Planning Tools and Templates

Farm Planning Template

Coming soon!

• NRCS Plan Format and Content Guidelines (NPPH 600 D)

• NRCS 6-Part Folder Checklist

Conservation Planning Tools

General Planning

• eFOTG - Find all NRCS Practice Standards (Section IV), Tech Notes (Section I), CAP Plan Templates (Section III), Assessment Tools (Section III), and more!

• CPA-52: Environmental Evaluation for Conservation Planning (eFOTG Section I)

• Conservation Practice Physical Effects (CPPE) (eFOTG Section V)

Resource Assessment Tools

• NRCS Resource Assessment Checklists (eFOTG Section III) (see more detail below)

  • Cropland

  • Pasture/Rangeland

  • Farmstead

  • Forestry

• Water Quality Indicator Tools (Water Quality Tech Note 1) (rev 8/2018)

• Phosphorus Index WA (Water Quality Tech Note 2) (rev 12/2013)

• Nitrogen Leaching Potential (Water Quality Tech Note 3) (rev 1/2014)

• National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool (NAQSAT)

• Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Guide (Bio Tech Note 14) (rev 2/2016)

• NRCS Animal Waste Nutrient Balance (590 & 528 Calculator) ("WasteCalc") (Excel)

• Conversions of Parts per Million on Soil Test Reports to Pounds per Acre (PDF)

Pasture Assessment Tools

• • Common Grasses of Western WA (TN-102) (rev 8/2010)

  • Pasture Conditioning Score Sheet (PCSS) (TN-104) (rev 3/2020)

  • Guide to Pasture Condition Scoring (TN-104) (rev 2/2020)

  • Western OR and WA Pasture Calendar (TN-105) (rev 1/2018)

  • Pasture Hayland Production

Resource Concerns Assessment Tools

The following are additional tools you may use/need to complete the Resource Concerns Assessment tools in the field. They are organized by assessment form. You can find links to listed tools above, or in the eFOTG.

Cropland

• RUSLE2 – Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation

• WEPS – Wind Erosion Prediction System

• IET – Integrated Erosion Tool (this can be substituted for both RUSLE2 and WEPS)

• FIRI – Farm Irrigation Rating Index

• WA Water Quality Technical Note 1

• WA Water Quality Technical Note 2 (P-Index)

• WA Water Quality Technical Note 3 (N-leaching)

• SVAP2- Steam Visual Assessment Program

• Win-PST – Windows Pesticide Screening Tool

• WA Biology Technical Note 14

• WA Air Quality Technical Note 1 (NAQSAT)

Pasture/Rangeland

• PCS – Pasture Conditioning Score Sheet X

• RHA – Rangeland Health Assessment

• FIRI – Farm Irrigation Rating Index

• SVAP2- Steam Visual Assessment Program

• WA Water Quality Technical Note 1

• WA Water Quality Technical Note 2 (P-Index)

• WA Water Quality Technical Note 3 (N-leaching)

• Win-PST – Windows Pesticide Screening Tool

• WA Biology Technical Note 14

• WA Air Quality Technical Note 1 (NAQSAT)

Forestland

• WA Forestry Technical Note 29

• SVAP2- Steam Visual Assessment Program

• WA Forest Inventory & Plot Transects

• FIRI – Farm Irrigation Rating Index

• WA Water Quality Technical Note 1

• WA Water Quality Technical Note 3 (N-leaching)

• Win-PST – Windows Pesticide Screening Tool

• WA Forestry Technical Note 10

• WA Biology Technical Note 14

• Livestock Forage Balance

• Pasture Condition Assessment

• WA Air Quality Technical Note 1 (NAQSAT)

Farmstead/Riparian

• WA Water Quality Technical Note 1

• SVAP2- Steam Visual Assessment Program X

• Win-PST – Windows Pesticide Screening Tool

• WA Biology Technical Note 14

• WA Air Quality Technical Note 1 (NAQSAT)