Conservation Technical Assistance

NRCS conservationists, engineers, biologists, soil scientists, and technicians are all part of our technical assistance delivery team.

We do conservation planning, design work, engineering, natural resource inventories like the soil survey and NRI, and a variety of other assistance that is based on our technical standards. Forest Land and Site Evaluation Assessment assistance and standards help our customers achieve technically-sound conservation practices that are good for them, their neighbors, and all of us that benefit from healthy natural resources.

Examples of conservation technical assistance:

• Conservation planning is the centerpiece of our technical assistance, primarily for delivery of conservation programs
• We provide conservation engineering as part of the conservation planning process

• Inventorying soil resources and helping customers understand soils with our Soil Survey and other soil-related services
• Development of GIS-based tools such as Forest Land and Site Evaluation Assessment (FLESA )  

 Development and consultation on conservation methods and evaluations

Planning and design for Ecosystem Restoration projects 

Assessing the nations natural resources in the National Resources Inventory

Providing technical references such as our NH Field Office Technical Guide and Technical Standards and Specifications

If you are looking for guidance on the design or specifications for conservation-related projects, please check our Technical Standards and Specifications for practices such as riparian buffers, contour farming, filter strips, roof runoff management, and many other conservation practices.  

Learn more about CTA in New Hampshire.