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agriculture, resource conservation

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Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland

Aggregated Data Records Describing USDA Conservation Practices Implemented Within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

This data release contains aggregated data records documenting the implementation of conservation practices supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on farms within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The data are supplied as annual totals aggregated by county, and by eight digit hydrologic unit code (HUC-8) watershed. This initial data release covers from 2007 through 2017. Updates are planned for December of each year.

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Author(s) Wells D. Hively, Olivia Devereux, Jennifer L. Keisman
Publication Date 2018
Beginning Date of Data 2007-07-01
Ending Date of Data 2017-06-30
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Wells D Hively
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P93Y903B
Citation Hively, W.D., Devereux, O., and Keisman, J.L., 2018, Aggregated Data Records Describing USDA Conservation Practices Implemented Within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93Y903B.
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Wells D Hively
Metadata Date 2020-08-21
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