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| National Resources Inventory (NRI)In order for NRCS to accomplish its mission and provide leadership in conservation on our Nation's private lands, it is necessary to periodically assess the status, condition, and trends in soil, water, and other natural resources on these lands. The National Resources Inventory is a statistical survey of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. non-Federal lands.
NRI is: This inventory captures data on land cover, land use, soil erosion, prime
farmland soils, wetlands, habitat diversity, and conservation practices
at more than 800,000 sample sites.
The NRI
method and data are valuable tools NRCS uses to illustrate the
changes in land use, the condition of our natural resources, and how
conservation needs will be changing as well. The 1992 NRI was
instrumental in providing data on natural resources for the USDA publication, A
Geography of Hope. Visit the links below to find out more about the National NRI, NRI in New Hampshire, and the latest results available. Other NRI Links:The
following documents are also available for downloading. These documents require Adobe
Acrobat. For more information on the NRI in New Hampshire contact: |
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