### Agricultural Conservation Practice Implementation  in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

By: W. Dean Hively**Olivia H. Devereux**Jennifer L. D. Keisman**

                            https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1102

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- Data Releases:                               - **USGS data release**  - Aggregated Data Records Describing USDA Conservation Practices Implemented Within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
  - **USGS data release**  - Aggregated Data Records Describing USDA Conservation Practices Implemented Within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed 
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#### Abstract

First posted December 11, 2018

**For additional information, contact:**
Director, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey640 Grassmere Park, Suite 100Nashville, TN 37211

#### Suggested Citation

Hively, W.D., Devereux, O.H., and Keisman, J.L.D., 2018, Agricultural conservation practice implementation in the  Chesapeake Bay watershed supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture: U.S. Geological Data Series 1102, 46 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1102.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

ISSN: 2327-0271 (print)

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#### Table of Contents

- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Purpose and Scope
- Methods—Processing of USDA Conservation Practice Datasets
- Results—The Aggregated Datasets
- Summary and Conclusions
- Data Availability
- References Cited
- Appendix 1 A . Conservation cooperator memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, signed in 2015
- Appendix 1 B . Conservation cooperator acknowledgement of requirements between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, signed in 2015
- Appendix 1 C . Conservation cooperator memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Farm Service Agency, signed in 2015
- Appendix 1 D . U.S. Geological Survey approved protocol for data handling and aggregation to protect farmer privacy
- Appendix 2. Effect of Aggregation Scale
- Appendix 3 A . Aggregated Dataset for Public Release
- Appendix 3 B . Aggregated Dataset for Public Release
- Appendix 3 C . Aggregated Dataset for Public Release
- Appendix 3 D . Aggregated Dataset for Public Release
- Appendix 3 E . Aggregated Dataset for Public Release

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