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## Conservation Reserve Program Benefits Information

By protecting fragile and environmentally sensitive lands the CRP provides substantial conservation benefits by protecting highly erodible soils, improving water quality, enhancing wildlife populations, providing pollinator forage habitat, and sequestering carbon in soil and enhancing soil productivity. These benefits are estimated annually for the United States and 4 important geographic regions.

Click on the links below for national and regional environmental benefits information from 2010-2017.

### Environmental Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program - United States

                            - Environmental Benefits of the US Conservation Reserve Program 2017
                            - Environmental Benefits of the US Conservation Reserve Program 2016
                            - Environmental Benefits of the US Conservation Reserve Program 2015
                            - Environmental Benefits of the US Conservation Reserve Program 2014
                            - Environmental Benefits of the US Conservation Reserve Program 2013
                            - Environmental Benefits of the US Conservation Reserve Program 2012
                            - Environmental Benefits of the US Conservation Reserve Program 2011
                            - Environmental Benefits of the US Conservation Reserve Program 2010

### Environmental Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program - Mississippi River Basin

                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Mississippi River Basin 2017
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Mississippi River Basin 2016
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Mississippi River Basin 2015
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Mississippi River Basin 2014
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Mississippi River Basin 2013
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Mississippi River Basin 2012
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Mississippi River Basin 2011
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Mississippi River Basin 2010

### Environmental Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program - Prairie Pothole Region

                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Prairie Pothole Region 2017
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Prairie Pothole Region 2016
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Prairie Pothole Region 2015
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Prairie Pothole Region 2014
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Prairie Pothole Region 2013
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Prairie Pothole Region 2012
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Prairie Pothole Region 2011
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Prairie Pothole Region 2010

### Environmental Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program - Chesapeake Bay

                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program on the Chesapeake Bay 2017
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program on the Chesapeake Bay 2016
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program on the Chesapeake Bay 2015
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program on the Chesapeake Bay 2014
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program on the Chesapeake Bay 2013
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program on the Chesapeake Bay 2012
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program on the Chesapeake Bay 2011
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program on the Chesapeake Bay 2010

### Environmental Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program - Great Lakes

                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Great Lakes Region 2017
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Great Lakes Region 2016
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Great Lakes Region 2015
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Great Lakes Region 2014
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Great Lakes Region 2013
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Great Lakes Region 2012
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Great Lakes Region 2011
                            - Environmental Benefits of the CRP Program in the Great Lakes Region 2010

**Note**: All files in the table above are in .PDF format

Estimation Methodology (PDF)

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