Estimating Conservation Needs for Rangelands Using USDA National Resources Inventory Assessments

2014 ◽  
pp. 1559-1570
Keyword(s):  
National Resources Inventory

scholarly journals Assessing Changes in Soil Erosion Rates: A Markov Chain Analysis

1999 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda Skaggs ◽  
Soumen Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Markov Chain ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Great Plains ◽  
Markov Chain Analysis ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Erosion Rates ◽  
National Resources Inventory ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Chain Analysis ◽  
Soil Erosion Rates

AbstractMarkov chain analysis (one-step and long-run) is applied to the National Resources Inventory (NRI) database to evaluate changes in wind-based soil erosion rates over time. The research compares changes in soil erosion rates between NRI sample sites with and without applied conservation practices for a random sample of Great Plains counties. No significant differences between sites are found for half of the counties evaluated. The effectiveness and efficiency of conservation policies are thus questioned in light of these research results.

A Framework for Regional Agroecosystems Characterization Using the National Resources Inventory

1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 866-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Burkart ◽  
S. L. Oberle ◽  
M. J. Hewitt ◽  
J. Pickus
Keyword(s):  
National Resources Inventory

scholarly journals Land Use Change, Resource Competition and Conflict in the Southern United States: Discussion

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-314
Author(s):  
Patricia E. Norris
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Resource Competition ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Inventory Data ◽  
Average Annual Rate ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Southern States ◽  
National Resources Inventory ◽  
Rapid Changes

These three papers together characterize trends in land use, resource issues, and research responses that are being observed in all regions of the country. However, southern states are the locus of the most recent and rapid changes in land use. The latest National Resources Inventory data shows that the increase in acreage of land in developed uses from 1992 through 1997 was most pronounced in the southern states. Figure 1 compares, for all states but Alaska, the average annual rate of land development (this is land moved into the urban and built-up category and the rural transportation land category) between 1992 and 1997. Eight of the top 13 states are in the southern region, and Louisiana, the southern state with the lowest rate of land development, is ranked at 29th out of 49.

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