028
160
4,069
218
4,041
233
3,941
200
4,032
173
2,985
170
3,938
216
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512

























25
1


775
22
50
6


Heavy Use Area Protection 561 1,572
61
1,576
61
3,412
148
5,727
200
5,558
214
4,281
207
7,107
234
5,103
182
5,348
209
3,498
124
4,085
155
5,808
216
6,353
237
8,012
254
5,808
179
7,966
213
4,451
213
4,088
152
Herbaceous Weed Control 315













63
1
424
11
27
5
38
7
151
10
69
3
97
9
639
6
418
20
697
14
640
12
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315



























13
3






Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 686
48
487
51
2,212
112
1,784
78
1,076
46
1,117
46
1,241
72
1,483
88
526
42
1,242
24
316
19
336
18
137
14
126
5
290
17
68
4
53
5
7
1
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595





























301
24
487
34


Livestock Pipeline 516 1,283
68
3,714
98
4,780
172
4,525
196
4,480
165
7,338
210
3,741
162
3,705
134
3,794
156
3,086
105
2,165
96
3,237
135
4,590
142
2,904
105
2,031
80
3,464
115
2,484
107
2,371
86
Nutrient Management 590 1,021
68
1,678
122
3,065
135
1,514
91
1,993
89
1,546
49
958
45
1,902
53
1,001
68
1,681
76
799
35
1,294
53
944
31
853
30
801
33
498
27
1,979
23
921
11
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590































99
8
541
24
Pond 378 478
11
77
6
258
7
297
13
472
11
441
14
268
7
421
10
333
12
178
7
51
2
218
5
105
5
32
1




22
1


Prescribed Burning 338 16
2






















3
1










Prescribed Grazing 528 9,268
584
11,803
709
25,004
1,161
14,124
680
12,175
612
13,478
787
13,154
860
7,732
464
8,021
409
6,176
338
3,420
182
2,238
154
2,922
193
2,440
147
3,142
176
1,479
110
1,854
109
1,755
137
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528





























25
1
252
18
541
24
Pumping Plant 533 8
1
22
3
420
14
262
9
240
10
593
13
1,930
8
831
13
430
14
550
18
213
13
220
11
443
12
108
9
133
4
129
7
257
7
37
3
Spring Development 574



























169
5
391
8
33
2
91
3
Stream Crossing 578



























197
4
270
7
111
5


Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580



62
1


70
1


50
2






















Toxic Salt Reduction 610

1
1
































Waste Recycling 633 86
3
104
2
40
2
209
15
413
18
859
45
405
26
559
28
588
35
312
17
369
23














Water Well 642 32
2
115
1
132
6
267
8
94
4
109
5
194
6
219
5
550
16
339
11
99
7
69
4
93
4
133
8
172
3
95
4
55
3
37
3
Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 25
3
187
7
150
4
295
14
180
6
151
4
202
5
258
9
145
4
20
2
15
1
59
4
365
10
50
4
148
8
45
3
3
1
79
3
Watering Facility 614 1,218
62
2,031
96
5,438
186
4,583
190
5,505
226
13,934
248
4,386
190
7,015
179
4,371
190
3,471
104
2,449
104
3,751
149
4,853
162
4,084
146
2,052
75
3,873
130
2,794
119
3,478
102
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 63
2




16
4
15
1


34
5
87
3


35
1
11
1




34
2
6
1
9
1
10
1
160
2
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650

























29
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)







40
1
101
14
74
12
84
10
110
9
73
8
13
6
15
1












Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 195
25
121
18
80
13
108
13
51
6
6
6


64
5
17
2
6
2


19
1
34
1






39
14
7
6
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























25
1
25
6
1,291
70
673
72
499
50
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 9,063
747
9,719
862
14,144
913
12,154
916
10,529
728
13,708
952
17,004
1,145
18,232
1,041
16,575
1,031
12,797
721
3,189
236
1,929
176
1,524
140
2,182
182
1,874
145
1,340
122
1,210
112
254
27
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)

















5
1
















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 6,958
528
9,327
721
19,806
1,987
20,951
1,840
18,243
1,774
18,686
1,697
18,170
1,643
14,344
1,177
11,250
1,103
10,086
782
8,594
804
9,023
938
10,864
1,113
10,427
1,009
8,828
814
9,018
848
8,666
799
8,707
845
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 942
72
31
14
276
22
162
6
74
7
52
4
420
65


27
1
18
4
















Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























120
6
31
3
131
15
3
1
42
3
21
1
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) 211
10
29
1












52
1


















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 40
1


































Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 2
1


48
3
133
5
133
14
54
9
54
6
363
25
6,836
479
1,435
88
525
29














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 15,062
1,384
18,078
1,616
32,113
2,938
30,592
2,780
27,702
2,530
30,322
2,682
33,821
2,871
31,489
2,258
32,484
2,626
23,840
1,606
12,168
1,075
10,828
1,116
12,427
1,260
12,497
1,195
10,791
980
11,394
1,041
10,442
1,000
9,487
929
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 Pipeline 430



106
1


17
1








7
3


36
1












Irrigation Reservoir 436















1
2
29
4
33
3
39
2












Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441













1
2


15
2
















Irrigation System, Sprinkler 442 67
1


758
8
4,176
40
2,171
18
2,502
37
5,330
61
2,691
29
3,148
29
2,402
26
208
3
567
9
690
5
307
2








Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface 443











947
6






















Irrigation Water Management 449 706
1


295
4
7,061
100
6,151
78
5,679
65
9,096
94
10,445
129
11,047
122
14,133
190
11,111
162
7,483
127
4,785
88
4,127
78
1,258
19
2,375
37
2,236
31
3,018
40
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449





























170
3
266
2
170
3
Land Smoothing 466

































34
1
Pumping Plant 533

135
3




165
3
127
3
124
2
6
1
15
1
179
8
14
1
172
4


86
3
36
1
60
2
183
4
14
1
Structure for Water Control 587 35
2
1,045
12
1,517
12
1,272
21
1,243
8
530
3
349
13
663
17
526
13
907
10
198
5
751
12
217
5
1,325
14
226
8
109
1
74
2
317
9
Toxic Salt Reduction 610

1
1
27
1
6
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 Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)









872
10
6,352
105
5,767
76
3,205
34
5,422
93
3,622
88
2,126
34
780
8










Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 35
2
2
1
169
4
22
3
57
1
10
1
20
3




10
2
















Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)























881
12
831
12


561
12
657
11
561
12
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 706
1
118
3
540
8
604
17




36
2
129
4
735
15
1,072
16
512
11
343
8
101
1
2
1
52
4


198
6
386
4
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 67
1
18
1
696
7
7,849
136
6,355
100
5,798
96
4,185
59
5,058
92
7,058
112
8,135
131
5,749
74
4,868
99
2,854
64
2,959
68
1,296
24
1,815
30
1,244
22
2,313
38
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















634
13
634
13
634
13


109
1




Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

1,016
10
926
7
827
6
851
7
509
1
230
7
462
6
139
6
3
1
3
1
18
1


293
3








Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)

5
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 808
4
1,159
16
2,331
26
9,301
162
7,263
108
7,188
108
10,823
176
11,289
178
11,136
167
14,642
243
9,886
174
7,989
155
5,250
98
4,719
97
1,348
28
2,485
43
2,099
39
2,908
54
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 13,165
409
10,560
265
8,258
324
12,642
432
5,444
217
4,076
189
3,484
202
5,183
259
9,383
575
2,250
89
2,793
89
2,632
133
3,991
71
2,249
74
552
22
1,540
51
1,644
141
1,156
87
Access Control - Enhancements E472





























1
1




Access Road 560 101
5
483
14
646
21
1,059
36
1,076
29
426
25
884
31
907
28
802
15
430
19
1,245
30
785
28
1,122
50
1,696
57








Agrichemical Handling Facility 309































157
2


Animal Mortality Facility 316



113
6
352
17
357
10
356
14
208
7
137
11
253
12
225
7
215
14
197
14
216
18
276
8
441
17
205
16
261
11
231
14
Brush Management 314



























36,543
888
40,842
1,021
30,398
861
33,249
978
Brush Management - Enhancements E314





























655
24
678
11
145
7
Composting Facility 317 17
2
16
3
13
2
212
3
6
1
13
2


25
2
8
1








8
1
58
1
9
1


51
1
Conservation Cover 327 9,720
390
6,072
297
20,225
904
15,916
700
17,752
669
14,443
838
19,828
936
16,376
977
9,498
601
6,073
494
5,016
530
8,642
639
7,649
577
71,602
1,396
8,520
546
20,580
1,026
15,146
932
8,008
539
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327

























171
1
442
15
170
17
584
25
778
17
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 273,771
6,220
226,265
6,824
250,298
7,889
244,373
7,498
245,311
7,758
249,571
7,853
222,662
7,428
204,974
7,154
187,607
7,149
179,863
5,846
130,614
4,643
135,123
5,050
134,586
4,684
132,383
5,241
148,653
5,232
151,056
5,701
85,223
2,760
40,881
1,308
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328



























456
49
1,135
57
1,791
74
4,866
133
Constructed Wetland 656 340
3
6
1
19
1
2
1
21
1




17
1
20
1




13
1












Contour Buffer Strips 332 190
3


116
3
149
2


60
1
3
2






















Contour Farming 330







451
30
4
1


40
1


605
17


130
3


48
1








Cover Crop 340 5,152
111
8,015
234
11,402
273
46,646
1,437
53,721
1,649
41,921
1,429
72,350
2,469
112,894
3,558
160,746
5,254
234,206
7,860
211,084
7,189
242,641
7,648
207,898
6,733
253,427
8,168
272,445
9,064
289,982
9,903
223,224
7,898
153,593
5,255
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340

























167
10
6,436
300
23,048
932
24,227
1,029
23,772
809
Critical Area Planting 342 1,103
21
603
19
603
18
2,207
46
3,473
45
1,604
40
2,743
21
547
20
813
23
1,152
43
1,771
45
662
33
1,753
53
2,843
69
1,106
42
1,405
49
1,339
35
1,328
38
Diversion 362 186
5
41
1
181
4
142
7
267
6
167
6
206
5
182
6
91
8


7
1
52
3
48
5
258
10
212
10
78
5
126
9
82
2
Drainage Water Management 554





204
7
331
7
149
3
236
5
41
2
495
11
279
4
264
5
523
13
796
19
769
9
311
5
466
6
420
10
297
4
Field Border 386



























2,038
98
1,156
90
2,194
182
1,737
83
Field Border - Enhancements E386



























98
1
27
2
44
3


Filter Strip 393 42,857
1,210
33,355
960
33,157
1,006
56,237
1,667
20,295
640
6,371
249
3,354
176
1,279
92
1,068
62
479
29
1,746
49
1,886
87
5,253
129
2,461
138
1,500
54
3,144
94
1,447
92
1,093
36
Filter Strip - Enhancements E393

























147
2
9
2






Forage and Biomass Planting 512



























7,248
360
8,316
408
7,765
396
7,188
403
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512



























3
1
775
22
50
6


Forest Stand Improvement 666



























19,043
293
13,347
260
11,577
212
10,680
243
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666



























743
30
1,657
37
2,149
62
785
27
Grade Stabilization Structure 410 10,582
277
7,942
192
10,881
246
12,964
296
9,924
193
7,647
189
10,754
220
7,170
159
3,170
86
2,584
69
2,369
71
2,972
88
1,797
49
3,019
109
2,411
64
2,047
56
916
49
1,593
40
Grassed Waterway 412 59,119
1,224
33,692
668
40,395
792
57,868
1,096
42,196
831
45,296
1,128
46,428
1,205
37,285
985
26,483
1,034
14,726
846
13,061
554
10,466
660
8,503
392
18,746
809
9,842
441
11,581
652
9,094
572
10,437
442
Heavy Use Area Protection 561 1,930
79
1,990
78
3,782
174
7,594
276
6,109
262
5,245
266
7,978
283
5,760
233
6,624
263
4,097
163
5,872
228
6,609
260
9,030
350
9,721
350
7,623
274
10,385
320
5,822
317
5,614
236
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 141,248
2,765
105,433
3,176
149,384
4,503
150,616
4,728
117,445
3,537
103,791
3,080
119,724
3,807
101,736
3,442
79,114
2,691
109,967
3,081
90,218
2,790
61,327
1,951
48,097
1,588
57,612
1,950
49,164
1,615
56,318
1,765
40,608
1,729
31,473
1,202
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595



























3,782
176
24,059
689
45,080
1,518
37,466
1,163
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441













1
2


15
2
















Irrigation Water Management 449 706
1


295
4
7,061
100
6,151
78
5,679
65
9,096
94
10,445
129
11,047
122
14,133
190
11,111
162
7,483
127
4,785
88
4,127
78
1,258
19
2,375
37
2,236
31
3,018
40
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449





























170
3
266
2
170
3
Lined Waterway or Outlet 468



























4,162
131
6,645
159
3,541
112
4,469
92
Mulching 484 5,095
139
5,298
118
13,287
268
18,048
374
16,720
299
20,895
381
18,555
384
13,710
281
5,816
151
4,021
106
4,217
97
2,808
86
2,509
85
3,558
110








Nutrient Management 590 147,959
2,782
110,230
3,258
151,016
4,572
164,982
5,075
134,063
4,122
117,181
3,619
105,411
3,553
101,875
3,500
106,322
3,648
169,586
5,139
137,040
4,291
104,847
3,307
83,833
2,707
83,711
2,650
78,335
2,705
77,955
2,543
81,152
3,028
86,949
3,013
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590

























1,585
26
2,590
192
23,279
795
40,779
1,342
31,752
959
Prescribed Grazing 528 10,278
636
12,666
763
25,758
1,211
15,179
741
13,528
687
15,905
950
15,418
992
8,743
538
9,100
478
7,306
414
3,892
207
2,644
179
3,690
231
3,225
188
3,956
210
2,300
154
2,661
154
2,561
191
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528





























25
1
252
18
589
26
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 115,182
2,740
134,791
3,442
118,321
3,573
114,118
3,035
106,486
3,270
130,931
3,973
129,615
4,001
96,486
3,189
70,553
2,413
73,093
2,058
57,167
1,856
58,938
1,993
74,524
2,156
70,773
2,327
72,608
2,014
62,142
1,894
33,462
813
18,357
614
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345





























3,739
78
3,987
93
3,188
65
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 179,595
3,996
153,711
4,896
161,806
5,209
166,573
5,158
157,525
5,192
167,943
5,369
138,248
4,884
164,636
5,386
155,092
5,940
142,917
5,077
114,111
4,259
108,529
3,999
106,713
3,674
113,699
3,892
125,958
4,880
121,743
4,777
95,318
3,508
59,885
1,933
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329



























1,722
49
3,985
121
10,079
317
5,122
113
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till 346 155
3
1,668
48
245
7
599
14


108
5
























Riparian Forest Buffer 391 2,698
109
1,353
62
1,043
83
842
64
837
33
461
30
207
20
443
26
102
10
43
14
257
23
271
48
350
25
202
46
46
11
139
30
132
18
217
12
Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390



27
1
29
4
139
10
457
22
176
12
227
7
309
14
23
4


1
1
12
3
172
13
8
4
11
3
139
6
193
2
Roof Runoff Structure 558 16
1
13
5
164
6
283
23
381
21
698
28
196
12
312
28
365
29
492
26
842
32
583
38
1,241
56
1,186
80
1,652
78
621
48
842
54
1,250
64
Roofs and Covers 367



























971
42
627
43
1,472
64
842
56
Sediment Basin 350



236
1
28
3
19
1
36
1




159
2










11
1






Silvopasture Establishment 381



























26
1
16
1
18
1


Stream Crossing 578 147
10
269
8
226
8
279
18
163
14
587
21
461
20
688
21
217
8
415
8
55
4
274
10
621
19
689
20
258
6
316
12
136
9


Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395





238
17






84
1




















Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580

8
1
62
1
347
3
2,513
3
133
2
64
3


23
2




30
1


31
1
40
1






Structure for Water Control 587 35
2
1,045
12
1,517
12
1,272
21
1,243
8
530
3
349
13
663
17
526
13
907
10
198
5
751
12
217
5
1,325
14
226
8
109
1
74
2
317
9
Terrace 600 45
1
359
3
30
1
73
3


89
3
142
2
340
8
412
10




60
1
68
1
423
9


109
3


112
3
Toxic Salt Reduction 610

1
1
27
1
6
1




























Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 5,260
295
3,650
204
11,626
353
6,374
323
4,168
227
4,052
185
5,305
255
4,756
217
2,730
167
2,499
171
1,454
112
2,800
92
2,097
127
3,441
224
2,935
120
2,381
146
4,342
329
2,525
172
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612



























445
9
104
10
271
15
320
8
Vegetated Treatment Area 635





11
2
23
2






5
1


















Waste Facility Closure 360 35
4
109
4
127
13
230
12
67
10
571
27
582
34
242
19
251
22
330
22
211
24
143
16
101
17
140
13
152
10
448
30
166
16
217
32
Waste Recycling 633 9,026
223
12,370
271
26,381
564
31,810
706
39,418
875
24,765
597
17,763
372
21,892
753
14,467
445
20,287
653
10,553
371
6,136
139
1,402
43
365
5
6,461
188
153
6




Waste Storage Facility 313 334
23
906
27
1,767
27
1,135
37
494
21
678
12
251
15
391
21
317
25
811
35
653
36
572
35
815
41
602
25
603
27
685
34
503
27
318
26
Waste Transfer 634 611
8
78
5
272
12
2,130
19
289
8
3
1
14
1








203
3
530
40
485
27
757
38
708
48
442
29
834
43
Waste Treatment 629











5
1






















Waste Treatment Lagoon 359





52
1




























Water Well Decommissioning 351 300
3
86
3
277
4
9
2
27
1
116
4
53
2
6
1
10
2
28
1




5
1






4
1


Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 5,506
37
6,067
122
4,262
99
7,400
199
5,920
133
6,279
153
8,177
156
5,303
155
4,798
114
2,184
46
4,915
107
5,253
170
8,822
205
15,586
358
8,887
229
13,461
373
11,758
287
8,284
228
Wetland Creation 658 890
14
86
8
243
11
194
9
240
4
188
8
423
19
182
7
170
4
19
5
345
4
5
1
32
2
22
5
20
2
20
2


49
6
Wetland Enhancement 659 106
8
182
6
671
21
1,042
26
434
8
999
33
1,682
35
994
49
911
26
117
12
35
2
59
6
30
2
123
4
79
1


179
9
14
1
Wetland Restoration 657 7,596
215
6,999
174
8,318
207
7,922
206
8,066
130
4,219
132
7,040
196
6,894
195
2,717
124
242
13
649
32
421
32
448
21
834
33
607
17
1,235
52
759
59
1,010
33
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 1,033
62
869
41
1,337
51
1,734
94
929
41
637
29
539
32
173
19
184
12
152
10
306
25
169
23
129
30
257
49
15
8
264
28
145
30
952
23
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650 10
1










11
1










6
2
29
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)





















68
2


61
2
191
6
23
4
34
1
207
9
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







555
23
4,420
115
11,955
245
15,616
636
18,693
905
22,782
1,177
17,363
919
9,560
358
1,079
37










Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 89,314
3,653
66,934
2,621
74,680
3,344
99,704
3,989
59,207
2,453
54,795
2,730
54,101
2,809
43,053
2,615
23,425
1,893
15,575
1,492
14,013
1,172
10,344
1,025
13,662
948
21,530
1,962
8,710
784
20,773
1,617
16,622
2,059
9,994
1,180
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)























942
37
3,903
119
14,514
852
53,936
2,943
69,384
4,678
57,130
3,358
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 300,275
16,537
268,921
18,094
285,426
20,426
286,995
20,266
289,860
20,199
324,035
18,533
320,896
17,935
304,505
16,906
280,502
17,069
251,209
14,419
193,907
11,827
223,319
14,287
220,732
12,509
213,145
14,532
241,799
14,696
235,166
14,498
133,615
7,852
46,615
3,501
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)





293
4
2,442
4


339
7
34
4




















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 58,469
3,492
85,838
5,244
126,441
8,339
170,330
9,927
147,824
8,161
136,085
9,226
169,820
10,361
163,836
10,668
155,550
9,414
253,569
14,492
234,628
13,447
215,408
10,872
195,223
10,346
220,981
11,346
270,320
13,645
297,067
14,848
247,949
14,110
213,916
12,157
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 1,009
66
12
2
183
10
42
1
33
5
52
4
565
57


27
1
18
4
















Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)











52
6






















Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)



















2,770
67
11,790
357
12,348
411
18,870
610
17,220
611
18,704
722
14,213
605
15,444
625
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) 322
19
37
3












52
1


















Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)













637
42




















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 5,302
216
4,484
211
7,771
301
7,441
238
5,782
131
3,070
136
5,349
254
6,041
255
3,039
170
68
15
214
24
104
11
20
2
6,269
30
143
7
68
5
22
5
1,083
4
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 496
53
401
39
1,929
66
2,273
112
4,544
102
8,619
215
7,248
230
11,045
373
51,715
2,114
23,637
984
12,088
431
597
18
406
9










Other 17
1




50
2
409
5
155
7
17
2


135
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 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 361,652
24,037
350,952
26,214
414,252
32,486
473,165
34,539
445,281
31,083
471,202
30,966
499,101
31,906
485,221
31,499
491,612
31,568
528,352
32,583
450,471
27,887
451,697
26,930
424,004
24,299
467,135
28,601
529,018
30,601
586,673
34,637
461,404
29,310
331,999
20,834
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 658 890
14
86
8
243
11
194
9
240
4
188
8
423
19
182
7
170
4
19
5
345
4
5
1
32
2
22
5
20
2
20
2


49
6
Wetland Enhancement 659 106
8
182
6
671
21
1,042
26
434
8
999
33
1,682
35
994
49
911
26
117
12
35
2
59
6
30
2
123
4
79
1


179
9
14
1
Wetland Restoration 657 7,596
215
6,999
174
8,318
207
7,922
206
8,066
130
4,219
132
7,040
196
6,894
195
2,717
124
242
13
649
32
421
32
448
21
834
33
607
17
1,235
52
759
59
1,010
33
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)





















68
2


52
1
191
3
21
3


50
6
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)











139
1






















Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 1,305
61
1,705
52
1,775
60
1,280
60
484
23
338
21
559
24
1,248
51
156
16
243
23
93
16
134
24
207
13
478
21
142
7
817
43
668
56
756
29
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 249
12
297
8
991
19
1,195
31
1,105
27
1,231
37
1,598
55
175
5
148
10


162
4
78
6
106
4
181
13
127
6
119
6
56
9
150
1
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)











186
3






















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

30
1


1
1


10
1


16
1
10
1


327
3


100
8
12
3
89
4
25
2


43
3
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 4,860
157
4,291
125
5,007
154
5,548
145
5,069
91
2,934
106
4,144
163
4,133
192
2,700
126
64
7
141
15
99
7


94
4




17
3
34
1
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 71
7
29
2
139
6
26
4
2
1
75
8
283
4
25
2
134
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 6,410
237
6,353
188
7,888
239
7,948
241
6,646
142
4,589
173
6,855
250
5,593
251
3,147
154
308
30
724
38
379
39
413
25
816
42
549
20
982
54
741
68
1,022
40
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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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/>
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