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Conservation Planning

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides conservation planning and technical assistance to clients (individuals, groups, and units of government). These clients develop and implement conservation plans to protect, conserve, and enhance natural resources (soil, water, air, plants, and animals) within their related social and economic interests.

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Conservation planning is a natural resource problem- solving and management process. The process integrates ecological (natural resource), economic, and social considerations to meet private and public needs. This approach, which emphasizes identifying desired future conditions, improves natural resource management, minimizes conflict, and addresses problems and opportunities.

The success of conservation planning and implementation depends upon the voluntary participation of clients. The planning process used by NRCS is based on the premise that clients will make and implement sound decisions if they understand their resources, natural resource problems and opportunities, and the effects of their decisions.

Conservation planning helps clients, conservationists, and others view the environment as a living system of which humans are an integral part. It enables clients and planners to analyze and work with complex natural processes in definable and measurable terms.

The NRCS objective in conservation planning is the sound use and management of soil, water, air, plant, and animal resources to prevent their degradation and ensure their sustained use and productivity while also considering related human social and economic needs.

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  • Conservation Planning Fact Sheet (PDF; 4.3 MB)
  • Conservation Reserve Program
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Conservation Planning Policy, Procedures, Tools and Aids

  • National Planning Policy (see General Manual Title 180, Part 409)
    • Montana Amendments to National Planning Policy
  • National Planning Procedures Handbook (Amendment 5)
    • Montana Amendments to Planning Procedures Handbook
  • Conservation Planning Technical Notes
  • Conservation Planning Forms
  • National Web site - Conservation Planning
  • Conservation Planning Workbook (April 2013; PDF; 950 KB)

Contact

Kale Gullett, State Resource Conservationist
Phone: 406-587-6998
E-mail: Kale.Gullett

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