Resources

The ACPF National Hub is supporting a near-national scale of ACPF use. To accomplish this, a national field boundary collection has been assembled and made available through a web feature service. You no longer download existing data from our website; simply choose a HUC12 and use the Utilities in the toolbox. 

If you know your HUC12 ID, open the Utilities drawer in the ACPF Toolbox and paste the ID into the u1. Initialize ACPF Core Data and you're on your way! Or explore the ACPF Core Data Availability map to locate your HUC12 ID.

These services allow a user to access the field boundary collection on a HUC12 basis and begin the creation of an ACPF file geodatabase (FileGDB). By using the Utilities tools u1–u4, the user can create an ACPF core database in a file geodatabase format for one of over 50,000 agricultural HUC12 watersheds in the US.

Download the ACPF Toolbox Version 7 to access the latest advancements in agricultural conservation planning. Version 7 introduces three new tools, an updated tool, and several other minor enhancements. For a detailed summary of these updates, as well as step-by-step instructions for creating an ACPF file geodatabase, consult the release notes. 

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The ACPF Quarterly Newsletter for October 2025 highlights the release of the ACPF Toolbox Version 7 and the newly formatted and updated ACPF manual. It also informs readers about the Florida ACPF expansion, the launch of the new ACPF website, and the new YouTube channel. There is an update on training opportunities, and the ACPF spotlights the ACPF P-Trap tools. Please feel free to share the link with your colleagues. 

If you are new to the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF), you can begin with the publicly available self-paced online technical training, which contains eight modules covering topics from ACPF basics to conservation practice siting tools. The course is designed for users with some GIS experience and assumes familiarity with ArcGIS Pro workflows.

This resource is a comprehensive FAQ page designed to help you quickly find answers to the most common questions asked in the ACPF forum.

Researchers at Purdue University spoke with GIS technicians, watershed coordinators, and conservation planners in six watersheds in Iowa and Minnesota between October 2016 and June 2017 to learn what has worked for them when engaging diverse stakeholders around conservation using the ACPF.