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Targeted conservation practices and programs, guided by CEAP assessments, empower farmers to hold sediment and nutrients on their fields and out of nearby waterways.

January 22, 2018

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Much of the current scientific understanding about the effectiveness of conservation practices used across America’s working lands comes from the Conservation Effects Assessment Project, a joint effort led by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service in partnership with multiple federal agencies, universities, non-government organizations, and agricultural producers. 

CEAP assessments:

  • Tell the story of voluntary conservation’s success and growth over time.

  • Hold NRCS accountable, providing a credible way to measure outcomes and set targeted conservation goals.

  • Quantify the valuable conservation benefits of conservation measures in place for croplands, grazing lands, wetlands, wildlife, and watersheds of all shapes and sizes.

  • Help set targeted, site-specific conservation goals and evaluate conservation impacts across on nation's working lands.

 Learn more about the impact of conservation by scrolling through the gallery of graphics.

Source: NRCS

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