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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

surface water quality, land use change, agriculture

Place Keywords

New York, Virginia, Delaware, Chesapeake Bay, Rappahannock River, Susquehanna River, Maryland, James River, West Virginia, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Potomac River

Percent agricultural land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds

These data report the percent of agricultural land, within each selected Chesapeake Bay watershed, that is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), based on county-level data for each year from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency.

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Author(s) Karen R Ryberg orcid, Andrew J Sekellick orcid, James A. Falcone
Publication Date 2017
Beginning Date of Data 1985
Ending Date of Data 2012
Data Contact
Karen R. Ryberg
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7NG4NQ4
Citation Ryberg, K.R., Sekellick, A.J., and Falcone, J.A., 2017, Percent agricultural land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7NG4NQ4.
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Karen R. Ryberg
Metadata Date 2020-08-18
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