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The Natural Resources Conservation Service (part of the US Department of Agriculture) developed this site to provide data and analysis on land use, soil erosion and quality, water quality, wetlands, and other issues regarding the conservation and use of natural resources on non-federal lands. It includes relevant book and paper summaries, a water quality issues section focusing on farmlands and solutions, and a maps section. The maps are extensive, including many representing findings in the following topics: agricultural productivity, basemaps, grazing land, water supply and quality, wetlands, land cover and use, land capability, private forestland, soil and soil types, soil erosion, urbanization, and conservation needs. The maps are of the US, and highlight changes, trends, and current issues.
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Information presented on this WWW site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. The U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce these documents, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. These documents may be freely distributed and used for non-commercial, scientific and educational purposes. Commercial use of the documents available from this server may be protected under the U.S. and Foreign Copyright Laws. Individual documents on this server may have different copyright conditions, and that will be noted in those documents. Users of our maps, data files, and basemap coverages are solely responsible for interpretations made from these products.
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DLESE-000-000-001-356
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