Guide for Making Landscape-Specific Adaptations to the ACPF

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URL https://acpf4watersheds.org/files/inline-files/ACPF-Adaptations-Nelson_0.pdf

This document offers guidance for customizing the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) GIS toolbox to improve the placement of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) at the subwatershed level. It highlights important factors for conservation planning, such as ecoregion traits, slope, soil properties, management issues, and barriers to adoption. It also provides recommended settings for specific ACPF tools like depression identification, drainage water management, contour buffer strips, nutrient removal wetlands, and WASCOBs. The guidance stresses the importance of adjusting user inputs based on local landscape conditions, collaborating with field staff, and using an iterative process to enhance BMP siting results for better water quality and resource management. The document bases its advice on NRCS practice standards, program guidance, and user experience, supporting the effective use of GIS technology in agricultural conservation planning.

_{ACPF HUB is supported through Cooperative Agreement # NR213A750008C007 with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Funding for the development of new tools and capabilities for the ACPF is provided, in part, by the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Effects Assessment Project- Watershed Assessment Studies under the ACPF Enhancement Project, NRCS Interagency Agreement # NRC21IRA0010883 with USDA ARS.}