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Welcome to NRCS Economics

Updated 08/21/2009

 
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Part 613 NRCS National Resource Economics Handbook

Part 613 NRCS National Resource Economics Handbook, Payment Schedules
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The Economics of Culvert Replacement: Fish Passage in Eastern Maine

Since 2006 NRCS and Project SHARE have been working with landowners and partners to remove undersized and hung culverts (culverts hanging above water level) on forest logging roads and replace them with arch culverts, to restore stream flows to natural width and flow conditions.  John Long
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NRCS Watershed Planning Updates

Rapid Watershed Assessment Lessons Learned (PPT, 1.78MB) Jan Surface
Search for the Elusive 35%; A Sponsor Dilemma (PPT, 5MB) James Featherston
Kansas Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (PPT, 3.6MB) Paul Gallagher
Decision Memorandum for Watershed Rehabilitation Program Projects (PPT, 164KB) James Moore
The Chief's Decision Memo for Rehab allowing automatic NED exceptions (392KB) James Moore
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Updated Normalized Prices, Price Indexes and FY09 Federal Discount Rates

Use 4.2% discount rate for cost calculations based on the OMB Appendix C: Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness, Lease-Purchase, and Related Analyses.  Use  4 5/8% for use for FY09 Water Resource Projects. FY08 Normalized Prices are available.  Spreadsheet of the most common indexes and discount rates, updated 8/15/2009 (XLS, 79KB)

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