The 2024 Segment and Point Site Map with Soils for the NRI segments are now available for all states. These files can be retrieved from the download site by those with the 2024 year Grazing Data Management role.

The Segment and Point Site Map with Soils for the BLM segments are now available on the download site to those with the Grazing Data Management role. The states with BLM segments for 2024 include: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NV, NM, OR, SD, UT, WA, and WY.
 

The 2024 Sample Spatial Data GIS files are now available on the Reference Materials page to those with the Grazing Data Management security role .

The 2024 NRI Sample and Ancillary Data files are now available on the Reference materials page. The 2024 BLM Sample and Ancillary Data files were made available in July.

These files can be access by state Grazing Land Managers and those who have been approved for the current GrazingDataManagement role.
 

The Segment and Point Site Maps with Soils for the 2023 survey are now available for the remaining West RSL states (CO, HI, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY) to those with the Grazing Data Management role on the Reference Materials page.

The Segment and Point Site Maps with Soils for the 2023 survey are now available for Central RSL states (AR, IL, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, NE, ND, OK, SD, TX, WI) to those with the Grazing Data Management role on the Reference Materials page.

(The site maps for the West RSL states with segments in the early data collection window (AZ, CA, NV, NM, UT) were made available on February 14.)

The Segment and Point Site Maps with Soils for the 2023 survey are now available for Eastern RSL states (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV) to those with the Grazing Data Management role on the Reference Materials page.

The 2023 sample spatial GIS files for all states are now available to those with the Grazing Data Management security role on the Reference Materials page.

The 2023 Sample and Ancillary Data files are now available on the Reference materials page.

These files can be access by state Grazing Land Managers and those who have been approved for the 2023 GrazingDataManagement role.

The Segment and Point Site Maps with Soils for the 2022 survey are now available to those with the Grazing Data Management role on the Reference Materials page.

A recording of the 2022 NRI Grazing Lands Kickoff Webinar is now available.

The 2022 sample spatial GIS files for all states are now available to those with the Grazing Data Management security role on the Reference Materials page.

The Segment and Point Site Maps with Soils (with the definitive location for data collection) are being created and will be available after QA by the Remote Sensing Labs. Delivery is expected mid February.

The 2022 Sample and Ancillary Data files are now available in the Reference materials section.

The 2022 Spatial files and Site Maps with Soils files are not yet available. Anticipated availability is the end of January.

All National Resource Inventory (NRI) policies are located in the USDA-NRCS General Manual Title 290 Part 400 as well as in agency Title 290 national bulletins. However, policies do not always explain “how” to complete the tasks that are needed in order to comply with those policies. This is especially true for staff who are new to the NRI Grazing Lands (NRI-GL) processes. To aid in that process, the NRI-GL team in Ames has prepared a guide that, like the Handbook of Instructions, is designed to assist SRICs or their designees in completing the NRI-GL steps. This is for your benefit if you work in NRI-GL efforts, so your feedback is encouraged. If you have suggestions on ways to improve the guide please contact Erik Suffridge at esuff@iastate.edu.

The issue of when or whether to collect data on hayland has existed for quite some time. In reviewing the issue it seems like there have been many different answers given in the past leading to a potential lack of consistency in the data collections. For that reason, the NRI-GL team in Ames worked with the NRI-GL subject matter experts to develop a position statement in the form of a brief Q&A format. It is hoped that this document will provide a single point of clarification for anyone with NRI-GL hayland-related questions.

View the Hayland Data Collection Questions