The US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Con�servation Service (USDA-NRCS) conducts the National Re�sources Inventory (NRI) to monitor the condi�tions and trends of soil, water, and related resources. The NRI program collects annual on-site data on a subset of its monitoring sites located on non-Feder�al rangeland to obtain more detailed information about those lands. Rangeland health assessments are among the standard indicators and methods conducted. These assessments are supported by additional indicators including presence and prevalence of invasive plants, bare ground and bare ground within canopy gaps that often provide opportunity for erosion and replacement of native plants with non-native species, and soil aggregate stability ratings that are indicators of soil quality, soil organic matter content, biological activity, and ability to resist erosion. Status and change in these indicators are evaluated with data collected between 2004-2010 and 2011-2015.
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