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Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)
Updated 9/9/2008
The Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) began in 2003 as a multi-agency effort to quantify the
environmental
benefits
of conservation practices used by private landowners participating in selected U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs.
The project consists of three components:
- National Assessment -
Providing national summary estimates of conservation practice benefits and assessing the potential for USDA conservation programs to meet the nation’s environmental and conservation goals. Cropland, wetlands,
wildlife and grazing lands will be assessed.
- Watershed Assessment Studies -
Basic research on conservation practices in selected watersheds nationwide to provide a framework for evaluating and improving performance of national assessment models.
- Bibliographies and Literature Reviews -
Current literature on conservation programs. Four literature reviews are being developed that will document what is
known and not known about the environmental benefits of conservation
practices and programs for cropland, fish and wildlife, wetlands, and
grazing lands.
...More background information about CEAP
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What's New
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Integrated Landscape Monitoring - Prairie Potholes Pilot: Tier II Study Plan, September 2008 (PDF; 1.2 MB)
- CEAP Conservation Insight—Estimated CRP Benefits to Mixed-Grass Prairie Birds, July 2008 (PDF; 0.5 MB)
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Effects of the Wetlands Reserve Program on Waterfowl Carrying Capacity in the Rainwater Basin Region of South-Central Nebraska, May 8, 2008 (PDF; 1.2 MB)
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Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program on Priority Mixed-grass Prarie Birds, December 21, 2007 (PDF; 1.5 MB)
- CEAP Conservation Insight—Ecological Monitoring Insights from the Wetlands Reserve Program in Missouri. February 2008 (PDF; 1.0 MB)
- Interim
Report – Assessment of Ecological Services Derived From U.S. Department
of Agriculture Conservation Programs in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley:
Regional Estimates and Functional Condition Indicator Models.
Interim report to NRCS from USGS, March 2008. (PDF; 1.16 MB)
- Ecosystem Services Derived from Wetland Conservation Practices in the United States Prairie Pothole Region with an Emphasis on the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Conservation Reserve and Wetlands Reserve Programs, February 2008 (0.1 MB)
- 2007 CSREES-NRCS Competitive Grants for CEAP Synthesis Announced.
Two grants have been awarded to complete a synthesis of the 13 watershed projects previously
funded through the CEAP competitive grants program. January 2008
- Fish and Wildlife Response to Farm Bill Conservation Practices.
A synthesis of the literature on the documented effects of various agriculture conservation practices on fish and wildlife resources. September 2007
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Influence of U. S. Department of Agriculture Programs and Conservation Practices on Ecological Services Provided by Playa Wetlands in the High Plains, September 4, 2007 (PDF; 1.0 MB)
- The President’s National Wetlands Report for 2007 identifies
accomplishments by Federal agencies to meet the goal of a net resource gain in
wetlands quantity and quality. The report includes an overview of how the CEAP-Wetlands methodology will
contribute to the national net gain goal.
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