NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program - Great Lakes Region

America’s Great Lakes — Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario — hold 21 percent of the world’s surface fresh water and host habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife species of concern. They provide drinking water for more than 40 million people and economic benefits from fishing and recreation. The Great Lakes Region is also a major agricultural area, with more than 55 million acres of land under production.
All of these uses impact the Great Lakes ecosystem. With the CCA designation, USDA will build on existing strong partnerships in the Great Lakes Region to provide approaches and tools for producers to better manage nutrients and sediment on agricultural land. Accelerated conservation on private lands will help improve water quality, leading to better habitat for fish and wildlife and increased economic opportunities, including maintaining agricultural productivity in this vital region.
This dataset includes a printer-friendly CCA map and shapefiles for GIS. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Great Lakes Region. File Name: Web Page, url: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/rcpp-regional-conservation-partnership-program/critical-conservation-areas Information about the project and links to a printer-friendly CCA map (PDF, 1.2MB) and Shapefiles for GIS (ZIP, 232KB).

北美五大湖区——苏必利尔湖、密歇根湖、休伦湖、伊利湖和安大略湖——拥有全球21%的淡水资源表层，并孕育着众多鱼类和野生动物物种的栖息地。这些湖泊为超过4000万人提供饮用水，并为捕鱼和休闲活动带来经济效益。五大湖地区亦是我国主要农业区域，拥有超过5500万英亩的耕地。所有这些用途均对五大湖生态系统产生影响。在实施CCA（关键保护区域）认定后，美国农业部将依托五大湖地区现有的稳固合作关系，为农业生产者提供管理农业土地上养分和沉积物的方法与工具，以优化其管理。在私有土地上加速实施保护措施将有助于提升水质，进而改善鱼类和野生动物的栖息环境，并增加经济机会，包括维护这一关键区域内的农业生产力。本数据集包含便于打印的CCA地图和GIS形状文件。数据集资源如下：资源标题：五大湖地区。文件名：网页，URL：https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/rcpp-regional-conservation-partnership-program/critical-conservation-areas。项目信息及打印版CCA地图（PDF，1.2MB）和GIS形状文件（ZIP，232KB）的链接。