Measuring the impact of conservation

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