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Second in the series on environmental evaluations, this webinar will assist NRCS conservation planners, partners, and technical service providers to understand how to properly document the results of the Environmental Evaluation process. The NRCS-CPA-52 Environmental Evaluation Worksheet provides a framework to document compliance with NRCS environmental requirements. Participants will learn the nature and detail of the documentation required, as well as the use of various features built into the form such as the use of common resource measurement and analysis tools. The webinar will also include a demonstration of how to use the special environmental concerns guide sheets. (Time: 1 hr 45 min)

This webinar covers Phase II, Steps 8 and 9 of the Conservation Planning Process, Cultural Social and Economic Considerations, Resource Concerns and Land Uses, Planning Criteria and Soils. Participants will learn: the requirements of carrying out the conservation treatments that make up the planned conservation systems and how to collect and analyze information to complete human considerations in all nine steps in the planning process. Guided to planning criteria to determine the appropriate inventory or assessment methods or combination of methods to use for each resource consideration. How to collect soils data, interpret common soils information, and identify reports and resources available in Web Soil Survey.

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