The National Resources Inventory (NRI) is a periodic assessment of the status and changing conditions of the soil, water, and related resources on private land conducted by

USDA The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of com ...

’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The survey has been conducted at 5-year intervals since 1977, most recently in 2007, though a 2010 mid-cycle data release occurred in December 2013. NRCS released initial results from the 1997 survey in late 1999. The 2010 report includes comparison of the data relative to 1982. Summary pages exist for soil erosion, land use status and trends, development of non-federal rural land, and rangeland.

External links

NRI website
(contains results from the 2010 survey, as well as archived results from 1997.

References

* United States Department of Agriculture Environmental conservation Natural resource management {{mining-stub