Natural Resources Inventory - conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, in cooperation with the Iowa State University Statistical Laboratory, the National resources inventory is a statistically-based survey of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. nonfederal lands. Focus is on urbanization, erosion, wetlands, land use, prime farmland, and irrigation.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - helps the public conserve, maintain, and improve America's natural resources and environment. Provides useful information for communities, farmers, teachers and students and policy makers.
Wetlands Reserve Program - a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to establish long-term conservation and wildlife practices to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property. The goal is to achieve the greatest wetland functions and values, along with optimum wildlife habitat, on every acre enrolled in the program.
