NRCS Conservation Programs

Iowa

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 $44,157.7
$40,290.9
$35,163.2
$37,792.1
$38,350.6
$39,055.8
$39,751.9
$36,625.1
$36,313.3
$44,644.1
$46,558.9
$47,701.7
$51,512.9
$46,261.6
$49,664.6
$57,005.0
$61,014.9
$65,121.6
Financial Assistance $58,841.0
$54,376.8
$62,484.6
$70,813.9
$98,475.9
$125,007.4
$111,922.2
$108,887.0
$106,545.0
$92,884.7
$67,290.7
$67,681.7
$75,149.6
$81,017.9
$98,240.1
$112,849.8
$97,381.7
$80,201.1
Reimbursable $7,315.8
$7,816.4
$7,083.7
$6,095.1
$5,408.0
$6,732.4
$7,550.5
$6,349.3
$5,819.5
$195.7
$160.3
$-13.5
$33.0
$16.0

$1.5
$1.8

Total $110,314.4
$102,483.7
$104,731.3
$114,700.9
$142,234.6
$170,795.5
$159,224.8
$151,861.4
$148,677.8
$137,724.6
$114,009.8
$115,370.1
$126,695.5
$127,295.5
$147,904.7
$169,856.3
$158,398.4
$145,322.7
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.

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)








$13,760.2
$13,658.7
$15,248.4
$18,239.5
$14,766.9
$15,469.7
$14,122.3
$12,266.0
$7,219.6
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$182.6
$129.3
$163.2
$164.7
$139.8
$1.6
$1.5
$11.7
$0.7





Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $7,000.0
$7,343.5
$6,137.4
$4,853.8
$4,368.1
$6,158.3
$7,153.8
$6,219.6
$5,717.2
$9,368.7
$9,602.0
$12,848.5
$13,042.3
$9,098.9
$8,094.5
$15,809.2
$19,769.2
$21,242.5
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $18,019.1
$17,809.3
$26,160.7
$26,353.1
$22,553.1
$18,772.8
$17,577.4
$17,531.1
$16,191.3
$13,711.6
$788.7
$45.3
$44.3





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$392.3
$23,039.5
$33,661.7
$40,663.7
$44,007.6
$48,411.5
$43,328.0
$37,050.6
$36,281.2
$38,597.9
$54,688.5
$61,179.1
$25,943.2
$22,488.8
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $26,467.0
$24,707.9
$23,268.3
$23,010.1
$24,135.8
$22,392.0
$23,268.5
$20,823.6
$22,628.7
$20,168.1
$19,574.3
$18,564.3
$21,760.6
$20,251.0
$21,360.8
$17,243.1
$17,525.9
$17,247.2
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $31,241.2
$26,061.7
$26,662.7
$38,028.6
$27,210.9
$27,785.2
$33,629.8
$33,767.2
$35,466.0
$31,120.4
$24,439.1
$24,944.1
$32,722.2
$42,581.2
$45,967.8
$40,930.8
$46,928.5
$44,568.0
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $1,055.7
$8.3
$34.5
$7.2
$0.2

$0.6


$1.3
$4.1
$0.7
$14.9
$15.1




Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $210.0
$32.9
$38.8
$6.5
$81.6
$176.9
$382.9
$160.8
$50.7
$0.8
$22.6
$146.4
$17.5
$20.5




Plant Materials Center (PMC)



$297.8
$134.0



$8.0








Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$21.2
$593.8
$2,313.5
$2,076.8
$486.3
$861.8
$120.5
$236.7
$22,802.0
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $2,034.8
$1,940.5
$1,895.8
$1,870.1
$1,805.5
$1,927.6
$845.5











Soil Survey (SOIL) $1,422.3
$1,531.9
$1,604.7
$1,570.5
$1,036.1
$1,177.7
$1,271.8
$937.6
$261.0
$526.0
$483.5
$408.3
$448.5
$478.2
$399.4
$614.5
$685.4
$701.8
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $338.5
$674.6
$229.3
$64.5














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $8,911.0
$8,591.5
$1,272.1
$2,258.0
$3,311.9
$3,888.2
$940.5
$220.7
$40.1


$10.4
$17.3
$8.5

$805.7
$1,936.3
$622.6
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $195.2
$273.8
$521.6
$168.6

$5.0


$15.0
$86.0
$23.9
$2.3






Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $0.7
$170.8
$77.0
$3,908.3
$38,260.5
$50,828.9
$2,364.7
$-286.6
$314.7
$-2.9
$526.1
$14.7

$101.5
$27.1
$17,514.1
$32,099.7
$8,412.2
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $12,854.6
$12,443.1
$16,420.7
$10,829.8
$17,640.5
$13,388.0
$37,383.3
$31,368.5
$23,274.7
$521.6
$867.8
$3,724.3
$2,017.1
$854.6
$957.0
$4.4
$-0.1

Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $564.3
$893.9
$407.7
$1,771.8
$957.7
$992.1
$536.4
$290.5
$571.0
$14.2
$25.7
$36.6
$12.6





Other





$44.7


$6.2
$70.0


$34.9
$78.1
$1,512.6
$1,007.6
$18.0
Total $110,314.4
$102,483.7
$104,731.3
$114,700.9
$142,234.6
$170,795.5
$159,224.8
$151,861.4
$148,677.8
$137,724.6
$114,009.8
$115,370.1
$126,695.5
$127,295.5
$147,904.7
$169,856.3
$158,398.4
$145,322.7
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)








$2,207.1
$2,504.7
$2,107.4
$2,750.6
$2,123.2
$1,787.5
$1,784.3
$2,142.8
$2,629.0
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$23.8
$43.5
$60.7
$65.7
$55.6
$1.6
$1.5
$11.7
$0.7





Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)








$9,368.7
$9,602.0
$12,848.5
$13,042.3
$9,098.9
$8,094.5
$15,809.2
$19,769.2
$21,242.5
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $2,779.8
$2,550.7
$1,293.3
$2,483.7
$1,521.8
$1,093.1
$523.1
$888.7
$543.3
$341.9
$210.9
$12.2
$11.1





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$392.3
$2,783.9
$2,921.5
$3,322.6
$3,188.7
$3,710.5
$6,729.4
$5,071.9
$5,603.2
$6,538.2
$8,841.2
$8,274.8
$5,864.2
$5,707.9
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $26,379.0
$24,676.8
$23,166.5
$22,648.0
$23,124.6
$21,958.3
$23,094.1
$20,724.9
$22,526.4
$19,972.4
$19,484.0
$18,588.2
$21,745.0
$20,234.5
$21,360.8
$17,241.6
$17,524.1
$17,247.2
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $6,344.9
$5,440.8
$4,953.8
$5,922.0
$6,140.7
$6,639.5
$8,567.0
$7,958.0
$7,582.5
$7,873.5
$6,652.9
$6,521.0
$6,746.7
$7,113.3
$8,831.9
$10,012.6
$11,633.1
$9,705.7
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $28.7
$8.3
$34.5
$7.2
$0.2

$0.6


$1.3
$4.1
$0.7
$14.9
$15.1




Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $210.0
$32.9
$38.8
$6.5
$77.7
$83.8
$89.7
$52.6
$45.4
$0.8
$22.6
$146.4
$17.5
$20.5




Plant Materials Center (PMC)



$297.8
$134.0



$8.0








Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$21.2
$372.7
$1,009.6
$502.7
$69.2
$109.8
$93.9
$123.2
$6,786.6
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $2,032.9
$1,938.6
$1,863.6
$1,867.9
$1,805.5
$1,927.6
$845.5











Soil Survey (SOIL) $1,208.6
$1,194.8
$1,194.1
$1,093.9
$1,007.4
$1,037.3
$1,094.2
$906.6
$261.0
$526.0
$483.5
$408.3
$448.5
$478.2
$399.4
$614.5
$685.4
$701.8
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $338.5
$674.6
$229.3
$64.5














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $3,307.7
$2,174.9
$973.0
$777.5
$618.4
$732.3
$158.8
$275.9
$0.6




$9.0

$645.7
$1,628.0
$201.6
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $195.2
$103.8
$191.6
$168.8

$5.0


$15.0
$86.0
$23.9
$2.3






Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $-0.5
$0.1
$9.5
$352.4
$2,030.0
$1,416.0
$363.9
$6.6
$71.4
$-2.9
$68.3
$14.7

$19.0
$4.4
$2,511.4
$1,637.4
$881.3
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $1,208.7
$1,313.5
$1,148.8
$1,993.5
$1,142.1
$915.1
$1,771.1
$2,296.0
$1,881.4
$514.8
$395.3
$922.2
$617.1
$507.6
$157.0
$4.4
$-0.1

Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $124.2
$181.1
$66.4
$406.2
$168.3
$286.4
$261.7
$127.5
$142.0
$7.0
$3.0
$36.6
$12.6





Other








$6.2



$34.9
$78.1
$12.6
$7.6
$18.0
Total $44,157.7
$40,290.9
$35,163.2
$37,792.1
$38,350.6
$39,055.8
$39,751.9
$36,625.1
$36,313.3
$44,644.1
$46,558.9
$47,701.7
$51,512.9
$46,261.6
$49,664.6
$57,005.0
$61,014.9
$65,121.6
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• 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)








$11,553.1
$11,154.0
$13,140.9
$15,489.0
$12,643.7
$13,682.2
$12,338.0
$10,123.2
$4,590.6
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$158.8
$85.9
$102.5
$99.0
$84.2









Conservation Security Program (CSP) $15,239.4
$15,258.6
$24,867.4
$23,869.4
$21,031.3
$17,679.7
$17,054.3
$16,642.3
$15,648.0
$13,369.7
$577.8
$33.1
$33.1





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)




$20,255.6
$30,740.2
$37,341.1
$40,818.9
$44,701.0
$36,598.5
$31,978.6
$30,678.0
$32,059.7
$45,847.3
$52,904.3
$20,079.0
$16,780.9
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $24,896.3
$20,521.0
$21,309.0
$31,706.6
$21,070.2
$21,145.7
$25,062.7
$25,809.2
$27,883.5
$23,246.9
$17,786.2
$18,423.1
$25,975.5
$35,467.9
$37,135.9
$30,918.2
$35,295.4
$34,862.3
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $1,027.0

















Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)



$3.9
$93.1
$293.2
$108.2
$5.3









Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)









$221.1
$1,303.9
$1,574.0
$417.1
$752.0
$26.6
$113.5
$16,015.4
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $5,603.3
$6,416.7
$297.5
$1,480.1
$2,693.5
$3,155.9
$781.6
$-55.2
$39.5






$160.0
$308.3
$421.0
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)
$170.0
$330.0
$-0.1














Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $1.2
$170.7
$67.5
$3,555.9
$36,230.5
$49,412.9
$2,000.8
$-293.2
$243.3

$457.8


$82.5
$22.7
$15,002.7
$30,462.3
$7,530.9
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $11,633.6
$11,126.9
$15,271.9
$8,836.4
$16,498.4
$12,472.9
$35,612.2
$29,072.5
$21,393.3
$6.8
$472.5
$2,802.1
$1,400.0
$347.0
$800.0



Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $440.2
$712.9
$341.3
$1,365.6
$789.3
$705.7
$274.7
$163.1
$429.0
$7.2
$22.6







Other














$1,500.0
$1,000.0

Total $58,841.0
$54,376.8
$62,484.6
$70,813.9
$98,475.9
$125,007.4
$111,922.2
$108,887.0
$106,545.0
$92,884.7
$67,290.7
$67,681.7
$75,149.6
$81,017.9
$98,240.1
$112,849.8
$97,381.7
$80,201.1
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CRP, CTA, PMC, RCD, SNOW, SOIL, and WSP do not provide financial assistance.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, AWEP and WHIP were authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP, FRPP, and GRP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out contracts, agreements, or easements entered into prior to the date of enactment of the 2014 Act, including the provision of technical assistance, provided that no such contract, agreement, or easement is modified so as to increase the amount of payment received. Pursuant to this authority, the funds obligated in FY 2014 were used to carry out acquisition and restoration activities on those prior contracts, agreements, or easements.

Reimbursable - Total Obligations, by Program Fund and Fiscal Year
In thousands of dollars
Fund Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $7,000.0
$7,343.5
$6,137.4
$4,853.8
$4,368.1
$6,158.3
$7,153.8
$6,219.6
$5,717.2









Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $88.0
$31.1
$101.7
$362.1
$1,011.2
$433.7
$174.4
$98.7
$102.3
$195.7
$90.4
$-23.9
$15.6
$16.5

$1.5
$1.8

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
$100.0
$400.0
$400.0














Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $1.8
$2.0
$32.2
$2.1














Soil Survey (SOIL) $213.7
$337.1
$410.7
$476.6
$28.7
$140.4
$177.6
$31.0










Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)

$1.7
$0.5







$10.4
$17.3
$-0.5




Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $12.3
$2.7
















Other





$44.7



$70.0







Total $7,315.8
$7,816.4
$7,083.7
$6,095.1
$5,408.0
$6,732.4
$7,550.5
$6,349.3
$5,819.5
$195.7
$160.3
$-13.5
$33.0
$16.0

$1.5
$1.8

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

















4
2


720
83
672
163
1,677
83
1,100
52
612
21
245
2
701
75
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







1,554
26
2,393
110
3,196
116
2,020
72
1,470
71
278
16
187
9
136
2












Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 152,631
38,606
206,430
53,294
168,036
43,133
171,740
30,381
209,276
30,255
214,033
29,738
221,808
26,850
147,960
16,743
72,380
6,454
26,781
4,291
59,491
10,232
132,193
30,623
99,776
22,028
96,690
24,544
45,812
13,005
35,394
14,180
54,486
18,265
63,118
21,099
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP Contracts)









797,605
1,480
368,164
713
287,909
552
175,346
381
201,209
436
135,223
245
202,217
360
188,063
352
233,523
439
107,589
296
123,508
228




Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)































255,559
16,515
272,183
18,648
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 837,852
55,923
845,508
55,563
782,343
53,451
780,053
45,172
705,639
35,792
731,589
37,794
802,010
37,767
768,144
33,271
720,435
29,582
343,227
13,994
489,454
23,064
517,405
27,059
564,330
23,821
645,054
29,092
619,910
26,946
512,173
20,346
422,432
22,049
454,903
22,108
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 197,577
8,758
210,881
8,913
372,349
18,551
303,962
13,265
280,074
12,418
268,923
12,042
265,031
11,212
298,479
11,671
281,576
10,536
211,079
7,404
199,667
7,397
184,694
7,288
165,907
6,645
166,887
6,911
208,069
9,474
251,585
11,691
291,967
12,123
237,711
10,078
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 2,054
114
1,746
48
304
24
382
23
775
2
199
5
632
33
697
23
450
14
177
3


296
46
466
112
49
4
194
2
18
2
305
23
61
6
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)



















101
9
1,315
52
13,314
523
31,606
1,142
53,582
1,574
59,433
1,715
50,917
1,717
39,972
1,310
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) 392
3


































Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 20,911
244
19,740
367
12,737
212
3,554
74
2,206
41
4,790
147
10,197
179
892
17
178
2














153
2


Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)











94
2




















16
1
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 14
9
179
10
683
11


129
5
1,026
76
1,294
55
1,936
242
90
15


















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 8,880
313
9,912
395
8,763
552
8,898
344
7,414
283
9,878
274
7,812
215
6,739
334
9,351
228
999
12
3,933
244
6,183
462
2,437
97
5,187
165
2,187
57
28
1
186
37
209
5
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 5,078
147
6,087
260
4,621
376
6,953
364
11,897
568
13,527
584
20,059
857
17,283
525
11,153
310
4,105
87
1,885
45
952
16
544
6










Other 3,702
60
5,512
110


261
6
2,682
52
535
11
3,806
63
387
17
1,170
22
555
28
2,838
61
2,860
78
205
13
648
8
392
3
234
4


73
2
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 1,098,925
29,833
1,183,943
34,942
1,231,321
38,368
1,150,145
32,192
1,109,419
30,894
1,124,543
30,612
1,215,653
32,273
1,144,489
28,948
1,039,021
25,430
569,381
13,309
725,720
19,766
808,906
27,397
816,428
25,102
987,090
29,560
983,845
27,482
978,320
26,804
1,019,400
30,774
1,030,805
31,344
Percent of land units treated by multiple programs 16.62%
11.01%
14.05%
8.78%
12.45%
7.72%
12.95%
8.86%
11.82%
7.92%
12.00%
8.75%
10.69%
7.67%
9.51%
7.33%
6.37%
5.01%
3.53%
3.00%
5.70%
3.87%
6.58%
3.77%
5.97%
3.67%
6.53%
4.30%
7.43%
5.35%
6.36%
4.57%
5.96%
4.71%
4.25%
3.25%
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 327 102,105
7,397
165,657
10,826
138,590
9,891
175,902
7,199
162,560
6,414
155,900
6,323
177,414
7,056
117,879
4,423
52,472
2,109
22,970
1,165
41,312
2,590
94,491
7,042
48,878
3,828
59,166
4,126
18,668
1,656
21,132
1,894
63,303
6,178
70,772
7,089
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327

























234
8
994
32
1,758
67
7,502
188
9,087
163
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 645,813
15,226
603,431
16,056
575,038
15,852
582,287
14,366
459,786
11,575
497,607
12,811
494,221
12,077
469,346
11,301
418,117
10,504
132,599
3,314
240,163
6,322
209,675
6,034
266,278
6,856
278,120
6,605
252,211
5,838
184,996
4,206
69,738
1,552
66,782
1,672
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328























37
1
4,688
101
9,866
244
8,566
173
20,422
510
21,623
602
Contour Buffer Strips 332 12,573
407
17,807
480
9,778
592
12,519
527
15,523
505
19,702
669
10,692
405
6,067
207
3,579
88
2,014
107
1,366
50
3,150
134
2,010
71
2,785
115
2,831
191
2,794
193
1,214
108
2,994
147
Contour Farming 330 226,239
5,423
212,246
5,606
186,826
5,851
166,408
4,329
120,862
3,045
119,760
2,937
126,101
3,198
102,524
2,683
102,482
2,598
32,131
804
40,560
1,251
45,092
1,482
35,351
955
55,417
1,837
67,185
1,647
27,024
799
11,680
334
19,190
471
Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops 331

3
2


64
1




























Cover Crop 340 315
7
2,248
113
2,672
123
3,688
82
10,767
165
22,546
492
34,604
747
47,144
961
126,672
2,589
197,662
4,041
205,423
4,380
275,229
6,849
251,829
6,562
379,948
9,366
451,408
12,297
491,219
12,323
582,311
15,506
625,732
16,333
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340























397
9
14,576
349
17,882
463
21,018
465
42,512
1,048
52,570
1,287
Critical Area Planting 342 24,447
659
34,240
668
32,673
945
72,131
1,367
97,947
1,623
127,267
1,977
136,177
2,296
116,033
1,893
80,656
1,322
40,170
657
49,596
849
39,532
1,378
31,373
874
35,172
1,065
29,168
806
28,313
982
24,338
916
19,140
994
Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag B000CPL18

































332
4
Crop Bundle #23 - Pheasant and quail habitat B000CPL23

































109
4
Crop Bundle #24 - Cropland Soil Health Management System B000CPL24

































153
9
Diversion 362 728
10
393
8
118
5
113
6
50
4
316
5
696
6
534
6
181
2
300
3
225
5
94
4
139
2




53
1


13
2
Field Border 386 89,921
2,007
81,867
2,089
58,669
1,669
42,523
1,068
31,606
660
33,948
684
34,239
646
16,663
360
10,463
230
4,045
93
14,100
266
7,244
254
6,343
182
12,116
347
9,037
211
7,268
215
8,439
164
13,820
254
Field Border - Enhancements E386























203
3
1,616
28
694
20
1,528
28
3,715
44
7,652
126
Forage and Biomass Planting 512 9,798
602
11,308
569
13,358
735
16,111
754
17,296
747
14,049
678
11,112
541
6,986
334
7,910
345
5,247
179
5,055
227
5,414
195
5,358
256
9,852
400
23,235
821
12,156
432
9,384
303
9,887
353
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512

























110
6
13
3
53
6
1,038
14
284
20
Grade Stabilization Structure 410 5,058
129
7,014
171
7,673
187
5,386
125
7,166
139
6,026
104
5,731
111
5,993
117
3,113
59
3,411
54
2,173
48
1,822
36
1,409
48
1,073
28
2,129
40
1,441
23
499
22
1,196
31
Grassed Waterway 412 200,835
5,270
220,326
5,627
145,212
3,967
140,556
3,294
214,044
3,550
189,909
3,115
165,380
2,633
124,097
2,072
69,276
1,263
44,085
856
58,674
1,218
45,493
1,810
29,902
1,080
47,290
1,210
24,975
826
33,949
975
19,048
768
12,957
922
Grassed Waterway - Enhancements E412

































149
2
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 132,213
3,219
130,948
4,107
157,656
4,640
81,764
2,203
88,370
2,969
153,465
4,770
173,712
5,865
101,274
3,145
11,439
370
5,641
192
3,765
98
8,046
385
5,463
162
37,565
861
41,581
951
61,216
1,394
80,984
2,054
75,156
1,751
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595























2,577
39
44,872
999
55,514
1,384
85,394
2,189
101,774
2,774
109,493
2,817
Irrigation Water Management 449



332
2




155
2
214
2
235
2


31
1
















Lined Waterway or Outlet 468





















44
1












Mulching 484



38
10
3
2
140
3
7
1
93
4
816
10
908
16
1,172
17
486
11
1,524
26
1,818
30
7,430
58
2,044
27
9,203
141
3,436
72
704
37
Nutrient Management 590 189,604
4,216
193,501
5,283
231,714
6,184
141,027
3,523
68,598
1,943
62,945
1,650
47,577
1,090
44,050
1,037
47,357
1,032
54,796
1,180
40,884
1,082
32,759
1,042
19,726
579
25,546
748
34,139
845
42,882
1,106
67,649
2,049
73,252
1,972
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590























2,577
39
19,111
487
31,370
778
72,355
1,866
89,402
2,438
94,869
2,542
Residue Management, Seasonal 344 9,675
164
9,864
173
7,210
142
2,879
62
2,949
68
7,602
201
4,651
120
17,246
724
7,820
184
1,361
42
831
7
307
9
198
2










Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 463,525
10,209
441,517
10,630
430,895
11,088
356,417
8,092
287,737
6,050
266,286
6,231
288,547
6,383
243,119
5,302
208,241
4,584
59,622
1,486
104,008
2,622
89,698
2,330
98,794
2,515
94,169
2,176
99,502
2,325
53,322
1,188
37,211
751
30,933
703
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345

























6,092
123
8,398
192
13,115
319
16,263
391
26,611
595
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 272,264
6,669
275,976
7,131
214,059
6,346
212,079
5,545
139,928
3,557
163,204
4,189
153,730
4,018
141,230
3,482
135,607
3,535
68,504
1,608
96,421
2,784
107,453
2,957
130,034
3,359
208,578
6,090
224,205
5,684
177,770
4,397
175,413
4,169
165,611
3,907
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329

























13,121
425
16,501
524
26,361
725
48,765
1,288
53,704
1,392
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till 346 6,546
125
4,237
73
2,366
38
1,013
18
993
20
680
12
1,645
27
182
5
13
1
81
4


139
3












Riparian Forest Buffer 391 1,993
250
1,201
234
1,494
227
919
136
994
122
996
56
488
51
440
43
289
34
301
34
110
20
685
90
166
38
529
64
247
62
65
13
106
40
276
86
Riparian Forest Buffer - Enhancements E391































1
1


Silvopasture Establishment 381

























6
1






24
1
Stripcropping 585 2,764
82
1,747
99
2,588
161
966
34
1,859
85
1,068
41
1,690
86
1,138
36
820
26
686
30
1,040
130
510
29
152
5
292
22
145
13
126
4
62
4
187
33
Subsurface Drain 606 13,689
232
20,095
323
26,986
369
22,139
347
32,860
461
40,415
581
42,895
538
32,856
485
17,825
279
17,886
238
16,278
275
19,787
311
15,209
306
14,011
267
10,874
153
16,337
293
10,481
224
5,775
116
Terrace 600 158,679
2,139
160,261
2,048
160,899
2,272
167,880
2,228
238,930
3,276
196,946
2,831
199,419
2,803
187,195
2,599
113,656
1,622
123,876
1,678
152,552
2,120
125,127
1,704
127,228
1,732
127,037
1,768
102,039
1,370
101,308
1,394
82,541
1,192
137,772
1,887
Underground Outlet 620 23,863
383
26,122
401
30,531
507
62,696
876
132,018
1,934
121,066
1,963
112,725
1,786
103,620
1,641
63,909
1,062
61,521
966
77,732
1,267
62,939
1,009
65,972
1,090
70,911
1,132
52,179
847
58,653
985
53,173
952
57,383
1,026
Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 22,351
357
28,560
452
25,345
434
34,895
480
48,662
738
41,424
717
47,122
800
30,905
497
22,506
400
26,949
420
36,432
472
27,517
466
29,800
437
44,932
599
27,911
350
27,861
516
35,225
556
37,386
663
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 2,746
298
5,626
284
3,419
209
7,516
198
7,268
140
4,617
120
5,777
103
5,967
130
4,496
79
1,312
36
2,308
56
2,851
106
1,651
72
2,564
106
1,481
50
1,482
83
1,646
160
2,445
122
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650 96
7
18
5
19
6
157
5
3
5
3
1
435
6
85
2
201
3


58
2
23
1
24
2


171
2
22
4
85
10
11
15
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)





















404
26
498
50
732
31
416
27
54
3


83
7
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







1,405
18
2,151
88
2,360
82
1,563
47
1,101
57
256
14
187
9
136
2












Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 111,211
11,774
162,447
18,650
120,010
14,604
118,676
10,466
140,513
11,358
167,382
12,547
183,532
13,244
113,842
7,566
39,018
2,161
17,135
1,567
32,388
2,779
72,789
8,191
37,936
4,584
44,087
4,962
13,297
2,380
13,924
2,753
29,526
4,912
41,385
7,086
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)























4,074
180
86,563
4,325
108,045
5,749
161,701
9,065
238,834
14,920
251,165
16,411
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 773,422
47,524
772,747
49,312
700,414
44,901
703,458
37,908
632,922
30,410
667,601
32,431
730,003
32,707
694,243
28,224
647,019
25,411
320,993
12,322
461,320
19,802
489,722
22,186
539,960
21,346
AR
26,499
AR
25,275
AR
18,543
AR
16,897
AR
19,241
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 14
1
13
1




1
1
430
30
300
6
1,040
91
32
4


















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 153,619
5,878
154,143
4,981
297,984
12,705
232,367
8,365
209,563
7,885
201,855
7,926
194,393
7,111
217,661
7,505
207,482
6,661
178,025
5,266
168,302
5,476
153,692
5,148
132,907
4,426
AR
4,601
AR
5,761
AR
7,516
AR
8,564
AR
6,207
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 83
3
2
6


















23
1
184
37
16
1








Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)



















101
9
1,234
44
13,170
495
30,718
1,074
52,196
1,458
56,452
1,515
48,660
1,485
38,929
1,195
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 20,099
221
19,395
353
11,219
172
3,267
62
2,131
38
4,267
88
9,716
167
892
17
178
2














153
2


Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)











94
2




















16
1
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 1,989
43
3,100
57
2,566
66
2,399
50
1,649
27
2,760
35
249
6
1,255
41
441
18


143
7
542
9
416
5
1,004
18








Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 14
6
177
13
8
4
125
13
164
11
117
5
148
11
82
2


855
9
897
10
735
7












Other 3,401
37
5,327
85


228
3
2,682
50
535
11
3,805
62
104
4
1,170
22
551
27
2,838
60
2,747
73
141
11
608
6
163
2
234
4


73
2
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.
• AR indicates that this estimate is undergoing additional review.

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Quality Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 959,282
65,487
1,018,558
73,458
1,034,821
72,452
958,526
56,867
909,858
49,798
950,496
53,161
1,028,723
53,398
954,002
43,497
854,908
34,336
504,069
19,205
641,351
28,152
693,635
35,687
698,967
31,134
872,855
41,517
873,159
40,652
878,942
39,399
917,179
46,780
926,689
50,150
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 69,978
1,810
120,438
3,222
106,400
2,988
114,940
2,964
159,153
3,880
170,012
4,094
103,644
2,352
50,009
1,065
55,064
1,347
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328







3,501
76
5,205
132
4,570
92
10,463
287
11,063
312
Cover Crop 340 26,032
510
22,924
447
38,144
807
40,704
927
72,541
1,551
110,772
2,664
83,126
1,958
91,642
2,143
87,675
1,942
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340





26
1
4,656
119
8,105
192
7,831
190
19,646
484
20,988
478
Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag B000CPL18















332
4
Crop Bundle #23 - Pheasant and quail habitat B000CPL23















109
4
Crop Bundle #24 - Cropland Soil Health Management System B000CPL24















153
9
Prescribed Grazing 528















1,078
15
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 41,200
1,008
73,593
1,766
57,468
1,508
63,579
1,533
65,510
1,524
68,091
1,695
36,870
832
23,402
445
20,568
485
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345







600
14
1,756
53
1,920
39
3,669
88
6,744
163
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 29,411
763
52,849
1,648
55,116
1,633
56,441
1,550
109,477
2,856
128,603
3,228
89,110
2,182
85,330
2,096
90,887
2,117
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329







4,364
152
5,274
177
6,949
221
20,201
547
19,636
508
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability Practices
Program 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 6
1
11
2
205
16


242
9
154
1
174
8
250
13


Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)





371
11
8,746
650
11,753
926
13,946
965
29,860
2,475
33,077
2,588
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 70,815
3,746
122,872
6,575
109,608
6,332
118,936
6,242
166,830
8,571
181,969
9,552
109,049
5,310
58,523
2,581
65,475
3,284
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 8,770
330
16,539
497
17,134
561
21,052
665
23,603
763
34,263
1,303
30,259
1,228
42,445
1,775
28,884
1,326
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





2,134
57
6,645
179
14,742
451
12,281
355
9,156
311
4,916
186
Other 296
14
396
9
1,232
27




163
2






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

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to 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 75,938
4,091
126,403
7,083
114,315
6,936
123,126
6,975
178,334
10,172
202,255
12,235
137,958
7,866
116,204
7,155
118,426
7,384
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 5,599
107
5,900
110
9,578
271
7,642
202
20,600
467
43,307
1,063
20,091
506
10,147
198
13,613
296
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328







1,560
32
969
38
850
20
1,887
61
2,112
56
Cover Crop 340 6,295
110
6,076
109
11,071
250
7,633
200
25,372
518
45,083
1,138
22,219
561
12,175
285
14,965
332
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340







1,880
43
830
32
360
9
1,804
47
1,858
47
Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag B000CPL18















332
4
Crop Bundle #23 - Pheasant and quail habitat B000CPL23















109
4
Crop Bundle #24 - Cropland Soil Health Management System B000CPL24















153
9
Prescribed Grazing 528















175
3
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 4,469
78
2,774
43
5,253
120
4,067
94
7,480
148
17,526
403
10,194
263
3,365
67
2,575
60
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345









170
8
114
1
261
11
1,689
25
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 1,130
29
3,480
70
4,259
148
3,633
110
15,347
372
26,945
722
11,963
272
7,827
193
13,191
284
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329







1,462
43
786
33
474
11
1,607
44
984
30
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)











143
5




Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)







3,060
199
1,759
197
1,165
89
2,406
289
3,336
351
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 5,300
289
5,763
273
8,635
718
7,214
466
19,653
1,327
40,287
2,912
18,158
1,401
8,268
478
10,309
774
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 1,778
35
2,803
58
2,044
70
4,832
136
4,738
86
5,439
234
3,851
108
2,963
115
294
20
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





221
4
408
11
1,269
94
1,189
40
638
24
88
5
Other

71
1
63
1












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

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) Practices
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 5,510
324
5,763
332
8,775
789
7,349
606
20,111
1,623
41,133
3,437
18,811
1,643
10,561
906
13,723
1,150
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 472 124,918
10,377
171,158
12,732
141,347
11,057
178,180
7,655
159,851
6,660
181,019
6,977
192,217
7,682
137,567
5,198
57,102
2,441
22,855
1,211
41,341
3,901
121,994
10,544
70,854
7,178
70,688
7,507
19,763
3,233
23,179
4,730
59,218
8,240
45,775
6,648
Access Control - Enhancements E472























7
1
100
2
177
5
56
1
25
2
164
4
Conservation Cover 327 117,038
9,228
184,359
12,335
149,990
11,047
183,650
7,752
170,796
6,797
166,603
6,769
189,471
7,452
136,212
4,807
67,136
2,356
24,360
1,252
60,821
2,911
116,647
7,660
55,841
4,036
71,982
4,467
27,158
1,930
25,344
2,111
72,951
6,563
77,747
7,407
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327























21
4
537
77
1,313
93
2,611
185
8,653
327
9,853
268
Crop Bundle #23 - Pheasant and quail habitat B000CPL23

































109
4
Crop Bundle #24 - Cropland Soil Health Management System B000CPL24

































153
9
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647 18,164
1,051
50,423
2,331
29,677
1,501
72,795
2,184
56,492
2,480
37,217
2,130
31,829
1,346
20,756
961
13,665
449
3,854
150
3,855
170
7,781
348
6,496
422
12,023
755
8,619
909
10,070
1,091
7,185
787
6,421
906
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management - Enhancements E647



























12
6
7
4
8
5
7
4
Grazing Bundle 1 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ1



























138
9
472
25
644
33
810
34
Hedgerow Planting 422 16
1




5
3






34
1
18
3


96
4


18
4


109
4


168
5
10
3
Pasture Bundle#1 - Organic B000PST1



























78
3
78
3
78
3
78
3
Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643 784
41
2,398
213
3,444
141
765
83
2,870
89
3,784
157
3,404
144
3,559
190
1,001
8
90
10
93
5
234
18
379
17
273
13


70
2
881
14
78
5
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 3,899
437
2,557
376
3,957
431
3,038
281
2,116
196
2,086
153
956
88
945
90
402
47
412
64
389
53
1,394
168
274
59
639
83
363
79
98
15
202
45
586
113
Riparian Forest Buffer - Enhancements E391

























8
1




1
1
10
1
Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390 646
139
524
116
204
48
74
7


26
1














12
1




443
10
17
1
Riparian Herbaceous Cover - Enhancements E390































568
10
39
2
Shallow Water Development and Management 646 2,461
86
3,147
72
1,291
36
10
1


91
3
387
3
10
2
9
1
187
1
116
2
2,043
34
497
12
16
3
9
2
43
12
127
27
348
66
Shallow Water Development and Management - Enhancements E646



























16
1
16
1
69
3
16
1
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395 102
1
23
2


104
4
24
3
281
6
9
1
15
2
95
3








4
1


81
7
144
5
44
4
Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580 1,666
59
1,318
30
1,644
40
703
23
1,594
38
1,144
35
1,907
39
2,281
38
912
31
1,389
27
2,171
56
1,388
36
1,376
46
1,433
73
1,677
56
2,673
117
1,510
56
568
29
Streambank and Shoreline Protection - Enhancements E580



























6
2






Structures for Wildlife 649































3,319
135
16,011
544
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 135,976
10,114
220,722
14,142
223,700
14,118
229,238
9,912
200,456
8,882
163,381
6,337
109,223
3,743
95,602
3,406
69,875
2,322
24,334
700
33,033
1,583
55,354
3,761
59,776
3,695
58,121
4,275
27,161
2,288
19,672
1,263
21,031
1,518
25,622
1,677
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management - Enhancements E645





























39
1
159
6
504
16
Wetland Creation 658 831
58
1,502
35
945
83
1,264
49
1,161
27
1,898
38
540
17
724
25
219
10
90
6
10
1
32
4
12
1
31
1


24
3
5
1
372
2
Wetland Enhancement 659 1,617
52
1,918
58
5,386
205
2,638
49
1,929
47
1,588
43
877
37
1,009
24
352
5
7
1
83
3
44
2
12
2
144
2
10
2
31
1
1
1
14
1
Wetland Restoration 657 25,046
1,679
27,243
1,409
22,132
1,249
20,407
522
20,707
491
24,467
686
31,548
702
24,190
531
11,688
174
1,670
59
9,349
286
14,113
427
5,936
292
8,124
343
2,979
214
3,237
193
2,240
186
3,963
135
Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management 644 23,645
1,490
25,262
1,297
24,027
1,295
18,743
542
18,436
467
18,656
539
13,982
338
8,747
298
2,739
91
2,078
78
2,066
69
3,557
115
4,029
241
4,566
327
2,690
199
2,479
145
2,109
93
4,043
115
Wildlife Habitat Planting. 420

































19
7
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• 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)

















4
1


708
54
672
100
1,542
62
890
34
612
16


496
19
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







205
3
701
12
702
18
166
5
45
3


















Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 118,952
28,089
178,903
40,137
142,942
33,107
142,355
22,863
175,079
21,268
184,125
19,169
191,748
17,139
122,993
10,616
55,477
4,156
24,157
2,630
54,967
6,854
126,196
19,451
93,098
14,562
90,861
16,147
39,098
8,087
32,867
8,502
53,073
12,446
55,749
13,825
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)























52
8
977
152
3,020
218
3,449
308
8,918
684
12,820
768
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 62,836
6,121
62,572
4,263
89,819
6,616
70,994
5,219
63,764
3,897
59,088
3,806
56,741
3,648
61,188
3,803
55,019
2,916
18,198
795
18,758
1,862
22,190
3,238
8,067
1,079
9,771
1,320
2,799
461
5,729
662
18,617
4,203
10,093
2,416
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 14
7
179
9
683
8


64
3
783
59
943
32
1,847
148
90
13


















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 5,437
217
4,934
261
12,224
795
11,618
506
10,027
478
8,758
290
5,753
150
16,513
443
16,973
524
5,508
94
3,764
108
1,982
58
3,996
142
3,012
143
3,317
174
4,367
279
11,448
453
17,015
902
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 3
1
18
3
25
6


775
2
187
2
561
24
118
7
421
3
177
3


173
9
428
62
49
3
194
2


305
21
61
6
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















11
1


200
6
338
31
2,504
142
3,015
264
838
70
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 34
4
16
2
194
10




342
52
324
7






















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 8,645
275
9,477
319
8,210
488
8,411
297
7,213
248
9,539
233
7,553
187
6,670
270
8,760
192
999
10
3,933
211
4,952
303
2,016
57
4,053
98
1,154
27
28
1
186
5
209
2
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 3,927
89
3,642
144
1,928
221
2,910
181
5,471
275
7,064
251
11,510
387
7,041
278
5,235
134
1,388
26
285
9
63
3












Other 112
10
336
10


15
1
2
3




125
3












230
1




3
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 184,761
34,813
246,859
45,148
244,068
41,251
223,673
29,067
248,478
26,177
255,038
23,874
260,015
21,592
205,233
15,573
137,237
7,941
48,872
3,559
79,140
9,044
154,476
23,117
107,713
16,010
108,747
17,931
50,813
9,035
49,156
9,910
92,956
18,076
96,068
18,009
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 1,293
31
1,173
57
2,510
83
4,273
114
3,716
82
991
35
1,933
69
2,885
105
3,090
79
805
18
453
16
453
30
272
13
147
23
18
5
111
6
1,187
11
297
12
Brush Management 314 29
1
352
7
857
17
4,082
37
4,634
39
3,308
55
4,821
50
13,601
36
2,065
26
173
6
589
12
447
6
543
14
427
7
943
18
2,317
42
3,260
58
5,079
116
Brush Management - Enhancements E314

























75
2
28
3
94
7
270
6
116
6
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647

50
1
72
3
171
9
1,184
20
1,531
20
1,179
16
637
7
1,031
15
84
1
175
1
168
6
230
1
6
1
2
1
5
2


130
1
Firebreak 394





















60
1
297
3
130
3


33
1


287
3
Forest Stand Improvement 666 1,413
59
2,378
60
4,411
89
8,133
136
5,594
154
6,330
133
9,305
198
6,758
162
6,385
158
4,123
105
4,527
80
4,527
76
2,912
60
5,857
68
6,435
82
4,470
71
14,805
120
16,737
167
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666

























94
1
282
9
1,533
37
3,651
67
2,160
58
Herbaceous Weed Control 315











13
3
125
3
66
5
26
4
74
2
244
23
311
5
26
14
524
9
380
14
1,323
25
1,377
26
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315

























47
3


82
1


144
2
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595

46
4
59
3
38
5
26
1
75
5
139
14
359
19
1
1




16
1










78
1
Prescribed Burning 338 6
1


17
1
179
8
12
1
1,082
10
1,062
24
676
22
1,198
25
406
8
273
6
304
22
1,267
7
1,015
17
711
13
1,077
21
2,660
33
3,715
50
Prescribed Burning - Enhancements E338

























13
1


220
2
785
11
562
10
Prescribed Forestry 409





5
1


131
1


243
1




















Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643

131
1
18
2
54
1






8
1
132
1
8
2














64
3
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 10
2
81
9
23
10
196
4
450
6
78
7
171
11


8
2
9
3


16
1


35
5
7
2
18
1
88
1
251
8
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395





























62
1




Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 254
13
1,489
28
811
35
1,503
62
1,747
72
2,849
83
3,451
123
3,228
105
1,836
59
1,559
59
1,595
34
1,388
32
997
22
536
23
1,148
28
1,042
33
2,652
53
2,658
65
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612



























104
4
676
17
358
12
371
21
Tree/Shrub Pruning 660 1
1


































Tree/Shrub Site Preparation 490

4
1
138
9
279
10
935
42
2,834
64
2,941
45
1,612
41
1,777
39
976
28
1,551
18
1,259
30
348
5
211
7
266
8
1,624
26
2,081
34
2,837
45
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 1,441
59
2,031
98
7,620
211
12,796
341
8,319
280
7,352
190
8,428
184
6,100
151
5,309
135
2,392
44
2,425
56
553
15
782
25
376
19
241
3
79
3
99
3
372
6
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management - Enhancements E645





























39
1
151
5
384
6
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

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

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







5
1






4
1


















Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 128
6
121
32
58
21
486
24
102
8
66
27
184
54
286
19
25
14
9
9


252
21
22
8
127
45
29
15
95
11
61
18
23
21
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























247
12
481
24
1,944
115
3,664
193
2,922
219
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 1,777
103
3,071
154
6,969
253
10,230
426
9,389
349
9,162
282
11,067
286
9,924
299
8,236
215
4,703
131
5,725
131
3,161
99
2,540
66
2,506
73
1,953
39
2,424
38
2,917
49
1,326
39
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)









14
1


195
27




















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 1,488
48
761
71
3,296
154
9,070
218
6,919
239
4,133
191
6,435
220
5,555
205
6,645
241
2,774
133
3,135
93
2,306
121
3,092
81
2,286
62
3,493
105
3,801
120
6,602
176
8,344
326
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)



























241
1
302
2
218
3
150
1
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)



18
6
54
1


77
2
13
1






















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 130
10
135
4
773
29
1,637
59
1,826
100
2,622
100
5,149
176
4,185
103
1,848
74
263
5
55
1
26
2












Other

48
5






















40
2
230
1






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

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Forest Land Conservation Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 3,444
167
4,073
266
10,225
463
20,044
728
16,111
697
15,765
603
22,200
737
19,573
653
15,706
545
7,748
278
8,915
225
5,673
243
5,653
155
5,203
194
6,426
185
8,262
286
13,054
439
12,453
606
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
Animal Trails and Walkways 575























15
1
231
2
250
3
76
1
465
3


Brush Management 314 9,440
327
7,976
313
6,739
255
5,529
145
11,971
223
19,287
267
13,624
265
14,248
246
12,916
258
6,134
69
4,573
79
12,182
76
8,838
96
7,397
74
8,513
118
10,122
120
14,870
204
13,203
162
Brush Management - Enhancements E314



























305
6
282
9
331
6
107
4
Channel Bed Stabilization 584





10
1




























Critical Area Planting 342 886
18
1,465
26
8,307
169
11,036
247
7,370
145
6,809
132
7,253
137
10,052
199
8,104
163
4,373
83
2,616
61
4,016
108
4,663
78
4,052
82
6,654
81
7,092
114
9,879
120
6,878
115
Fence 382 9,585
337
13,365
407
19,341
602
18,200
495
20,359
510
21,385
454
19,926
436
15,674
361
11,682
301
10,863
241
10,684
215
13,197
316
12,998
292
17,716
284
17,250
288
24,646
373
22,732
432
18,675
352
Fence - Enhancements E382































243
7
35
1
Forage Harvest Management 511 2,736
123
2,675
97
4,280
195
6,662
325
4,759
217
3,147
96
11,888
493
15,808
548
9,939
320
2,094
108
705
30
758
36
281
19
362
16
875
25
34
3
538
40
805
45
Forage Harvest Management - Enhancements E511



























88
10
36
4
132
14
761
40
Forage and Biomass Planting 512 19,530
805
22,587
884
23,008
1,081
24,115
899
19,073
624
16,249
575
17,275
578
15,340
412
16,515
520
7,695
184
8,049
270
6,619
223
5,537
177
13,746
278
17,140
517
9,794
294
14,996
336
12,872
399
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512

























727
35
603
37
166
11
661
24
936
38
Grazing Bundle 1 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ1



























138
9
472
25
644
33
810
34
Heavy Use Area Protection 561 3,325
100
4,530
136
7,219
192
6,106
166
5,132
152
10,309
183
9,441
164
7,063
151
6,173
132
5,464
121
5,707
117
7,981
144
5,793
145
10,662
163
23,513
385
18,213
372
12,572
204
10,457
174
Herbaceous Weed Control 315













2,111
79
3,302
90
687
25
99
18
418
53
294
54
977
80
1,776
51
2,127
107
3,071
125
4,309
112
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315



























2,778
42
181
13
219
15
1,371
47
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 2,581
51
1,828
96
2,727
141
1,687
48
690
35
1,270
92
1,499
75
1,559
69
401
29
289
12
211
11
289
28
43
1
101
7
130
18
878
44
1,317
66
2,825
140
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

























101
7
75
6
813
48
1,626
82
3,937
190
Livestock Pipeline 516 3,457
113
5,503
158
7,101
182
6,487
211
8,540
189
8,347
166
7,036
176
6,939
152
8,899
176
6,545
125
4,860
109
6,973
123
4,914
124
7,589
131
19,106
314
14,667
312
10,062
191
10,403
187
Nutrient Management 590 11,213
403
10,362
457
7,461
328
7,956
270
5,359
161
1,807
75
2,409
79
2,312
53
1,417
39
403
17
540
23
338
9
819
11
176
7
171
8
496
31
683
39
1,405
67
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590

























57
2
57
2
277
16
292
19
1,416
69
Pasture Bundle#1 - Organic B000PST1



























78
3
78
3
78
3
78
3
Pond 378 5,107
126
6,411
111
6,756
149
5,221
129
4,824
105
3,444
60
3,740
49
2,817
59
2,702
49
1,975
37
1,453
24
1,484
26
865
18
912
21
1,513
18
955
15
1,029
10
949
26
Prescribed Burning 338 111
8
135
2
336
8
533
8
2,116
23
1,454
11
1,789
34
1,997
19
1,236
16
1,224
16
1,131
22
14
1
536
14
700
8
662
7
1,251
23
323
3
880
20
Prescribed Burning - Enhancements E338

































37
3
Prescribed Grazing 528 36,301
1,112
32,814
1,338
37,971
1,660
24,852
1,043
19,625
757
22,937
993
24,511
835
23,143
605
15,247
501
5,228
227
3,752
159
5,904
165
5,199
165
5,565
158
3,727
148
8,268
214
9,217
361
14,764
527
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528

























204
9
2,684
161
1,913
40
3,096
132
8,353
350
Pumping Plant 533 207
5
514
8
935
15
318
9
426
12
515
6
357
12
152
5
261
12
623
13
200
6
879
13
670
11
1,052
12
818
18
540
8
634
11
732
11
Silvopasture Establishment 381



























10
1
7
1


71
5
Spring Development 574































150
1


Stream Crossing 578



























514
8
999
13
428
13
941
18
Stream Crossing - Enhancements E578

































8
1
Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580 603
29
497
15
831
14
394
9
154
6
264
13
801
13
818
10
238
8
188
6
1,793
36
646
8
848
19
358
19
1,053
18
749
26
570
7
239
4
Waste Recycling 633





62
2




























Water Well 642 397
8
1,348
14
444
14
617
15
255
6
326
7
364
10
438
7
731
15
376
9
255
5
499
5
574
8
890
9
493
10
387
4
634
10
388
10
Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 2,513
54
4,215
73
5,779
90
4,064
81
5,129
91
3,024
64
2,725
64
4,064
67
1,801
47
1,816
37
2,375
45
1,840
37
2,628
34
4,540
51
2,475
47
3,538
64
5,606
65
3,116
59
Watering Facility 614 6,701
184
8,061
244
13,915
364
12,973
385
10,871
278
12,800
291
11,822
256
11,606
240
12,318
237
7,917
161
6,759
153
9,569
175
7,477
191
12,924
183
24,943
407
20,392
405
12,452
232
12,747
209
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 106
5
98
8
150
7
96
7
343
9
82
5
75
5
113
5
182
3
17
1
116
4
52
1
61
3
72
8


106
6
168
4


Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650

















6
1
15
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)









15
1
216
9
164
2
44
5


















Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2,105
111
1,623
139
1,719
208
1,131
115
1,447
139
1,721
157
900
85
750
76
116
15
69
12
165
20
585
75
472
60
425
41
127
39
82
5
99
44
115
16
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)























46
4
3,003
161
7,337
425
7,288
404
10,527
748
16,803
1,517
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 26,156
1,480
27,083
1,353
26,413
1,502
27,854
1,317
21,485
799
20,947
927
27,237
1,192
28,103
899
24,448
735
7,927
273
6,227
300
5,557
272
3,326
155
5,620
211
6,100
211
4,100
179
3,743
191
2,221
119
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)













12
1




















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 28,369
2,100
36,554
2,840
50,642
3,708
44,337
3,024
38,895
2,540
38,557
2,348
44,486
2,301
50,540
2,261
46,675
2,121
20,575
1,196
18,387
1,060
19,564
1,162
20,111
1,190
20,068
1,203
31,443
2,035
29,784
2,101
26,776
1,783
29,691
1,729
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 1,974
104
1,728
39
304
18
382
23


136
1
332
9
639
16
344
11




151
37
61
50
19
1


18
2
305
2


Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















1
1
21
1
419
29
288
56
751
28
674
44
376
41
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) 149
1


































Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 366
5
81
4
1,205
12
253
6


200
1
























Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 230
5
74
5
425
18
349
10
2,692
65
2,837
55
2,828
85
1,472
25
1,151
29
738
11
294
8


226
1










Other 140
2
15
7










142
7


4
1
















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

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Grazing Land Conservation Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 57,223
3,808
64,144
4,387
76,749
5,466
70,545
4,495
61,432
3,543
60,477
3,490
72,172
3,681
77,314
3,287
70,173
2,916
28,612
1,493
24,725
1,388
24,247
1,547
23,836
1,461
28,658
1,646
44,283
2,766
41,025
2,719
40,758
2,812
47,612
3,422
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











133
1


158
1
189
1
72
1
168
2












Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441













22
1
57
3
37
2
6
1
132
3


4
1
24
1
2
2




Irrigation System, Sprinkler 442 6,503
41
7,600
41
5,790
42
3,414
26
5,946
44
2,315
16
1,813
10
164
2
1,410
8
189
1
111
3
64
1






255
1




Irrigation Water Management 449



332
2




155
2
214
2
235
2
13
2
31
1
















Pumping Plant 533

11
1
53
3
294
7
217
3
158
3
155
3
114
3
989
7
246
2
297
6
104
2
68
2


366
7
118
4
351
7
646
10
Structure for Water Control 587 249
7
370
7
738
10
492
5
133
4
1,269
15
302
2
432
6


633
3
182
4
862
15
1,412
15
852
9
291
5
1,040
10
134
2
254
3
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 Irrigation Efficiency were applied. These data reflect the geographic extent of land treated to improve irrigation efficiency by each conservation program during a fiscal year. Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

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

























335
1






117
2
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 27
2
63
2
24
4
12
1


6
1


26
1














3
1




Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 32
1
172
2
47
2
170
4


27
6
284
3
4
1
290
1


5
1
70
2


126
2
130
3
7
1




Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 14
1


312
2






























Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 6,367
42
7,534
42
5,752
47
3,500
30
6,085
47
2,403
21
1,523
14
418
8
1,015
20
763
10
361
12
460
15
252
9
141
5
400
10
489
11
381
8
667
11
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























173
4




302
4
104
1


Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 93
1




141
1




























Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 45
1
136
3
355
2
245
2


983
6
232
1
292
2




60
2
120
6
294
4
195
2








Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)







133
4
11
2


55
2




















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

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to 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 6,579
48
7,904
49
6,490
57
4,068
38
6,218
51
3,429
36
2,039
18
795
14
1,015
21
763
10
426
15
650
23
718
17
796
10
530
13
800
17
485
9
784
13
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 472 124,918
10,377
171,158
12,732
141,347
11,057
178,180
7,655
159,851
6,660
181,019
6,977
192,217
7,682
137,567
5,198
57,102
2,441
22,855
1,211
41,341
3,901
121,994
10,544
70,854
7,178
70,688
7,507
19,763
3,233
23,179
4,730
59,218
8,240
45,775
6,648
Access Control - Enhancements E472























7
1
100
2
177
5
56
1
25
2
164
4
Access Road 560



1
1
1
1
14
2
1
1














61
1








Agrichemical Handling Facility 309

































3
1
Animal Mortality Facility 316





11
2
133
9
57
10
61
5
3
1
15
2
129
5
10
1
7
1
11
1
8
1


7
1


6
1
Brush Management 314



























14,640
581
15,960
394
23,873
509
26,798
452
Brush Management - Enhancements E314



























333
9
376
16
639
15
244
12
Composting Facility 317 197
1
19
5
18
3
22
2
24
4
10
1


11
2


10
1


8
1












Conservation Cover 327 117,038
9,228
184,359
12,335
149,990
11,047
183,650
7,752
170,796
6,797
166,603
6,769
189,471
7,452
136,212
4,807
67,136
2,356
24,360
1,252
60,821
2,911
116,647
7,660
55,841
4,036
71,982
4,467
27,158
1,930
25,344
2,111
72,951
6,563
77,747
7,407
Conservation Cover - Enhancements E327























21
4
537
77
1,313
93
2,611
185
8,653
327
9,853
268
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 647,789
15,319
605,609
16,161
577,045
15,997
584,393
14,453
460,669
11,606
498,594
12,862
495,570
12,133
471,517
11,386
419,642
10,570
132,982
3,343
241,525
6,410
210,643
6,092
267,337
6,903
279,180
6,661
253,047
5,873
185,244
4,234
69,838
1,558
66,973
1,689
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328























37
1
4,688
101
9,866
244
8,566
173
20,422
510
21,633
603
Constructed Wetland 656 120
2
110
3
125
1
1
1
22
3
59
2
7
4
11
1
4
2
30
2
30
1


32
3




1,003
10
197
7
29
2
Contour Buffer Strips 332 12,643
444
17,816
485
9,784
606
12,564
544
15,523
505
19,702
669
10,725
408
6,067
207
4,037
98
2,021
108
1,374
53
3,154
137
2,010
71
2,786
116
2,838
193
2,794
193
1,241
112
2,997
150
Contour Farming 330 226,483
5,429
212,455
5,618
187,014
5,861
167,083
4,335
120,891
3,049
119,904
2,947
126,277
3,206
103,018
2,701
102,668
2,619
32,238
814
40,723
1,258
45,253
1,493
35,876
961
55,728
1,853
67,528
1,669
27,126
805
11,693
335
19,210
472
Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops 331

24
3


64
1




























Cover Crop 340 359
8
2,261
114
2,672
123
3,690
83
10,951
168
22,558
494
34,646
750
47,455
975
127,769
2,616
198,249
4,074
206,123
4,423
276,912
6,961
253,130
6,621
381,821
9,469
454,894
12,597
492,772
12,415
584,305
15,614
627,405
16,448
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340























397
9
14,576
349
17,882
463
21,018
465
42,512
1,048
52,570
1,287
Critical Area Planting 342 25,421
703
36,352
719
42,522
1,181
84,431
1,665
106,032
1,814
136,656
2,201
145,529
2,549
127,677
2,137
89,738
1,537
45,568
782
53,256
956
45,096
1,570
37,427
1,032
41,074
1,242
36,762
956
37,111
1,189
36,344
1,089
25,660
1,153
Crop Bundle #18 - Precision Ag B000CPL18

































332
4
Crop Bundle #23 - Pheasant and quail habitat B000CPL23

































109
4
Crop Bundle #24 - Cropland Soil Health Management System B000CPL24

































153
9
Diversion 362 1,150
17
442
10
130
6
722
17
111
9
422
11
732
10
636
11
253
7
348
4
240
8
143
10
156
4


11
2
53
1
22
3
37
3
Drainage Water Management 554















27
1
594
4
667
5
209
4
98
2
415
4
78
1






Drainage Water Management - Enhancements E554

























78
1








Field Border 386



























9,064
215
7,280
219
8,439
164
13,820
254
Field Border - Enhancements E386



























714
22
1,528
28
3,715
44
7,657
128
Filter Strip 393 31,115
3,418
39,966
3,305
29,405
2,503
44,090
2,032
51,245
2,101
62,712
2,621
41,387
1,751
27,389
1,141
12,323
590
6,137
387
4,653
569
8,716
1,483
4,506
845
4,885
797
4,215
626
2,429
433
4,210
739
3,441
941
Filter Strip - Enhancements E393



























201
11
314
4
77
4
4
2
Forage and Biomass Planting 512



























40,638
1,346
22,751
754
24,846
643
23,110
725
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512



























621
41
229
19
1,718
43
1,177
50
Forest Stand Improvement 666



























8,351
135
7,904
135
20,076
227
19,252
259
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666



























302
13
1,533
37
3,804
76
2,174
61
Grade Stabilization Structure 410 12,703
313
22,904
424
22,071
459
15,621
352
16,692
311
16,451
251
13,778
249
12,535
243
8,025
151
8,558
152
13,666
144
5,554
130
6,518
158
5,204
124
6,862
116
7,673
134
7,121
137
4,849
109
Grassed Waterway 412 202,042
5,421
221,418
5,738
146,225
4,051
141,906
3,357
215,419
3,618
191,980
3,199
167,300
2,700
125,313
2,105
69,787
1,298
44,558
877
60,085
1,293
47,071
1,893
31,474
1,144
48,083
1,300
25,561
883
34,526
1,022
19,296
794
13,331
977
Grassed Waterway - Enhancements E412

































149
2
Grazing Bundle 1 - Range and Pasture B000GRZ1



























138
9
472
25
644
33
810
34
Heavy Use Area Protection 561 3,990
156
5,079
168
8,874
245
7,154
206
6,575
202
11,125
220
10,643
205
8,670
204
7,194
171
7,100
166
7,721
169
8,589
177
7,680
201
12,785
227
29,653
588
26,785
624
15,588
308
13,292
252
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 135,966
3,435
134,142
4,304
161,605
4,900
83,832
2,301
89,653
3,080
156,233
4,945
177,981
6,057
103,848
3,285
11,861
405
5,941
206
4,025
117
8,858
427
5,602
184
37,772
896
41,785
977
62,326
1,489
81,799
2,153
76,487
1,848
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595























2,577
39
44,973
1,006
55,589
1,390
86,160
2,235
102,659
2,837
110,933
2,921
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441













22
1
57
3
37
2
6
1
132
3


4
1
24
1
2
2




Irrigation Water Management 449



332
2




155
2
214
2
235
2
13
2
31
1
















Land Reclamation, Abandoned Mined Land 543



2
1






























Lined Waterway or Outlet 468

































161
2
Mulching 484 3
5
0
2
43
13
43
3
183
6
7
1
113
7
833
12
914
17
1,185
19
540
15
1,731
31
2,093
34
7,904
71








Nutrient Management 590 202,322
4,888
204,627
5,846
240,632
6,604
149,131
3,818
74,049
2,114
65,042
1,733
50,141
1,187
46,391
1,096
48,877
1,075
55,202
1,198
41,503
1,110
33,191
1,058
20,610
601
25,734
761
34,310
853
43,308
1,137
68,398
2,097
73,792
2,007
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590























2,577
39
19,168
489
31,428
780
72,620
1,880
89,672
2,454
95,409
2,577
Pasture Bundle#1 - Organic B000PST1



























78
3
78
3
78
3
78
3
Prescribed Grazing 528 41,816
1,340
37,179
1,514
48,887
2,144
31,510
1,327
22,879
886
26,452
1,152
26,861
958
27,404
797
16,645
567
5,933
292
4,320
173
8,512
231
5,977
205
8,043
217
6,622
225
9,941
268
10,635
430
17,532
612
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528

























204
9
2,777
166
1,913
40
3,198
139
8,412
357
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 464,670
10,242
442,079
10,661
431,888
11,125
357,474
8,123
288,356
6,060
266,389
6,243
288,615
6,396
243,600
5,322
208,461
4,597
59,976
1,495
104,237
2,637
89,931
2,354
99,120
2,537
94,388
2,197
99,780
2,341
53,355
1,196
37,290
753
30,950
705
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345

























6,092
123
8,398
192
13,115
319
16,263
391
26,611
595
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 272,617
6,680
276,888
7,156
214,627
6,380
212,609
5,571
140,122
3,573
163,398
4,198
154,065
4,031
141,723
3,512
135,823
3,557
68,693
1,621
96,923
2,826
107,829
2,978
130,544
3,388
209,351
6,136
224,786
5,714
178,137
4,423
175,556
4,178
165,764
3,925
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed - Enhancements E329

























13,121
425
16,501
524
26,361
725
48,765
1,288
53,706
1,394
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till 346 6,546
125
4,237
73
2,366
38
1,013
18
993
20
680
12
1,645
27
182
5
13
1
81
4


139
3












Riparian Forest Buffer 391 3,899
437
2,557
376
3,957
431
3,038
281
2,116
196
2,086
153
956
88
945
90
402
47
412
64
389
53
1,394
168
274
59
639
83
363
79
98
15
202
45
586
113
Riparian Forest Buffer - Enhancements E391

























8
1




1
1
10
1
Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390 646
139
524
116
204
48
74
7


26
1














12
1




443
10
17
1
Riparian Herbaceous Cover - Enhancements E390































568
10
39
2
Roof Runoff Structure 558



143
3
86
9
99
10
10
3
110
15
85
14
175
6
51
6
57
4
50
7
124
12
439
14
316
19
168
21
273
24
502
24
Roofs and Covers 367



























337
20
210
14
360
22
395
21
Sediment Basin 350 568
11
1,126
42
1,705
34
741
49
770
39
584
17
266
8
315
6
46
2
168
3
25
2
9
1


101
6






260
9
Silvopasture Establishment 381



























10
1
7
1


95
6
Stream Crossing 578

28
1
44
3
255
8
1,759
54
1,487
33
1,895
35
1,282
40
1,227
31
728
13
540
14
387
8
1,587
27
859
21
636
11
1,336
19
480
17
1,217
25
Stream Crossing - Enhancements E578

































70
2
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395 102
1
23
2


104
4
24
3
281
6
9
1
15
2
95
3








4
1








Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580 1,666
59
1,318
30
1,644
40
703
23
1,594
38
1,144
35
1,907
39
2,281
38
912
31
1,389
27
2,171
56
1,388
36
1,376
46
1,433
73
1,677
56
2,673
117
1,510
56
568
29
Streambank and Shoreline Protection - Enhancements E580



























6
2






Stripcropping 585 2,793
86
1,747
99
2,588
161
966
34
1,859
85
1,068
41
1,690
86
1,138
36
820
26
686
30
1,044
131
510
29
152
5
292
22
145
13
126
4
62
4
187
33
Structure for Water Control 587 249
7
370
7
738
10
492
5
133
4
1,269
15
302
2
432
6


633
3
182
4
862
15
1,412
15
852
9
291
5
1,040
10
134
2
254
3
Terrace 600 159,807
2,163
161,928
2,079
162,345
2,302
169,322
2,266
239,976
3,310
197,883
2,863
200,796
2,826
187,871
2,613
114,389
1,639
125,089
1,706
153,476
2,166
125,933
1,751
128,075
1,773
127,740
1,813
102,898
1,404
102,082
1,423
83,415
1,210
138,395
1,904
Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 6,660
539
7,580
524
8,209
570
8,742
457
8,869
398
8,899
355
9,420
392
6,469
321
4,132
171
2,718
140
3,343
123
4,765
245
2,017
138
1,950
174
2,698
162
1,866
118
4,608
261
5,346
369
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612

























152
19
243
23
776
33
837
26
542
54
Vegetated Treatment Area 635







9
1






11
1






98
4










Waste Facility Closure 360







12
2
6
1


2
1
5
1
37
1
2
1
9
1
8
1
8
1




17
2


Waste Recycling 633 731
12
1,468
23
5,197
115
1,532
36
1,695
23
828
20
463
14


671
15


















Waste Storage Facility 313 1,985
71
3,644
130
3,855
148
5,575
178
2,863
123
2,081
97
2,163
112
2,705
116
2,560
88
1,423
67
655
44
827
42
506
30
967
34
971
39
368
23
917
43
403
23
Waste Transfer 634 11
2
34
1
20
4
18
2
79
7
37
4
78
8
138
10
381
3
110
4
290
11
113
9
99
5
86
3
495
9
180
5
233
9
21
2
Waste Treatment Lagoon 359

















22
1
















Water Well Decommissioning 351



















52
1


135
2


22
1






Water and Sediment Control Basin 638 25,096
417
36,084
539
32,009
545
39,773
578
53,953
840
50,930
794
50,324
878
35,076
572
24,347
450
29,033
477
74,014
564
30,671
532
33,695
511
49,778
663
31,493
425
32,465
601
41,067
621
39,883
720
Wetland Creation 658 831
58
1,502
35
945
83
1,264
49
1,161
27
1,898
38
540
17
724
25
219
10
90
6
10
1
32
4
12
1
31
1


24
3
5
1
372
2
Wetland Enhancement 659 1,617
52
1,918
58
5,386
205
2,638
49
1,929
47
1,588
43
877
37
1,009
24
352
5
7
1
83
3
44
2
12
2
144
2
10
2
31
1
1
1
14
1
Wetland Restoration 657 25,046
1,679
27,243
1,409
22,132
1,249
20,407
522
20,707
491
24,467
686
31,548
702
24,190
531
11,688
174
1,670
59
9,349
286
14,113
427
5,936
292
8,124
343
2,979
214
3,237
193
2,240
186
3,963
135
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 4,593
509
7,255
483
4,942
369
8,937
437
8,784
328
5,892
334
7,602
362
7,708
358
6,259
244
1,927
127
3,224
184
3,761
236
2,689
176
3,587
224
1,845
112
1,984
144
2,005
193
2,779
180
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650 109
9
67
14
56
13
234
16
84
20
222
28
644
38
374
51
474
24
33
7
142
14
28
3
55
9
28
6








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

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to 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)

















4
2


708
43
672
97
1,390
53
945
39
612
17
245
2
496
31
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)







1,424
22
2,279
77
2,866
77
1,561
49
1,439
50
278
9
168
6
136
1












Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 135,287
27,748
187,290
37,124
139,219
29,417
133,876
19,808
160,279
20,017
178,335
21,930
199,402
22,267
126,845
12,932
48,317
4,137
20,008
2,900
41,939
6,533
109,921
19,472
72,727
12,455
70,108
13,156
23,869
6,942
22,050
7,931
46,249
12,302
46,854
14,062
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)























3,929
185
86,746
4,523
116,244
6,371
171,371
9,830
253,080
16,108
268,467
18,093
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 794,932
48,461
798,759
48,892
727,475
45,623
721,663
38,720
653,622
30,123
684,852
32,391
753,717
33,113
705,976
28,309
668,709
26,004
326,034
12,240
472,554
20,365
502,183
23,588
546,956
21,404
628,979
26,516
613,213
25,640
507,149
18,756
416,629
18,800
449,244
20,035
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 14
6
179
7
312
4


129
4
921
60
1,210
46
1,936
218
90
8


















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 178,422
7,000
185,509
6,557
339,087
15,014
264,938
9,669
231,846
8,081
225,295
8,167
217,902
7,337
250,017
8,054
233,281
7,200
192,381
5,553
180,039
5,465
165,485
5,268
145,954
4,605
144,804
4,816
196,944
7,124
237,377
8,651
281,642
9,743
222,549
7,537
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 1,928
77
1,728
44
293
11
331
14
775
2
199
5
632
32
697
21
449
10
177
3


212
10
466
95
49
4
194
2


305
21
61
6
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)



















101
9
1,235
41
13,116
406
30,698
967
53,011
1,470
58,299
1,630
50,311
1,628
39,486
1,246
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) 20,840
215
19,676
312
12,737
164
3,278
60
2,189
36
4,751
110
10,118
123
892
12
178
2














153
2


Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)











94
1




















16
1
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 8,635
193
9,069
239
7,727
321
7,810
215
6,052
154
8,199
176
7,092
150
6,587
223
8,690
170
999
8
3,933
198
4,899
266
2,192
54
4,053
103
1,154
27


186
5
209
3
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 1,036
48
1,559
73
1,945
127
2,051
139
4,057
153
3,972
161
6,835
220
5,539
177
2,415
51
1,253
22
1,067
17
798
10
39
1










Other 3,644
54
5,422
96


244
4
2,682
51
535
11
3,806
63
309
10
1,170
22
555
25
2,821
50
2,698
58
205
8
608
6
163
2
234
4


73
2
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Water Quality Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 1,031,519
83,802
1,103,416
93,344
1,124,125
90,681
1,025,199
68,629
973,789
58,643
1,008,246
63,088
1,098,793
63,429
1,014,656
50,005
918,751
37,654
527,234
20,762
675,444
32,643
756,010
48,757
754,771
39,310
920,055
50,144
943,042
47,617
944,975
46,819
995,301
58,611
992,913
61,016
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 658 831
58
1,502
35
945
83
1,264
49
1,161
27
1,898
38
540
17
724
25
219
10
90
6
10
1
32
4
12
1
31
1


24
3
5
1
372
2
Wetland Enhancement 659 1,617
52
1,918
58
5,386
205
2,638
49
1,929
47
1,588
43
877
37
1,009
24
352
5
7
1
83
3
44
2
12
2
144
2
10
2
31
1
1
1
14
1
Wetland Restoration 657 25,046
1,679
27,243
1,409
22,132
1,249
20,407
522
20,707
491
24,467
686
31,548
702
24,190
531
11,688
174
1,670
59
9,349
286
14,113
427
5,936
292
8,124
343
2,979
214
3,237
193
2,240
186
3,963
135
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)





















471
10
475
10
854
5


612
7


496
8
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)









14
1
























Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 14,816
1,556
16,661
1,301
15,464
1,289
9,857
443
10,822
411
13,689
575
18,062
544
13,386
377
1,947
83
567
52
4,287
210
7,150
360
3,083
254
4,156
297
2,671
210
1,912
167
1,628
154
733
94
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 2,010
134
3,132
97
2,811
128
2,163
60
1,404
64
1,621
54
3,190
106
1,174
50
276
21
147
6
878
37
485
18
113
14
681
12
12
3
247
11
196
27
635
20
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) 14
2
179
3
312
2


1
1
81
10
554
11
709
48
63
3


















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 74
3
174
7
256
9
5
1
7
2


193
5
28
1
45
4
27
1
222
4
49
3
7
1
192
13
49
3
160
12
164
6
175
15
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO)









318
15
324
2






















Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) 6,885
90
7,036
90
5,814
109
6,355
114
4,238
81
6,477
108
4,777
85
5,681
100
8,236
78
999
6
3,650
39
2,856
42
1,542
16
1,780
19




155
1
209
1
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 1
2
24
4


84
2
180
6
17
4
50
3
73
4


7
1
















Other 112
2


































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

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to 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 23,819
1,789
27,087
1,502
24,609
1,537
17,896
620
16,520
565
22,069
767
27,116
756
20,932
580
10,565
189
1,747
66
9,037
290
10,912
433
5,219
295
7,663
346
2,732
216
2,930
197
2,144
188
2,248
138
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

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