NRCS Conservation Programs

New Mexico

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 $18,911.4
$17,617.4
$16,859.4
$17,448.4
$19,520.8
$20,005.0
$20,128.8
$18,098.3
$17,933.5
$17,566.8
$17,571.1
$18,417.7
$23,909.0
$21,558.5
$19,177.7
$20,166.9
$21,274.7
$25,513.0
Financial Assistance $32,988.5
$24,130.9
$25,137.3
$30,139.2
$30,662.8
$29,881.7
$36,959.9
$40,785.1
$45,444.3
$45,526.3
$50,554.8
$52,886.2
$45,654.1
$62,015.8
$47,196.7
$57,811.4
$50,982.7
$188,567.4
Reimbursable $1,954.9
$2,278.2
$2,741.7
$2,415.0
$1,831.3
$1,655.8
$1,592.8
$1,540.5
$861.8
$421.0
$223.8
$193.4
$60.3
$96.4
$67.3
$52.2
$56.7
$63.4
Total $53,854.9
$44,026.3
$44,738.7
$50,002.5
$52,014.8
$51,542.5
$58,681.4
$60,423.9
$64,239.6
$63,514.1
$68,349.8
$71,497.2
$69,623.4
$83,670.7
$66,441.7
$78,030.5
$72,314.1
$214,143.8
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.

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)








$217.7
$300.2
$967.6
$1,395.2
$691.7
$564.8
$5,398.4
$1,516.0
$1,966.7
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$4,155.1
$454.1
$219.3
$135.2
$181.1
$31.7
$0.3
$4.2
$0.3





Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $25.0
$205.4
$386.5
$354.9
$198.2
$287.6
$602.2
$474.9
$302.3
$282.1
$316.4
$186.9
$328.4
$329.2
$321.3
$404.9
$359.7
$1,214.4
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $1,858.9
$1,802.8
$1,646.5
$1,538.6
$1,333.1
$1,121.4
$1,077.4
$1,023.6
$895.9
$597.3
$2.9
$0.7
$0.3





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$140.8
$6,314.9
$12,806.9
$17,304.1
$22,309.8
$27,134.8
$28,289.7
$27,954.3
$26,031.8
$22,198.9
$24,977.8
$33,048.5
$25,510.4
$24,977.6
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $9,244.8
$8,763.7
$7,842.2
$8,261.6
$8,299.8
$8,716.3
$8,532.7
$7,473.9
$6,777.7
$6,706.9
$6,543.2
$5,975.1
$9,729.9
$7,125.3
$5,684.6
$6,411.0
$6,659.4
$8,316.2
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $36,907.9
$25,418.4
$24,413.6
$29,347.1
$24,321.1
$25,978.6
$28,641.6
$28,454.7
$30,764.1
$26,556.1
$27,220.4
$33,500.1
$30,201.0
$49,091.5
$33,238.9
$29,318.2
$36,349.2
$35,162.0
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $680.5
$456.9
$427.5
$27.5
$624.0
$617.8
$814.3
$867.3
$632.1
$21.5
$9.7
$0.4
$0.3
$28.3
$-0.3



Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $175.0
$1,355.7
$32.7
$1.6
$232.3
$216.7
$135.7
$83.1
$76.8
$11.3
$9.4
$0.2

$30.3
$-0.3



Plant Materials Center (PMC) $676.6
$584.5
$707.5
$845.9
$566.6
$616.2
$580.6
$547.1
$550.6
$538.0
$460.0
$376.1
$367.2
$247.3
$241.0
$250.7
$376.4
$363.8
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$9.5
$4,551.8
$1,772.8
$1,075.0
$3,508.7
$206.7
$60.1
$63.0
$1,573.4
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $993.6
$856.7
$923.3
$939.9
$956.5
$983.8
$450.5











Snow Survey (SNOW) $175.6
$137.4
$155.7
$172.1
$165.5
$149.8
$196.2
$140.0
$42.1
$178.0
$145.0
$116.2
$95.1
$118.9
$164.9
$160.6
$158.0
$145.6
Soil Survey (SOIL) $1,734.5
$1,713.0
$1,619.9
$1,951.8
$1,858.3
$1,639.8
$1,383.1
$1,361.6
$265.3
$375.0
$287.2
$280.1
$284.5
$279.1
$259.7
$316.6
$288.6
$277.1
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $77.8
$72.2
$96.6
$0.8














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $302.4
$545.2
$2,957.2
$-1.9
$28.9
$1,587.7






$4.1
$1.4
$-29.4
$1,593.7
$975.7
$275.9
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $595.5
$1,361.8
$2,356.9
$83.5
$634.6
$729.9
$154.7
$169.5
$20.5
$630.6
$3.5
$0.5
$5.0


$50.0
$43.9
$1,717.0
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $-38.1
$332.5
$760.1
$5,497.4
$7,224.7
$175.5
$481.8
$519.3
$563.7
$8.3
$60.8
$372.2
$11.7
$18.7
$799.2
$10.3

$138,116.4
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $209.4
$12.3
$159.6
$69.0
$147.3
$999.5
$1,596.2
$1,032.7
$112.8
$43.7
$17.5
$2.7
$2.9
$0.3
$0.8



Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $289.9
$425.7
$252.9
$912.7
$1,128.0
$952.9
$1,008.2
$836.9
$744.8
$169.6
$131.6
$-13.0
$90.7
$1.1
$12.0



Other $-54.4
$-17.9







$2.2

$0.1



$1,007.5
$13.8
$37.7
Total $53,854.9
$44,026.3
$44,738.7
$50,002.5
$52,014.8
$51,542.5
$58,681.4
$60,423.9
$64,239.6
$63,514.1
$68,349.8
$71,497.2
$69,623.4
$83,670.7
$66,441.7
$78,030.5
$72,314.1
$214,143.8
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.
• 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)








$217.7
$300.2
$285.2
$310.2
$279.7
$332.0
$510.2
$412.7
$477.5
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$494.0
$357.7
$191.4
$81.9
$119.9
$31.7
$0.1
$4.2
$0.3





Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)








$282.1
$316.4
$186.9
$328.4
$329.2
$321.3
$404.9
$359.7
$1,214.4
Conservation Security Program (CSP) $318.1
$259.0
$176.5
$180.5
$130.2
$84.6
$127.1
$99.5
$100.7
$151.7
$2.9
$0.7
$0.3





Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



$140.8
$902.2
$2,147.9
$2,399.4
$2,834.0
$3,354.0
$4,197.6
$5,682.6
$5,617.2
$5,380.2
$6,460.2
$6,320.4
$5,380.3
$4,267.6
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $8,532.7
$8,181.5
$7,822.1
$8,103.6
$8,072.0
$8,523.4
$8,342.7
$7,329.6
$6,563.1
$6,500.9
$6,446.4
$5,858.1
$9,678.5
$7,036.0
$5,627.0
$6,358.8
$6,602.7
$8,257.3
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $6,284.7
$5,851.9
$5,329.1
$5,672.6
$6,126.8
$5,937.3
$6,338.9
$5,985.8
$6,932.5
$5,616.1
$4,434.6
$4,805.1
$6,309.1
$6,308.0
$5,498.1
$4,127.5
$6,599.9
$6,107.8
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $22.8
$15.6
$11.7
$27.5
$22.8
$17.8
$22.4
$16.1
$32.1
$19.5
$9.7
$0.4
$0.3
$28.3
$-0.3



Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) $175.0
$44.4
$32.7
$1.6
$167.3
$181.0
$105.7
$46.7
$53.8
$11.3
$9.4
$0.2

$30.3
$-0.3



Plant Materials Center (PMC) $311.2
$319.1
$364.7
$363.6
$414.5
$344.2
$388.2
$374.6
$550.6
$386.0
$335.0
$323.1
$366.3
$241.6
$231.3
$250.7
$376.4
$363.8
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)








$9.5
$921.8
$861.5
$812.6
$1,507.1
$204.5
$55.7
$63.0
$1,573.4
Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD) $993.6
$856.7
$945.0
$939.9
$956.5
$983.8
$450.5











Snow Survey (SNOW) $155.6
$117.4
$135.7
$130.0
$145.4
$149.8
$176.2
$140.0
$37.9
$163.0
$143.0
$92.9
$91.3
$118.9
$164.9
$160.6
$158.0
$145.6
Soil Survey (SOIL) $1,177.9
$1,007.7
$1,025.7
$1,051.4
$1,070.8
$1,249.2
$1,256.0
$1,094.8
$369.2
$375.0
$287.2
$280.1
$284.5
$279.1
$259.7
$316.6
$288.6
$277.1
Watershed Surveys and Planning (WSP) $77.8
$72.2
$96.6
$0.8














Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $220.1
$195.3
$301.1
$-1.9
$28.9
$280.3








$-29.4
$1,593.7
$975.7
$271.4
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB) $595.5
$545.6
$432.2
$83.5
$109.4
$619.0
$149.9
$169.5
$20.5
$230.6
$3.5
$0.5
$5.0


$50.0
$43.9
$1,717.0
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $-14.0
$40.0
$110.6
$539.2
$1,320.7
$100.5
$68.5
$65.0
$39.4
$8.3
$17.8
$47.0
$11.7
$18.7
$95.9
$10.3

$802.4
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $9.4
$12.3
$22.1
$69.0
$64.8
$79.4
$135.0
$106.5
$84.0
$37.7
$17.5
$2.7
$2.9
$0.3
$0.8



Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $52.9
$98.7
$53.6
$287.1
$255.9
$194.8
$228.4
$188.9
$195.8
$169.6
$128.0
$-13.6
$90.5
$1.1
$12.0



Other $-1.9








$2.2

$0.1



$7.5
$13.8
$37.7
Total $18,911.4
$17,617.4
$16,859.4
$17,448.4
$19,520.8
$20,005.0
$20,128.8
$18,098.3
$17,933.5
$17,566.8
$17,571.1
$18,417.7
$23,909.0
$21,558.5
$19,177.7
$20,166.9
$21,274.7
$25,513.0
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CTA, PMC, SNOW, and SOIL also include multi-year funds.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, AWEP and WHIP were authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP, FRPP, and GRP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out contracts, agreements, or easements entered into prior to the date of enactment of the 2014 Act, including the provision of technical assistance, provided that no such contract, agreement, or easement is modified so as to increase the amount of payment received. Pursuant to this authority, the funds obligated in FY 2014 were used to carry out acquisition and restoration activities on those prior contracts, agreements, or easements.

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










$682.4
$1,085.0
$412.0
$232.8
$4,888.2
$1,103.3
$1,489.2
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)



$3,661.0
$96.4
$27.9
$53.3
$61.2

$0.2







Conservation Security Program (CSP) $1,540.8
$1,543.8
$1,470.0
$1,358.2
$1,202.9
$1,036.8
$950.3
$924.0
$795.2
$445.6








Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)




$5,412.8
$10,659.0
$14,904.6
$19,475.8
$23,780.8
$24,092.1
$22,271.7
$20,414.6
$16,818.7
$18,517.6
$26,728.1
$20,130.1
$20,710.0
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) $30,623.3
$19,566.5
$18,646.6
$23,214.6
$17,753.9
$19,639.3
$21,846.5
$21,987.1
$23,387.0
$20,892.0
$22,785.9
$28,694.9
$23,892.0
$42,783.5
$27,740.8
$25,190.7
$29,749.3
$29,054.2
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) $657.6
$291.4
$415.8

$601.2
$600.0
$791.8
$851.2
$600.0
$2.0








Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)
$1,311.4


$65.0
$35.7
$30.0
$36.4
$23.0









Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)









$3,630.1
$911.3
$262.4
$2,001.6
$2.2
$4.4


Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $-193.5

$2,377.9


$1,307.4












Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)
$816.2
$1,240.8
$-17.5
$520.2




$400.0








Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) $-24.1
$292.5
$649.4
$4,958.2
$5,904.0
$75.0
$413.4
$454.3
$524.3

$43.0
$325.2


$703.3


$137,314.0
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) $200.0

$137.5

$82.5
$920.1
$1,461.2
$926.2
$28.8
$6.0








Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) $237.0
$327.0
$199.3
$625.7
$872.1
$758.2
$779.8
$648.0
$549.0

$3.6
$0.7
$0.2





Other $-52.6
$-17.9













$1,000.0


Total $32,988.5
$24,130.9
$25,137.3
$30,139.2
$30,662.8
$29,881.7
$36,959.9
$40,785.1
$45,444.3
$45,526.3
$50,554.8
$52,886.2
$45,654.1
$62,015.8
$47,196.7
$57,811.4
$50,982.7
$188,567.4
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• Other includes Biomass R&D, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control, Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program, Forestry Incentives Program, Fund for Rural America, Great Plains Conservation, Gulf Coast Restoration Revolving Fund,
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Rural Abandoned Mine, SWCA, Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program, VPAP, Waterbank Program, and other accounting and adjustment funds.
• For GRP, except for the minor amount of due diligence funds administered by NRCS, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the majority of GRP funds for both easements and rental contracts.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CRP, CTA, PMC, RCD, SNOW, SOIL, and WSP do not provide financial assistance.
• Prior to the February 7, 2014 enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, AWEP and WHIP were authorized to obligate funds to new contracts. Upon enactment, the 2014 Act authorized the use of unobligated funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to complete implementation of contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment, including the provision of technical assistance.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year WRP, FRPP, and GRP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out contracts, agreements, or easements entered into prior to the date of enactment of the 2014 Act, including the provision of technical assistance, provided that no such contract, agreement, or easement is modified so as to increase the amount of payment received. Pursuant to this authority, the funds obligated in FY 2014 were used to carry out acquisition and restoration activities on those prior contracts, agreements, or easements.

Reimbursable - Total Obligations, by Program Fund and Fiscal Year
In thousands of dollars
Fund Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) $25.0
$205.4
$386.5
$354.9
$198.2
$287.6
$602.2
$474.9
$302.3









Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) $712.1
$582.2
$20.0
$158.0
$227.8
$192.8
$190.0
$144.3
$214.6
$206.0
$96.8
$117.0
$51.5
$89.3
$57.6
$52.2
$56.7
$58.9
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

$437.9
$459.9
$440.5
$401.9
$456.2
$481.8
$444.6
$48.0








Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)
$150.0
















Plant Materials Center (PMC) $365.4
$265.4
$342.8
$482.2
$152.1
$272.0
$192.5
$172.6

$152.0
$125.0
$53.1
$0.9
$5.7
$9.7



Resource Conservation and Development Program (RCD)

$-21.7















Snow Survey (SNOW) $20.0
$20.0
$20.0
$42.1
$20.2

$20.0

$4.2
$15.0
$2.0
$23.3
$3.7





Soil Survey (SOIL) $556.6
$705.3
$594.1
$900.4
$787.5
$390.6
$127.1
$266.9
$-103.9









Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (WFPO) $275.8
$349.9
$278.3









$4.1
$1.4



$4.5
Watershed Rehabilitation (WRHB)

$683.8
$17.5
$5.0
$110.9
$4.8











Total $1,954.9
$2,278.2
$2,741.7
$2,415.0
$1,831.3
$1,655.8
$1,592.8
$1,540.5
$861.8
$421.0
$223.8
$193.4
$60.3
$96.4
$67.3
$52.2
$56.7
$63.4
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, 2012-2022 data from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI);
2005-2011 data from Foundation Financial Information System (FFIS).
• Totals may not exactly match sum over funds due to rounding.
• Negative numbers reflect fund adjustments made throughout the year.
• In 2014 CRP changed from a reimbursable to a direct program. Before FY 2014, CRP only includes reimbursable technical assistance funds used to plan and apply conservation practices. Data shown here do not include financial obligations made by the Farm Service Agency to landowners.
• EWP, WRHB, and WFPO include American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
• Before 2017 EQIP includes Ground and Surface Water Conservation and 1996 Farm Bill funds. Starting in 2017 Ground and Surface Water Conservation is funded under RCPP.
• CTA, PMC, SNOW, and SOIL also include multi-year funds.
• The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) authorized the use of prior year FRPP funds remaining from 2009 through 2013 to carry out 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 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 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 Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)









54,939
79
1,617
103
43,421
35
234
15
18
3
21
7














Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 15,028
221
27,682
451
27,073
645
16,151
410
18,321
589
19,298
426
20,199
633
104,254
2,726
92,476
2,729
55,472
1,872
71,562
2,267
97,277
3,904
181,661
8,103
146,477
2,580
43,743
1,356
57,955
4,155
68,189
4,656
36,320
3,421
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP Contracts)









1,478,740
172
905,792
101
1,085,375
121
995,483
150
909,194
138
595,308
89
566,974
95
353,570
25
125,969
16
233,392
17
933,753
67




Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)































1,842,867
2,988
2,348,347
3,336
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 1,116,458
5,110
1,398,541
6,325
1,181,720
7,610
2,125,462
12,740
1,826,786
11,392
2,775,410
11,520
2,417,293
12,044
2,499,848
11,861
2,321,800
7,713
1,971,902
10,157
1,534,017
4,460
1,768,333
3,847
2,143,339
3,078
2,173,709
3,093
2,339,472
2,182
2,132,728
1,729
1,245,669
2,000
368,585
574
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 1,017,613
2,175
1,792,267
3,712
2,116,312
4,961
2,403,821
4,404
2,759,253
3,836
3,449,196
4,516
2,434,605
3,346
3,067,828
3,789
3,004,406
4,344
1,732,649
2,669
1,625,791
2,405
1,391,124
2,161
1,457,802
2,298
1,647,811
2,430
1,704,394
2,304
1,374,383
2,339
1,337,333
2,134
1,281,365
1,788
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 820
2


2,084
92
1,504
44


4,252
32
8,036
3
2,273
51


2,273
44
2,317
27
1,324
10
1,325
1










Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















239,023
139
121,579
82
255,843
139
415,318
229
459,860
232
374,390
223
368,916
234
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

162
11


89
6


955
8
917
9
156
8
365
3
761
9
















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 11,443
23
24,772
71
29,635
47
82,431
95
32,790
67
101,048
128
85,423
92
103,375
132
137,832
66
29,051
85
46,555
83
32,850
62
6,910
20
3,039
6
2,056
1






Other 7,560
2
4
1




25
1


























Notes:
• Data Sources: FY 2010-FY 2020 CSP Program - USDA-NRCS, ProTracts Program Contracts System, October 2020 (excludes renewal contracts); FY 2021-FY 2022 CSP Program and all other programs - USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• For FY 2005-FY 2020, Conservation Stewardship Program acres and counts are contract acres and contract counts. Beginning in FY 2021, acres and counts are based on practices applied, as reported in the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD).
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs within each fiscal year and across fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.
• 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 1,888,450
2,312
2,766,055
3,357
2,824,054
4,090
3,861,864
5,063
3,819,015
4,622
4,745,619
4,955
4,039,852
4,839
4,766,064
5,232
4,516,309
4,730
3,237,082
4,173
2,823,450
2,962
3,001,018
2,825
3,341,858
3,414
3,650,803
3,123
3,920,789
2,314
3,455,706
2,253
4,001,135
3,091
3,932,360
2,424
Percent of land units treated by multiple programs 18.94%
19.85%
18.73%
17.40%
22.30%
11.96%
21.11%
13.39%
23.24%
12.92%
36.20%
15.16%
24.41%
9.46%
25.16%
13.23%
27.78%
19.98%
19.20%
12.13%
17.16%
14.04%
17.99%
10.62%
18.55%
9.23%
22.16%
7.08%
23.13%
8.86%
25.80%
9.23%
21.59%
11.03%
12.69%
9.36%
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 327 819
36
1,120
56
14,898
238
189,702
1,702
100,255
973
70,687
744
73,537
789
151,563
1,302
128,618
1,238
142,823
1,313
95,528
937
154,383
1,356
268,446
2,399
69,770
662
43,419
337
155,374
1,121
188,223
1,439
116,163
968
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 49,186
789
58,530
823
105,878
1,646
86,637
1,055
76,474
1,247
89,103
1,174
89,443
881
115,704
1,215
60,330
708
58,738
785
10,038
226
16,050
202
7,490
166
11,580
174
8,986
105
5,328
88
16,072
159
3,807
33
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328

























129
13
129
13


281
16
186
6
Contour Farming 330 129
1




467
2




























Cover Crop 340 92
3
296
13
848
10
1,166
35
486
21
1,634
42
3,077
48
56,118
491
20,707
278
15,584
189
3,509
115
874
31
5,178
54
4,873
74
7,405
70
7,110
71
7,305
90
10,836
199
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340

























240
2
2,121
22


2,010
23
5
2
Critical Area Planting 342 887
1
161
1
























1
1






Diversion 362 2
1


488
3
1,116
4
1,029
5
205
3
5
1


185
2






155
1
119
1
34
1
1,236
4
331
1


Field Border 386 120
1
57
6
786
3


299
2








60
3










18
1




Forage and Biomass Planting 512 301
21
482
54
729
39
727
67
3,578
26
1,368
75
411
37
262
23
747
33
372
24
757
16
780
22
1,273
19
692
19
4,044
50
2,236
35
781
22
1,077
21
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512

































130
1
Grade Stabilization Structure 410







87
6
133
13
138
11
69
8
110
9
2
1




11
2










Grassed Waterway 412

411
4
































Herbaceous Wind Barriers 603









293
8
498
11
482
9
270
13
204
4
385
8
130
4




6
2


2
2


Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 11,804
310
52,293
730
38,782
632
46,062
631
67,030
1,100
74,195
862
62,094
749
151,112
1,453
92,977
960
70,026
945
37,487
477
70,154
642
83,174
831
15,682
258
24,184
248
122,520
876
80,361
665
57,405
478
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

























1,030
24




6
2
6
2
Irrigation Water Management 449 26,504
472
58,826
914
89,494
1,188
44,730
623
37,859
765
48,192
682
48,767
608
40,824
669
42,353
686
36,281
734
7,437
239
9,198
149
1,822
107
4,821
94
2,793
64
1,716
26
1,412
50
702
24
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

























16
1
385
5


22
3


Mulching 484









2
1


5
1
314
1
316
1
1
1
317
2


11
2
1
1






Nutrient Management 590 9,939
272
49,812
686
32,470
513
36,223
454
25,544
527
45,577
569
55,408
639
65,601
816
49,290
565
35,587
707
10,214
259
13,219
186
2,018
103
6,316
186
2,898
56
647
67
6,916
109
1,595
66
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590

























1,118
34
1,618
38


1,812
50
109
7
Residue Management, Seasonal 344 46,504
730
27,617
442
104,155
1,610
64,709
917
75,849
1,172
85,338
1,111
75,666
868
113,047
1,066
55,613
683
45,977
674
8,076
181
8,307
66
1,299
10
802
18








Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 15
2
26,670
310
503
8
2,184
22
987
31
828
10
627
8
942
10
800
7
1,367
12
654
13
1,811
30
489
18
1,033
104
4
2
469
30
367
14
0
1
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345

























465
4
465
4
282
2
465
4


Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 3,686
21
17,731
155
7,070
39
19,669
113
10,979
68
11,973
69
14,472
111
10,378
75
11,382
97
13,717
118
8,700
81
8,428
76
3,228
70
2,917
29
4,528
27
2,561
22
15,814
199
50
4
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till 346



1
3
1
1
60
1










10
1
38
1












Riparian Forest Buffer 391 1,616
1






























159
3


Stripcropping 585

130
1
































Terrace 600 829
4
343
1
348
2
3,226
9
1,044
4
447
3
640
3
384
3
158
1




472
5
471
3
265
4
3,850
14
803
6
2,044
8
3,264
11
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 1,574
29
1,086
12
1,355
9
993
13
1,449
28
1,409
25
632
20
1,121
25
1,049
11
1,079
13
22
2
479
8
395
10
290
7
438
8
350
7
31
2
7
3
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650









10
1
























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

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

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









209
6
847
32
288
8
222
10


















Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 1,689
4
427
6
6,971
96
15,554
175
15,169
241
12,148
123
13,273
224
83,025
1,477
70,595
962
43,947
692
64,973
854
90,842
1,585
147,600
3,050
60,121
663
28,243
506
43,731
1,971
38,118
1,973
25,892
1,402
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























1,159
90
4,042
98
282
2
5,993
246
2,271
129
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 54,093
2,534
62,239
3,424
114,066
4,278
226,395
4,630
148,043
5,046
141,070
4,513
139,553
4,132
182,666
4,989
148,621
3,680
137,265
4,589
38,040
1,459
39,287
1,006
13,580
526
AR
728
AR
197
AR
178
AR
438
AR
94
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 13,180
156
23,212
778
31,447
1,569
35,355
837
30,531
686
29,939
749
26,536
395
29,873
689
23,243
638
17,072
242
13,149
243
12,914
189
13,330
217
AR
229
AR
267
AR
205
AR
204
AR
201
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)





86
6
118
3
19
1
76
1
118
3
161
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 65,112
2,694
78,188
4,208
146,039
5,943
261,416
5,648
180,438
5,976
167,909
5,392
173,523
4,784
279,722
7,166
230,117
5,292
188,437
5,523
109,409
2,556
135,751
2,780
169,579
3,793
79,537
1,710
51,437
1,068
58,320
2,356
61,844
2,861
38,806
1,826
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to 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 7,455
82
888
48
3,330
55
356
59
2,147
34
2,948
16
2,386
43
11,757
85
391
10
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328













21
1
175
5
Cover Crop 340 1,198
13
39
4
10
2
497
13
1,344
17
277
6
14
5
34
6
198
7
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340













9
2
5
2
Prescribed Grazing 528















552
8
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528















181
5
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 1,367
12
654
13
1,535
26
213
15
791
17
4
2
469
30
356
12
0
1
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 4,772
60
195
31
1,866
25
876
47
131
6
2,689
14
1,929
17
13,059
75
21
1
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

The following table includes program information under which the above practices related to 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) 524
3














314
3
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)













26
6
187
24
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 6,713
109
810
91
2,779
93
219
117
1,771
63
2,465
28
2,018
78
5,386
161
210
3
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 3,621
55
3
5
1,843
15
396
17
137
11
14
10
15
17
21
14
30
9
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 6,729
167
812
96
2,779
108
591
134
1,788
74
2,479
38
2,033
95
5,411
181
579
39
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

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 3
1




2
6
219
2


1
1
46
4
0
1
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328













21
1


Cover Crop 340 3
1




2
4
219
2


1
1
25
3
0
1
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345





2
3
99
1


1
1
25
3
0
1
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 3
1




1
4
120
1








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

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

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













21
2


Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 3
2




1
17
219
5




21
3


Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 3
1






120
1


1
3
4
6
0
3
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across programs and fiscal years, but are only counted once per program per fiscal year.

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health Management System (SHMS) Practices
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 3
3




1
17
219
6


1
3
25
11
0
3
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to Fish & Wildlife Habitat

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Fish & Wildlife Habitat Practices
Practice Name Practice Code 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Access Control 472 16,971
113
27,065
183
39,798
378
217,827
1,922
127,552
1,194
125,872
1,050
132,763
1,194
237,012
1,793
203,346
1,720
157,935
1,341
113,627
1,053
233,247
1,577
347,462
2,572
260,916
716
122,476
453
223,161
1,216
304,803
1,493
127,678
1,008
Conservation Cover 327 1,261
39
1,177
57
18,964
254
189,913
1,703
100,530
979
108,942
918
91,530
947
155,551
1,323
136,460
1,289
144,919
1,333
95,735
947
158,913
1,375
271,368
2,417
81,521
740
49,315
377
156,327
1,128
188,674
1,443
123,704
1,014
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management 647 51
1
40
1
































Hedgerow Planting 422



















193
4
168
5
87
2
12
4
71
7
5
5
16
5
3
1
Restoration and Management of Rare or Declining Habitats 643

17
1
5,298
42
106,079
894
63,998
598
78,282
631
125,164
954
203,301
1,115
200,618
1,267
210,100
1,244
144,264
930
151,404
1,268
260,289
2,290
69,690
543
35,338
252
78,830
563
141,950
1,054
180,103
936
Riparian Forest Buffer 391 1,798
2
6,560
28


35
1








2,319
6
288
4
2,205
6
2,201
5
2,201
5


1,969
5
246
1
3,051
8


Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390

387
4
14
1




97
1


252
3




















Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395





14,622
1


1
1








30
1














Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580

12
1
125
1
107
6
393
3
934
4


74
1
203
1
33
3
115,188
3






27
2






Structures for Wildlife 649































81,335
35
207,172
77
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 1,213,161
1,329
1,575,433
1,767
1,612,334
2,397
2,406,521
3,134
2,333,286
3,033
2,907,379
3,395
2,647,464
3,375
2,584,697
2,951
2,290,917
1,817
2,195,411
2,346
1,673,025
1,284
1,477,822
1,131
2,266,219
1,405
1,657,683
1,262
2,044,166
1,085
1,325,329
737
999,205
727
177,602
149
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management - Enhancements E645































480
3
510
2
Wetland Creation 658



69
1




640
1
























Wetland Enhancement 659 411
3
97
1
14,086
4
16,756
7
20
2
1,487
33


20
2
33
1
















2
1
Wetland Restoration 657 350
2
323
6
47
2




524
32
1,284
4
156
1


74
6
















Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management 644 736
37
359
5
127
6
2,067
12
1,059
4
1,325
32
497
6


3,194
1
401
6






151
2
402
2
877
4




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

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Fish & Wildlife Habitat Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 13,131
186
23,118
309
25,355
551
15,729
381
16,842
510
17,801
408
18,566
506
78,281
1,539
81,714
2,060
51,386
1,549
68,618
2,044
96,619
3,347
163,348
6,996
103,972
1,923
43,586
1,058
51,973
2,920
40,152
3,708
30,103
2,834
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)



























512
2


103,127
62
107,000
89
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 935,765
1,284
1,092,269
1,631
798,304
2,096
1,631,194
6,854
1,305,769
4,916
1,672,530
5,245
1,998,413
5,723
1,556,663
5,198
1,558,075
3,380
1,652,493
4,389
1,172,024
1,887
1,213,524
1,879
1,689,947
1,596
1,568,267
1,310
1,812,841
1,107
1,122,650
714
755,773
967
113,267
219
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 73,246
54
117,507
82
478,618
377
446,335
381
470,951
376
782,518
413
276,553
243
724,739
419
542,820
648
103,066
295
125,572
250
48,062
125
31,374
98
12,994
34
1,753
16
4,110
20
4,399
31
74,082
46
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 820
1


2,084
50
1,504
43


4,252
16
7,938
1
2,273
26


2,273
22
2,317
13
1,324
5












Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)























169
1










Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

162
7


89
4


955
8
863
2
156
2
33
1
54
6
















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 48
1
466
25
27,145
12
15,093
17
3,062
11
17,937
8
18,627
5
5,253
5
5,427
13
16,818
22
49
34
4,826
5












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

The following table includes unique land unit acres for practices related to 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 1,020,976
1,526
1,226,411
2,054
1,275,223
3,086
2,034,946
7,680
1,751,677
5,813
2,447,108
6,098
2,305,345
6,480
2,225,997
7,189
2,111,673
6,102
1,796,917
6,283
1,357,383
4,228
1,355,894
5,361
1,879,987
8,691
1,684,687
3,267
1,858,193
2,183
1,178,368
3,654
889,685
4,768
322,155
3,188
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
Brush Management 314 640
1
1,599
3
1,176
3
312
4
22,505
3
24,399
9
26,966
10
208
2


1,509
5
3,927
3
1,280
2


1,654
5
60,644
3
450
4
1,173
2
4,929
9
Forest Stand Improvement 666 5,997
14
16,844
25
73,084
25
125,982
15
532,534
26
42,918
66
58,672
60
42,839
56
8,291
44
15,508
23
25,831
57
303,943
66
102,007
85
139,330
107
41,480
75
67,386
97
200,933
54
72,222
79
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666































1,655
1
1,655
1
Forest Trails and Landings 655







194
1


2,160
1






















Fuel Break 383











690
4
63
1


480
2
67,633
5
16,848
1
35,128
7
4,410
2
8,579
3
33,696
2
34,659
6
34,795
3
Herbaceous Weed Control 315



















220
2


110
1
1,099
1
276
2


588
8
514
4
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315

































49
2
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 35
1






194
1
12,303
5
3,736
2


50
1
1,576
1
















Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 250
1




387
1
72
1














62
1




9,698
4


6,189
4
Tree/Shrub Site Preparation 490







194
1


2,160
1






















Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 645 11,583
5
7,175
9
5,829
3
78,340
24
75,407
35
323,324
36
74,108
18
130,454
37
7,987
10
6,280
14
88,378
27
22,927
11
35,693
19
104,747
54
93,048
36
58,730
21
9,858
56


Upland Wildlife Habitat Management - Enhancements E645































23
1
73
1
Woody Residue Treatment 384







24
2
13,402
47
14,924
50
9,066
43
1,724
30
14,785
16
80,801
54
317,002
73
88,805
82
44,867
102
36,589
77
71,522
87
183,146
59
73,957
77
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across practices and fiscal years.
• CSP enhancements associated with a specific conservation practice are aggregated onto one line.
• Refer to Enhancement Summary at top of document for additional information on enhancements.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see CSP Enhancements and Bundles

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

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































1,789
8
1,787
8
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 11,583
6
7,145
9
66
1
9,877
10
54,655
35
286,297
39
61,404
19
120,292
41
7,987
10
5,842
15
64,420
28
87,862
20
31,790
21
103,337
54
104,801
37
58,119
21
9,415
55


Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 2,674
16
14,876
28
52,818
30
111,589
32
282,994
32
73,260
110
36,878
113
13,160
66
4,739
69
15,769
36
44,916
120
30,761
131
80,336
174
50,537
208
45,965
157
54,041
192
73,908
108
68,458
171
Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















5
2


1,327
9
660
2
36
2
29,118
16
1,430
1
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)





441
2
11,378
3
12,249
14
14,351
14
13,221
32
20
6
1,820
10
















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 14,222
22
21,900
37
52,818
31
120,946
44
303,114
70
346,143
163
109,569
146
130,976
139
12,630
85
22,649
61
76,185
148
117,125
153
92,462
195
152,699
271
120,765
196
106,838
215
113,442
187
71,674
180
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 575 572
1
756
2
789
2


3,009
2
1,213
2


12,975
3
841
2
6,895
3
31,036
3
147
1
2,339
2
80
1
619
1
0
1




Brush Management 314 658,408
282
847,367
479
1,030,380
472
1,213,085
582
1,102,114
523
2,087,841
666
1,344,924
454
1,868,298
349
821,160
260
828,285
382
1,013,286
289
1,011,407
388
661,060
237
1,454,281
351
1,225,380
378
1,074,669
206
1,406,666
277
504,731
196
Brush Management - Enhancements E314

























3,256
3
9,322
1
73
1
9,395
2
10,112
3
Critical Area Planting 342

12
1
88,062
10
38,172
5
49,406
6
17,474
6
225
2
9,880
3
153
3
37
1
331
2


34
1


1
1


17,783
4


Fence 382 117,626
102
283,206
208
434,819
185
735,350
290
458,723
192
652,676
215
695,810
185
799,812
204
668,058
198
506,309
141
459,008
148
462,967
152
456,667
129
583,902
130
710,281
161
670,403
174
745,147
140
599,301
139
Fence - Enhancements E382

























6,865
2
18,640
5
2,077
3
85,428
29
339,333
36
Forage Harvest Management 511 182
38
373
25
374
48
372
34
106
10
399
22
82
10
78
5
360
8
126
16
2,748
21
85
8
178
10
55
11
32
2
219
5
66
7
33
9
Forage Harvest Management - Enhancements E511

























3
2
16
5


63
6
16
5
Forage and Biomass Planting 512 27,524
64
1,283
42
3,175
98
656
56
3,826
27
1,390
34
426
25
146
10
3,841
25
32
6
138
16
152
7
121
10
912
12
899
24
1,004
15
34,369
15
67,983
19
Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment 548 960
3






55
1




















24,350
7




Herbaceous Weed Control 315













9,043
3
3,384
11
12,403
6
135
3
15,398
9
2,818
4


7,497
14
241
3
586
4
481
2
Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements E315

























4,886
4
1,090
5


500
1
12,990
5
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 5,267
83
17,915
45
9,542
59
22,361
89
14,198
21
38,560
30
15,684
40
10,369
20
1,793
30
55,416
49
9,196
17
57,889
67
20,413
35
15,504
15
19,773
33
23,614
14
79,741
88
28,793
99
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595































70,383
70
94,454
99
Livestock Pipeline 516 242,898
123
532,309
189
735,324
191
1,089,547
237
936,703
249
1,327,026
249
647,703
222
1,035,826
238
1,182,139
227
902,437
242
675,349
195
638,071
169
744,905
197
1,058,470
198
1,610,945
239
660,527
178
1,030,705
220
1,266,169
264
Nutrient Management 590 317
68
143
25
149
42
1,018
82
73
10
309
17
328
30
423
15
141
9
366
29
2,929
21
161
20
194
10
164
4
834
22
150
20
448
23
1,973
17
Pond 378 16,032
14
30,188
23
72,430
12
22,134
9
78,431
34
127,760
33
47,211
27
92,694
8
14,541
7
3,066
8
24,284
5
17,880
8
43,338
10
115,824
18
104,470
16
61,927
23
115,120
20
35,306
9
Prescribed Burning 338 375
1
2,709
2
3,710
6
6,020
3
1,630
4
314
1
3,402
1
356
2


7,139
2








1,560
2






Prescribed Grazing 528 856,944
550
1,145,113
826
1,540,616
1,061
1,778,864
1,252
1,916,744
1,369
2,789,055
1,834
2,760,968
2,111
3,028,971
1,728
3,166,087
1,392
1,950,744
1,389
1,816,748
1,094
1,499,056
1,001
1,743,132
940
1,654,219
1,147
1,717,725
904
1,935,780
1,022
2,735,442
1,893
2,794,197
1,717
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528

























206,763
92
406,124
216
466,834
225
1,822,423
1,200
2,431,819
1,409
Pumping Plant 533 99,924
51
170,821
79
262,044
88
417,178
109
656,050
126
1,165,761
149
445,640
126
644,793
136
556,946
123
389,744
122
442,331
102
582,484
112
459,196
98
489,117
110
583,989
105
658,182
128
305,560
69
266,382
55
Range Planting 550 3,503
21
21,012
19
20,831
17
12,877
26
9,510
18
20,922
16
6,370
15
18,733
18
42,052
13
28,607
23
20,700
22
1,631
5
60,715
19
2,863
6
11,038
12
17,010
15
5,533
9
10,884
15
Range Planting - Enhancements E550

























40,166
1
1,783
1


392
1


Spring Development 574





























60,445
7
36,646
2


Stream Crossing - Enhancements E578

































4,074
2
Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580

12
1
125
1
13
2
393
3
860
2




203
1


115,188
3














Toxic Salt Reduction 610

12
2
































Waste Recycling 633 3,585
3


































Water Well 642 112,100
49
143,972
75
155,370
65
256,349
87
363,910
75
665,833
75
375,929
71
393,260
55
344,821
67
140,254
52
181,106
34
159,965
43
174,421
42
182,515
51
206,140
49
190,730
46
112,048
27
97,718
33
Watering Facility 614 516,528
279
1,193,961
493
764,981
308
1,527,262
511
1,325,686
447
3,244,072
511
1,876,343
414
2,767,884
429
2,608,110
411
1,505,550
422
1,232,328
308
1,205,508
317
1,163,480
348
1,878,046
383
3,306,195
412
1,865,417
369
1,726,520
307
951,699
246
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 5,229
18
8,188
16
5,040
11
1,416
20
9,868
13
3,996
12
11,113
7
3,855
10
851
5
6,364
3
3,459
3


17
1








1
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)









53,730
4


43,048
2




















Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2,914
32
4,389
47
4,639
65
75
2




660
6


572
3
905
8


1,912
17
5,325
17
42,466
130
10,511
58
3,829
26
4,304
45
8,393
35
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























230,893
131
318,583
318
301,901
405
1,758,702
2,640
2,286,683
3,063
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 594,652
722
730,365
888
807,389
969
1,326,575
1,524
1,205,796
1,265
2,194,912
1,812
1,961,408
2,000
1,903,048
1,452
1,792,836
786
1,454,793
1,463
1,256,491
1,013
1,281,243
1,018
1,304,224
831
1,294,067
898
1,316,261
820
1,305,624
766
784,634
591
248,488
206
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 973,917
989
1,624,212
1,616
1,909,570
1,595
2,082,693
1,828
2,172,717
1,851
3,152,552
1,979
2,348,390
1,690
2,623,747
1,692
2,761,058
1,982
1,593,870
1,359
1,502,917
1,212
1,296,464
1,082
1,280,939
1,159
1,472,375
1,256
1,636,746
1,195
1,287,036
1,042
1,189,775
932
1,088,687
851
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 820
1


684
42
820
1


4,252
16
8,036
2
2,273
25


2,273
22
2,317
14
1,324
5
1,325
1










Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)





















238,182
133
116,882
67
249,466
120
411,492
216
457,980
223
345,272
206
362,630
225
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)









858
1
























Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 252
4
18
1
608
5
34,201
39
12,838
14
52,170
62
30,953
42
65,006
65
102,417
21
21,571
44
46,504
47
31,369
52
6,461
18
3,039
6
2,056
1






Other 7,560
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 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 1,381,272
1,750
2,106,144
2,552
2,398,650
2,676
2,962,783
3,394
2,935,804
3,130
4,138,784
3,874
3,681,267
3,740
4,064,048
3,236
4,018,618
2,792
2,643,626
2,896
2,471,237
2,286
2,494,442
2,307
2,320,598
2,093
2,828,519
2,541
3,166,147
2,608
2,838,779
2,462
3,442,526
4,414
3,666,983
4,380
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

Conservation Practices Related to Irrigation Efficiency

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation, FY 2005-2022

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

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



198
2










31
1


















Irrigation Ditch Lining 428 1,122
104
580
44
987
56
836
46
443
31
618
44
544
51
627
42
1,149
28
539
32
279
21
142
14
259
19
205
12
797
29
441
37
316
15
357
20
Irrigation Field Ditch 388 27,248
2
12
1
203
8
197
9
46
3
101
4
2
2
34
2
39
2




48
6


344
9








Irrigation Land Leveling 464 1,338
130
1,359
155
1,678
136
930
120
2,992
65
977
122
2,861
98
527
79
1,047
93
672
73
3,261
60
513
50
424
33
404
31
469
39
608
47
223
28
346
13
Irrigation Pipeline 430 34,681
170
13,059
270
10,806
257
40,677
273
15,277
175
12,057
263
9,680
169
96,161
162
12,439
219
7,132
139
2,155
84
3,732
107
2,673
97
4,878
95
1,913
82
2,749
83
71,137
103
3,258
84
Irrigation Reservoir 436









8
1
1
1
5
4
17
3
2
3
7
5
248
6
49
6
42
7
58
6
245
10
60
9
188
3
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441 5,506
75
5,157
114
4,119
85
3,615
72
1,686
68
2,941
94
2,360
66
2,484
76
2,100
53
7,571
42
4,344
59
920
52
1,322
57
1,085
67
1,016
50
664
31
1,125
50
756
29
Irrigation System, Sprinkler 442 16,887
157
17,394
168
24,794
218
30,307
233
8,027
76
16,758
103
7,437
94
7,339
75
7,005
50
3,836
50
15,540
49
2,131
37
2,521
31
5,378
62
4,953
63
3,306
65
7,438
86
4,941
53
Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface 443 588
50
502
62
343
35
592
51
1,203
75
2,832
63
2,301
26
1,371
63
1,666
71
2,254
33
1,576
82
274
26
426
28
368
18
160
14
360
28
723
33
34,363
26
Irrigation Water Management 449 27,654
592
66,029
976
90,948
1,283
45,836
711
77,282
793
51,841
808
50,123
654
41,261
688
46,147
714
36,760
779
10,243
280
9,352
172
2,042
125
4,864
101
3,644
68
1,752
30
1,433
57
769
25
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

























16
1
385
5


22
3


Land Smoothing 466



























86
5
642
28
115
7
67,850
11
Pumping Plant 533 708
4
189
9
1,083
19
713
18
790
11
1,799
10
294
10
362
13
5,253
25
788
18
1,249
13
530
12
663
21
628
12
465
9
7,094
20
1,184
16
1,519
17
Structure for Water Control 587 5,118
117
12,844
214
9,253
259
17,707
286
8,775
192
17,658
355
11,296
258
97,693
297
18,772
289
11,283
211
5,183
182
6,291
186
15,786
192
51,806
206
6,602
293
8,830
400
182,230
403
8,409
184
Toxic Salt Reduction 610

12
2
































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

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

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









1,090
70
1,089
73
85
25
12
5
18
3
21
7














Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























16
1
385
5


22
3
2
1
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 18,748
633
49,826
802
57,646
868
34,138
599
29,678
770
39,436
755
44,394
661
32,782
721
39,307
736
39,323
849
26,544
395
8,155
195
1,665
159
4,390
106
2,250
50
361
14
823
34
383
15
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 55,305
768
40,396
1,209
40,442
1,487
67,204
1,220
59,656
717
31,039
1,042
15,926
695
105,253
755
18,217
806
11,318
528
9,462
433
6,654
473
17,189
450
53,126
514
7,648
608
9,420
765
44,748
773
43,203
449
Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)

20
3
165
3


18
1






161
1


















Other

4
1




25
1


























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

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Fiscal Year
Irrigation Efficiency Practices
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Land Unit Acres treated by at least one practice 64,671
1,401
79,892
2,015
93,497
2,358
90,486
1,819
84,405
1,489
63,744
1,867
57,466
1,429
132,733
1,501
54,643
1,548
47,773
1,380
34,469
835
13,173
668
18,673
609
56,825
621
10,025
663
9,754
779
45,438
810
43,529
465
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 16,971
113
27,065
183
39,798
378
217,827
1,922
127,552
1,194
125,872
1,050
132,763
1,194
237,012
1,793
203,346
1,720
157,935
1,341
113,627
1,053
233,247
1,577
347,462
2,572
260,916
716
122,476
453
223,161
1,216
304,803
1,493
127,678
1,008
Access Road 560

97
1
































Brush Management 314



























1,226,742
381
1,074,716
208
1,407,021
278
509,198
204
Brush Management - Enhancements E314



























9,322
1
73
1
9,395
2
10,112
3
Conservation Cover 327 1,261
39
1,177
57
18,964
254
189,913
1,703
100,530
979
108,942
918
91,530
947
155,551
1,323
136,460
1,289
144,919
1,333
95,735
947
158,913
1,375
271,368
2,417
81,521
740
49,315
377
156,327
1,128
188,674
1,443
123,704
1,014
Conservation Crop Rotation 328 49,321
807
58,825
832
106,076
1,653
86,649
1,058
77,494
1,254
89,436
1,202
90,943
896
116,239
1,227
66,181
723
60,103
796
10,765
239
16,096
209
8,561
177
11,594
176
9,698
107
5,328
88
16,254
160
6,565
49
Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements E328

























129
13
129
13


281
16
186
6
Contour Farming 330 129
1




467
2




























Cover Crop 340 92
3
392
14
864
12
1,170
38
577
22
1,659
44
3,360
50
57,970
507
24,015
282
15,992
197
3,509
116
4,557
35
23,222
55
4,873
74
7,452
75
7,206
74
7,334
98
10,937
202
Cover Crop - Enhancements E340

























240
2
2,121
22


2,010
23
5
2
Critical Area Planting 342 937
2
526
10
88,088
15
38,172
5
49,406
6
17,975
9
259
5
9,880
3
153
3
37
1
333
3


34
1


1
1


17,783
4


Diversion 362 8,134
6
4,743
6
23,902
13
5,667
15
41,790
26
33,139
22
8,153
4
86,839
2
12,458
10
21,466
6
6,298
5
213
2
11,758
16
25,213
21
13,089
18
40,650
23
22,360
10
104,936
34
Field Border 386





























18
1




Filter Strip 393





























7
1




Forage and Biomass Planting 512



























4,102
64
2,364
39
34,876
35
68,991
37
Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements E512

































130
1
Forest Stand Improvement 666



























66,689
85
86,683
111
214,392
68
95,440
88
Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements E666































1,655
1
1,655
1
Grade Stabilization Structure 410 8,534
13
19,764
14
55,529
12
45,855
27
58,401
44
66,355
54
209,911
49
459,263
42
52,687
29
12,992
14
9,714
11
5,769
18
19,437
21
8,262
19
9,666
22
21,020
18
29,934
15
15,277
12
Grassed Waterway 412

411
4












145
1


















Heavy Use Area Protection 561



417
1
48
6




























Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 595 17,866
433
70,421
779
48,332
694
68,425
721
81,588
1,122
113,452
895
80,492
793
161,591
1,477
98,230
996
125,674
998
46,684
495
128,044
710
104,308
873
31,194
275
43,955
279
146,134
890
158,839
747
85,410
567
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Enhancements E595

























1,030
24




70,383
70
94,454
99
Irrigation System, Microirrigation 441 5,506
75
5,157
114
4,119
85
3,615
72
1,686
68
2,941
94
2,360
66
2,484
76
2,100
53
7,571
42
4,344
59
920
52
1,322
57
1,085
67
1,016
50
664
31
1,125
50
756
29
Irrigation Water Management 449 27,654
592
66,029
976
90,948
1,283
45,836
711
77,282
793
51,841
808
50,123
654
41,261
688
46,147
714
36,760
779
10,243
280
9,352
172
2,042
125
4,864
101
3,644
68
1,752
30
1,433
57
769
25
Irrigation Water Management - Enhancements E449

























16
1
385
5


22
3


Mulching 484









2
1


4,359
2
1,659
7
2,036
5
328
6
317
2


11
2








Nutrient Management 590 11,051
380
50,168
715
32,987
559
37,434
538
26,167
539
45,886
586
56,100
671
66,085
833
52,689
577
36,042
738
13,143
281
13,442
209
2,329
123
6,489
192
3,692
77
790
83
7,008
126
3,552
81
Nutrient Management - Enhancements E590

























1,118
34
1,618
38


1,812
50
109
7
Prescribed Grazing 528 864,107
627
1,169,545
1,069
1,553,222
1,203
1,884,924
2,161
2,001,449
2,046
2,796,669
1,969
2,851,176
2,675
3,088,008
2,264
3,199,584
1,723
1,959,101
1,536
1,884,315
1,209
1,527,652
1,083
1,839,879
1,284
1,736,157
1,675
1,724,075
958
1,979,430
1,343
2,782,048
2,246
2,805,721
1,817
Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements E528

























206,763
92
406,124
216
466,834
225
1,822,767
1,210
2,433,213
1,443
Range Planting 550



























11,308
22
19,114
28
11,504
31
16,831
57
Range Planting - Enhancements E550



























1,783
1


392
1


Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 345 15
2
26,670
310
503
8
2,184
22
989
32
828
10
627
8
942
10
800
7
1,367
12
681
15
1,815
32
489
18
1,042
106
716
5
469
30
550
15
0
1
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till - Enhancements E345

























465
4
465
4
282
2
465
4


Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed 329 3,686
21
17,731
155
7,070
39
19,669
113
10,979
68
12,011
70
14,510
112
10,388
76
14,577
98
13,717
118
8,746
86
8,428
76
3,324
76
2,917
29
4,528
27
2,561
22
15,814
199
50
4
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till 346



1
3
1
1
60
1










10
1
38
1












Riparian Forest Buffer 391 1,798
2
6,560
28


35
1








2,319
6
288
4
2,205
6
2,201
5
2,201
5


1,969
5
246
1
3,051
8


Riparian Herbaceous Cover 390

387
4
14
1




97
1


252
3




















Roof Runoff Structure 558 489
6
81
1
389
12
206
4


119
1














40
2




10
1


Sediment Basin 350

640
1
141
1
3
1














480
1
110
1


320
1






Stream Crossing - Enhancements E578

































4,074
2
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 395





14,622
1


1
1








30
1














Streambank and Shoreline Protection 580

12
1
125
1
107
6
393
3
934
4


74
1
203
1
33
3
115,188
3






27
2






Stripcropping 585

130
1
































Structure for Water Control 587 5,118
117
12,844
214
9,253
259
17,707
286
8,775
192
17,658
355
11,296
258
97,693
297
18,772
289
11,283
211
5,183
182
6,291
186
15,786
192
51,806
206
6,602
293
8,830
400
182,230
403
8,409
184
Terrace 600 829
4
343
1
348
2
3,226
9
1,044
4
447
3
640
3
384
3
158
1




472
5
471
3
265
4
3,850
14
803
6
2,044
8
3,264
11
Toxic Salt Reduction 610

12
2
































Tree/Shrub Establishment 612 11,019
5
18,960
6
40,971
52
1,111
13
943
18
1,966
11
10,179
12
61
13
427
7
1,009
10
39
2


65
2


5,958
1
11,738
5
18,252
7
13,237
7
Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements E612



























6,004
2


18,245
3
7,050
4
Waste Recycling 633 3,999
17
352
6
500
4
517
6
25
1
15
1


5,792
48
2,859
24
578
5
122
5
606
7












Waste Storage Facility 313 436
5
1,122
11
1,607
8
1,408
10
3,023
9
556
4
608
4
568
4


27
1
121
1
120
1
225
2


157
1
2
2


120
1
Waste Transfer 634 176
5
3,041
10
2,619
16
2,689
18
4,171
29
3,332
21
3,176
21
1,010
5
7,190
44
1,444
9
1,924
25
261
5
26
3
67
1
157
1






Waste Treatment Lagoon 359 116
3
65
1
35
1
269
4














85
1












Water Well Decommissioning 351













67
1




















Wetland Creation 658



69
1




640
1
























Wetland Enhancement 659 411
3
97
1
14,086
4
16,756
7
20
2
1,487
33


20
2
33
1
















2
1
Wetland Restoration 657 350
2
323
6
47
2




524
32
1,284
4
156
1


74
6
















Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 380 6,811
50
9,277
29
6,685
38
2,570
52
11,696
53
5,800
48
12,023
40
5,161
51
2,337
25
7,603
21
3,632
9
510
12
736
17
411
8
438
8
421
9
31
2
8
4
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 650









10
1


81
1
400
1


















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

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

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









1,078
47
1,411
60
80
6
82
5
11
1
15
3














Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 12,188
106
23,517
262
25,921
372
15,714
287
16,228
427
18,198
275
16,706
414
101,712
2,303
89,343
1,863
51,069
1,267
71,163
1,604
97,277
2,847
181,340
5,781
143,627
1,871
43,626
1,006
56,758
3,427
67,466
3,622
30,260
2,490
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)

























187,249
207
327,784
403
301,908
404
1,720,339
2,855
2,216,233
3,183
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 594,087
2,659
676,323
3,949
790,680
4,045
1,442,053
7,756
1,222,055
6,777
2,128,654
6,387
1,762,647
6,916
1,532,256
6,887
1,601,324
4,599
1,550,035
6,156
1,294,486
2,656
1,255,335
2,353
1,368,896
1,580
1,461,773
1,829
1,288,564
1,051
1,277,558
1,036
867,996
1,283
248,141
431
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) 171,111
563
383,998
1,314
544,940
2,135
331,977
1,466
505,531
1,279
472,986
1,496
867,526
1,061
1,439,745
1,523
1,431,527
2,156
126,870
719
187,918
746
86,324
546
166,688
668
155,677
677
563,486
1,144
443,629
1,108
631,889
1,045
437,833
794
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) 820
1


684
42
820
1


4,252
16
8,036
2
2,273
25


2,273
22
2,317
13
1,324
5
1,325
1










Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP)



























212,467
92
75,447
40
135,746
82
132,055
107
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

162
8


89
2


955
8
863
2
156
1
33
1
54
6
















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) 10,719
3
16,285
28
1,362
20
5,096
21
727
22
3,127
20
5,229
11
287
8
622
7
7,479
15
8,455
18
7,662
25
3,568
10


2,056
1






Other 6,800
1
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 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 777,664
3,333
1,067,393
5,562
1,290,432
6,614
1,746,601
9,533
1,636,898
8,505
2,562,397
8,249
2,597,529
8,466
2,892,866
10,753
3,014,255
8,631
1,710,252
8,186
1,553,101
5,040
1,435,076
5,776
1,709,437
8,040
1,904,628
4,584
2,117,490
3,697
2,009,833
6,015
3,002,080
8,887
2,857,318
7,005
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



69
1




640
1
























Wetland Enhancement 659 411
3
97
1
14,086
4
16,756
7
20
2
1,487
33


20
2
33
1
















2
1
Wetland Restoration 657 350
2
323
6
47
2




524
32
1,284
4
156
1


74
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.

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

Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation (including practice count) by Program and Fiscal Year
Wetlands Practices
Program 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count Acres Count
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) 751
5
248
3
14,132
6
16,664
4
20
2
887
58
410
2
20
2




















Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

10
2






























2
1
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

162
2


89
2


955
6
863
2
156
1
33
1
54
6
















Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)



1
1
1
1


92
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 751
5
420
7
14,133
7
16,754
7
20
2
1,837
66
1,273
4
176
3
33
1
54
6














2
1
Notes:
• Data Source: USDA-NRCS, National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD), October 2022.
• Land unit acres may be counted multiple times across fiscal years.

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