Natural Resource Conservation Service Resources
Conservation at Work
Learn about the benefits of conservation practices directly from the farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners applying them.
The Science of Soil Health
Learn the science behind soils and how conservation practices can have a positive effect on soil health.
Hope in Healthy Soil
A seven-part video series explores how an increasing number of farmers throughout the country are creating a new hope in healthy soil by regenerating our nation’s living and life-giving soil.
NRCS Area of Potential Effect (APE) Analysis WebTool
created by the North Carolina USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Ecological Sciences Section (ECS) to serve as a Basemap for the collection and display of Special Environmental Concerns (SECs) and other relevant natural resources data in the form of geospatial information. The APE Analysis WebTool is a decision-support tool intended to be used by natural resource professionals to assist with pre-planning, early-scoping, and routine environmental analysis activities in support of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
NRCS Web Soil Survey
Web Soil Survey (WSS) provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world.
North Carolina Field Office Technical Guide
Technical guides are the primary scientific references for NRCS. They contain technical information about the conservation of soil, water, air, and related plant and animal resources.
NRCS 9 Steps of Conservation Planning
A conservation plan identifies the customer’s conservation objectives and assesses and analyzes the natural resources issues on that customer’s land related to soil, water, animals, plants, air, energy, and human interaction. There are 9 steps in the planning process to ensure the cooperators needs are met and resources are conserved.