Summary Report: 2017 National Resources Inventory

Excerpts from the report Introduction: This report presents summary results from the 2017 National Resources Inventory (NRI). The 2017 NRI is the latest in a series of natural resource inventories conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). It provides updated information on the status, condition, and trends of land, soil, water, and related resources on the Nation’s non-Federal lands. Non-Federal lands include privately owned lands, tribal and trust lands, and lands controlled by State and local governments. This report presents national- and state-level estimates from the 2017 NRI for the 48 conterminous states, Hawaii, and the Caribbean territories for basic NRI data themes, including status, changes and trends in land cover/use, irrigation, land capability class and subclass, prime farmland, soil erosion, and wetlands.