Topic Index
Conservation Insights | Science Notes | Literature Reviews | CEAP (general) | National Assessment: Cropland | Grazing Lands | Wetlands | Wildlife | Watershed Assessment Studies | CEAP Highlights | News Releases
Conservation Insights
Science Notes
Literature Reviews
- National Agricultural Library dynamic bibliography
- Conservation Outcomes from Pastureland and Hayland Practices: Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps, Jerry Nelson, ed., December 2012
- NIFA-CEAP Watershed Synthesis Study, August 2012
- Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices: Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps, David Briske, ed., October 2011
- Conservation of Wetlands in Agricultural Landscapes of the United States, April 2011: Full Report; Summary (PDF, 2.5 MB)
- Fish and Wildlife Response to Farm Bill Conservation Practices. September 2007
- Environmental Benefits of Conservation on Cropland: The Status of Our Knowledge. 2006
- Fish & Wildlife Benefits of Farm Bill Conservation Programs 2000-2005 Update, October 2005
Cropland
- Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia in the United States: A Report on Interagency Progress and Implementation, March 2018 (PDF; 2 MB)
- Effects of Conservation Practices on Water Erosion and Loss of Sediment at the Edge of the Field: A National Assessment Based on the 2003-06 CEAP Survey and APEX Modeling Databases, November 2017 (PDF; 3.8 MB)
- Effects of Conservation Practices on Mitigation of Pesticide Loss and Environment Risk: A National Assessment Based on the 2003-06 CEAP Survey and APEX Modeling Databases, November 2017 (PDF; 3.2 MB)
- Effects of Conservation Practices on Phosphorus Loss from Farm Fields: A National Assessment Based on the 2003-06 CEAP Survey and APEX Modeling Databases, November 2017 (PDF; 3.4 MB)
- Effects of Conservation Practices on Nitrogen Loss from Farm Fields: A National Assessment Based on the 2003-06 CEAP Survey and APEX Modeling Databases, November 2017 (PDF; 4.4 MB)
- Conservation Practice Adoption on Cultivated Cropland Acres: Effects on Instream Nutrient and Sediment Dynamics and Delivery in Western Lake Erie Basin, 2003-06 and 2012, October 2017 (PDF; 2.3 MB)
- Estimates of Recoverable and Non-Recoverable Manure Nutrients Based on the Census of Agriculture, October 2017
- Conservation Insight—Reduction in Annual Fuel Use from Conservation Tillage, August 2016 (PDF; 2.5 MB)
- Effects of Conservation Practice Adoption on Cultivated Cropland Acres in Western Lake Erie Basin, 2003-06 and 2012, March 2016 (PDF; 2.0 MB)
- Are Harmful Algal Blooms Becoming the Greatest Inland Water Quality Threat to Public Health and Aquatic Ecosystems? Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 35, No. 1, January 2016 (PDF; 1.0 MB)
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Texas Gulf Basin, July 2015
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Delaware River Basin, November 2014
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Souris-Red-Rainy Basin, August 2014
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the South Atlantic Gulf Basin, June 2014
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Pacific Northwest Basin, June 2014
- Impacts of Conservation Adoption on Cultivated Acres of Cropland in the Chesapeake Bay Region, 2003-06 to 2011, December 2013
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Lower Mississippi River Basin, August 2013
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Arkansas-White-Red Basin, May 2013
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Missouri River Basin, August 2012
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Ohio-Tennessee River Basin, February 2012
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Great Lakes Region, October 2011
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Chesapeake Bay, March 2011
- Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, June 2010
- Model Simulation of Soil Loss, Nutrient Loss and Soil Organic Carbon Associated with Crop Production July 2006
- Full list of modeling documentation reports
- Full list of farmer survey documents
- Grazing Lands
- Wetlands
- Wildlife
Watershed Assessment Studies
- National Agricultural Library dynamic bibliography
- Compilation of Measured Nutrient Load Data for Agricultural Land Uses in the United States, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, October 2006 (PDF; 1 MB)
- CEAP Watershed Assessment Studies, December 2004 (PDF; 0.4 MB)
- ARS Benchmark Watersheds
- ARS STEWARDS (Sustaining the Earth's Watersheds Agricultural Research Data System) database
- Validating the Soil Vulnerability Index for a Claypan Watershed, Catena, April 2016
- CEAP Watershed Studies in Indiana and Ohio find that tile drains are a major path for phosphorous loss, American Society of Agronomy, October 2014
- A Decade of USDA Agricultural Research Service Watershed-Scale Research to Assess Conservation Effects, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, September 2014
- Influence of Integrated Watershed-scale Agricultural Conservation Practices on Lake Water Quality, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, April 2014 (PDF; 1.1 MB)
- Spatial Considerations in Wet and Dry Periods for Phosphorus in Streams of the Fort Cobb Watershed, United States, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 49 ( 4 ) pp. 908 - 922, August 2013
- Fighting Nitrate in the Trenches, Agricultural Research, February 2012 (PDF; 2.2 MB)
- The Challenge of Documenting Water Quality Benefits of Conservation Practices: A Review of USDA-ARS's Conservation Effects Assessment Project Watershed Studies, Water Science and Technology, July 2011
- Helping Save the Chesapeake Bay, Agricultural Research, August 2010 (PDF; 6.4 MB)
- CEAP Special Issue of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation presenting findings of the ARS CEAP Watershed Studies, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, November 2008
- ARS's Quest To Improve the Chesapeake Bay, Agricultural Research, November/December 2006
- STEWARDS—for Access to Vital Watershed Data, Agricultural Research, August 2006 (PDF; 0.2 MB)
- Practical Guidance for Discharge and Water Quality Data Collection on Small Watersheds, Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, August 2006 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- Cumulative Uncertainty in Measured Streamflow and Water Quality Data for Small Watersheds, Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, June 2006 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP-ARS Watershed Assessment annual meeting, May 2006
- Evaluation of the Importance of Channel Processes in CEAP-Watershed Suspended-Sediment Yields, April 2006
- STEWARDS system design, March 2006 (PDF; 0.5 MB)
- Adapting Existing Models to Examine Effects of Agricultural Conservation Programs on Stream Habitat Quality, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, February 2006 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- Black Willow Cutting Survival in Streambank Plantings, Southeastern United States, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, February 2006 (PDF; 0.1 MB)
- "Conservation: Are We Getting Our Money's Worth?" Agriculture Research, December 2005
- Development and Sensitivity of a Method to Select Time- and Flow-Paced Storm Event Sampling Intervals for Headwater Streams, Journal Of Soil And Water Conservation, November/December 2005 (PDF; 1 MB)
- Uncertainty in Measured Sediment and Nutrient Flux in Runoff from Small Agricultural Watersheds, Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, October 2005 (PDF; 1 MB)
- STEWARDS: An Integrated Data System for ARS Watershed Research, September 2005 (PDF; 1 MB)
- Fact sheets and posters, July 2005
- CEAP-ARS Watershed Assessment annual meeting, March 2005
- ARS Watershed Assessment Study Plan, October 2004 (PDF; 4 MB)
- Comparison of Time-Based Sampling Strategies to Determine Nitrogen Loading in Plot-Scale Runoff, Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, October 2004 (PDF; 4 MB)
- Automated Storm Water Sampling on Small Watersheds, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, November 2003 (PDF; 1 MB)
- NIFA Competitive Grant Watersheds
- Science Note—Water Quality Effects and Placement of Pasture BMPs in the Spring Creek Watershed (Centre County, PA). September 2014 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- Locating Existing Best Management Practices Within a Watershed: The Value of Multiple Methods, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 49 ( 4 ) pp. 883 - 895, August 2013
- Steps to Citizen-based Watershed Planning: A Presentation For Watershed Planners, November 2012 (PPT; 15.2 MB)
- NIFA-CEAP Watershed Synthesis Study, August 2012
- Abstracts and Presentations of project updates (2012)
- Symposium and posters of project updates (2011)
- CEAP Special Issue of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation presenting findings of the NIFA CEAP Watershed Studies, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, November 2010
- Abstracts and Presentations of project updates (2010)
- Abstracts and Presentations of project updates (2009)
- Abstracts and Presentations of project updates (2008)
- Long Term Water Quality Responses to Conservation Practices in Nested Coastal Plain Watersheds October 2006 (PDF; 2.7 MB)
- The Costs and Benefits of Conservation Practices in Iowa, Iowa Ag Review Online, Fall 2006
- Fact sheets and posters, July 2005
- NRCS Special Emphasis Watersheds
- Hydrology and water quality of a field and riparian buffer adjacent to a mangrove wetland in Jobos Bay watershed, Puerto Rico, Ecological Engineering, December 2012 (PDF; 0.8 MB)
- Characterization of Land-Based Sources of Pollution in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico: Status of Heavy Metal Concentration in Bed Sediment, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, February 2012
- A Baseline Assessment of the Ecological Resources of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico, NOAA Technical Memorandum, July 2011 (PDF; 17.1 MB)
- Wood River Project Final Report, April 2010 (PDF; 2.8 MB)
- Choptank River Project Final Report, October 2009 (PDF; 8.7 MB)
- Using Satellite Remote Sensing to Estimate Winter Cover Crop Nutrient Uptake Efficiency, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, September/October 2009
- Federal-State Partnership Yields Success in Remote Sensing Analysis of Conservation Practice Effectiveness: Results from the Choptank River Conservation Effects Assessment Project, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, September/October 2009
- Sprague River CEAP Study Report, March 2009 (PDF; 5.1 MB)
- ARS's Quest To Improve the Chesapeake Bay, Agricultural Research, November/December 2006
- Fact sheets and posters, July 2005
CEAP Highlights
- CEAP Highlights, June 2010 (PDF; 0.5 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, September 2009 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, May 2009 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, February 2009 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, October 2008 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, July 2008 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, April 2008 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, December 2007 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, August 2007 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, April 2007 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, January 2007 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
- CEAP Highlights, October 2006 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
News Releases
- Measuring Environmental Effects of Conservation Practices, May 2015
- Report Shows Farm Bill Conservation Practices Reduce Runoff of Nutrients, Sediment in Chesapeake Bay Watershed, December 2013
- Report: Conservation Work Minimizes Sediment, Nutrient Runoff, August 2013
- USDA Conservation Survey Timely and Vital for Midwest Farmers CEAP Survey Focuses on Des Moines River and Western Lake Erie Basins, November 2012
- USDA Study: Conservation Practices Reduce Sediment and Nutrient Losses in the Ohio-Tennessee River Basin, February 2012
- USDA Surveys Farming and Conservation Practices in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, November 2011
- New USDA Report Shows Conservation Practices Reducing Sediment, Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Great Lakes Region, October 2011
- USDA Releases Study Showing Conservation Practices Protect Water Resources in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, March 2011
- Unprecedented Cropland Study Confirms Conservation Practices Work On Farms in Upper Mississippi River Basin, June 2010
- 2009 NIFA Competitive Grant Watershed Studies Announced, October 2009
- Conservation Tactics to Help Fish and Wildlife Thrive Featured in New Bibliography, January 2009
- 2008 NIFA Competitive Grant Watershed Studies Announced, October 2008
- 2007 NIFA Competitive Grant Watershed Studies Announced, October 2007
- EPA leadership endorses CEAP effort, May 2007 (PDF; 0.1 MB)
- Studies Show USDA Conservation Efforts Increase Northern Bobwhite Quail and Sage Grouse Populations, November 2006
- Two New CEAP Bibliographies Available Online, October 2006
- 2006 NIFA Competitive Grant Watershed Studies Announced, October 2006
- Monitoring Herbicides in Midwest Drinking Water, January 2006
- Four new NIFA Competative Grant Watersheds announced, September 2005
- CEAP Bibliographies Available Online, October 2004
- USDA Conservation Effects Assessment Project Grant Recipients: Benefits of Environmental Programs Being Studied Through Federal Partnership, October 2004
- USDA To Assess Environmental Benefits of Conservation Programs, July 2004
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