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NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program Enhancement Summary
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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.
To learn more see CSP
and
CSP Enhancements and Bundles
Conservation Stewardship Program Enhancement Summary:
by Conservation Practices related to: Cropland Soil Quality | Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability | Fish & Wildlife Habitat | Forest Land Conservation | Grazing Land Conservation | Water Quality
Conservation Practices Related to Cropland Soil Quality |
The following 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.
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Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Quality Practices
| Practice Name |
Practice Code |
Enhancement Name |
Enhancement Code |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
| Conservation Cover - Enhancements | E327 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | E327A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
1
|
|---|
| Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements | E328 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | E328101R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
129
|
14
|
129
|
14
|
|---|
| Cover Crop - Enhancements | E340 | Intensive cover cropping (orchard/vineyard floor) to increase soil health and SOM content | E340106Z3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
65
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Cover Crop - Enhancements | E340 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | E340107Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
1
|
|
|
15
|
1
|
|---|
| Cover Crop - Enhancements | E340 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | E340B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
5
|
|
|
|---|
| Cover Crop - Enhancements | E340 | Use of soil health assessment to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health | E340E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
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.
• Totals over detailed enhancements may not exactly match totals in main table due to rounding.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see
CSP Enhancements and Bundles
Conservation Practices Related to Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability |
The following 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.
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Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Cropland Soil Health & Sustainability Practices
| Practice Name |
Practice Code |
Enhancement Name |
Enhancement Code |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
| Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements | E328 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | E328101R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29
|
4
|
29
|
4
|
|---|
| Cover Crop - Enhancements | E340 | Use of soil health assessment to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health | E340E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
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.
• Totals over detailed enhancements may not exactly match totals in main table due to rounding.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see
CSP Enhancements and Bundles
Conservation Practices Related to Fish & Wildlife Habitat |
The following 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 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.
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Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Fish & Wildlife Habitat Practices
| Practice Name |
Practice Code |
Enhancement Name |
Enhancement Code |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
| Conservation Cover - Enhancements | E327 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | E327136Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
155
|
3
|
8
|
2
|
|---|
| Conservation Cover - Enhancements | E327 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | E327A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
90
|
1
|
11
|
1
|
|---|
| Riparian Herbaceous Cover - Enhancements | E390 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat | E390136Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
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.
• Totals over detailed enhancements may not exactly match totals in main table due to rounding.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see
CSP Enhancements and Bundles
Conservation Practices Related to Forest Land Conservation |
The following 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.
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Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Forest Land Conservation Practices
| Practice Name |
Practice Code |
Enhancement Name |
Enhancement Code |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
| Brush Management - Enhancements | E314 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | E314134Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
73
|
1
|
73
|
1
|
|
|
|---|
| Brush Management - Enhancements | E314 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | E314A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
913
|
1
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Crop tree management for mast production | E666132Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26
|
1
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | E666133Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
134
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | E666136Z2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
82
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Snags, den trees, and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | E666137Z1 |
|
|
|
|
1,150
|
10
|
363
|
3
|
299
|
4
|
185
|
1
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Snags, den trees, and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | E666O |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,075
|
5
|
654
|
8
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | E612132Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
100
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Sugarbush management | E612133X3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
414
|
1
|
1,435
|
1
|
1,435
|
1
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | E612136Z |
|
|
|
|
165
|
1
|
|
|
127
|
1
|
|
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | E612G |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
680
|
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.
• Totals over detailed enhancements may not exactly match totals in main table due to rounding.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see
CSP Enhancements and Bundles
Conservation Practices Related to Grazing Land Conservation |
The following 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 by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Grazing Land Conservation Practices
| Practice Name |
Practice Code |
Enhancement Name |
Enhancement Code |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
| Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements | E512 | Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health | E512B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
1
|
|---|
| Herbaceous Weed Control - Enhancements | E315 | Herbaceous weed control for desired plant communities/habitats consistent with the ecological site | E315132Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
|
8
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | E528133Z2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
|
8
|
|
|
79
|
8
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of cover and shelter for wildlife | E528137Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | E528140Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
|
8
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Improved grazing management for enhanced plant structure and composition for wildlife | E528E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
1
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in surface water | E528P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
1
|
9
|
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.
• Totals over detailed enhancements may not exactly match totals in main table due to rounding.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see
CSP Enhancements and Bundles
Conservation Practices Related to Water Quality |
The following 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.
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Land Unit Acres Receiving Conservation by Practice (including practice count) and Fiscal Year
Water Quality Practices
| Practice Name |
Practice Code |
Enhancement Name |
Enhancement Code |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
Acres |
Count |
| Brush Management - Enhancements | E314 | Brush management that maintains or enhances wildlife or fish habitat | E314134Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
73
|
1
|
73
|
1
|
|
|
|---|
| Brush Management - Enhancements | E314 | Brush management to improve wildlife habitat | E314A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
913
|
1
|
|---|
| Conservation Cover - Enhancements | E327 | Conservation cover to provide food habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects | E327136Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
155
|
3
|
8
|
2
|
|---|
| Conservation Cover - Enhancements | E327 | Conservation cover for pollinators and beneficial insects | E327A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
90
|
1
|
11
|
1
|
|---|
| Conservation Crop Rotation - Enhancements | E328 | Resource conserving crop rotation to reduce water erosion | E328101R |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
129
|
14
|
129
|
14
|
|---|
| Cover Crop - Enhancements | E340 | Intensive cover cropping (orchard/vineyard floor) to increase soil health and SOM content | E340106Z3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
65
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Cover Crop - Enhancements | E340 | Cover crop to minimize soil compaction | E340107Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
1
|
|
|
15
|
1
|
|---|
| Cover Crop - Enhancements | E340 | Intensive cover cropping to increase soil health and soil organic matter content | E340B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
5
|
|
|
|---|
| Cover Crop - Enhancements | E340 | Use of soil health assessment to assist with development of cover crop mix to improve soil health | E340E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
1
|
|
|
|---|
| Forage and Biomass Planting - Enhancements | E512 | Forage and biomass planting to reduce soil erosion or increase organic matter to build soil health | E512B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
1
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Crop tree management for mast production | E666132Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26
|
1
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Creating structural diversity with patch openings | E666133Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
134
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Reduce forest stand density to improve wildlife food sources | E666136Z2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
82
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Snags, den trees, and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | E666137Z1 |
|
|
|
|
1,150
|
10
|
363
|
3
|
299
|
4
|
185
|
1
|
|---|
| Forest Stand Improvement - Enhancements | E666 | Snags, den trees, and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat | E666O |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,075
|
5
|
654
|
8
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Grazing management for improving quantity/quality of plant structure/composition for wildlife | E528133Z2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
|
8
|
|
|
79
|
8
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Grazing management for improving quantity and quality of cover and shelter for wildlife | E528137Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Maintaining quantity and quality of forage for animal health and productivity | E528140Z1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
|
8
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Improved grazing management for enhanced plant structure and composition for wildlife | E528E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
1
|
|---|
| Prescribed Grazing - Enhancements | E528 | Implementing Bale or Swath Grazing to increase organic matter and reduce nutrients in surface water | E528P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
|---|
| Riparian Herbaceous Cover - Enhancements | E390 | Increase riparian herbaceous cover width to enhance wildlife habitat | E390136Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Establishing tree/shrub species to restore native plant communities | E612132Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
100
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings | E612133X1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14
|
2
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Sugarbush management | E612133X3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
414
|
1
|
1,435
|
1
|
1,435
|
1
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | E612136Z |
|
|
|
|
165
|
1
|
|
|
138
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife cover | E612137Z |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Tree/Shrub Establishment - Enhancements | E612 | Tree/shrub planting for wildlife food | E612G |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
680
|
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.
• Totals over detailed enhancements may not exactly match totals in main table due to rounding.
To learn more about CSP bundles and enhancements, please see
CSP Enhancements and Bundles
|
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