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Iowa NRCS Instructions

What are instructions?
Instructions are issued by state and area offices to announce detailed instructions and procedures on a specific subject.

110 - ADM - Management (A-76 Activities/Meeting Attendance)

120 - ADS - Administrative Services (Procurement/Agreements/Forms/Property/File Management)

130 - AGN - Agency General (Crisis Preparedness/Essential Records/Physical Protection)

140 - SPA - Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis (Appraisal/Program Development/Evaluation and Analysis/Impact/Data Collection/Evaluation Criteria/Performance Indicators/Projections)

150 - BAP - Basin and Area Planning (Floodplain Management/River Basin Studies/Water Policy/Interagency Coordination)

160  - BDG - Budget Planning and Analysis (Estimates/Congressional Review/Explanatory Notes/Funding Allocations/General Accounting/OGC/OMB/Enacted Appropriation/OIG)

170 - CGI - Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (Aerial Photography/Digitizing/Maps & Drawings/Requests for Services/Sensor Data)

180 - CPA - Conservation Planning and Application (Districts/Technical Assistance)

190 - ECS - Ecological Sciences (Agronomy/Biology/Wetlands/Wildlife Habitat/Endangered Species/Forestry/Plant Materials/Range/Reclamation/Recreation/Soil Quality/Soil Management/Carbon Sequestration/Water Quality/Soil Biology)


200 - ECN - Economics (Economic Analyses/Economic Impacts/Economic Research/Benefit-Cost Analyses)

210 - ENG - Engineering (Conservation Practices/Construction/Design/Drainage/Erosion Control/Energy/Hydrology/Irrigation/Maintenance/Grouting/Soil Mechanics/Specifications/Landscape Architecture/Environmental Engineering/Surveying/Dam Safety)

220 - EVC - Environmental Coordination (Environmental Justice)

230 - EOP - Equal Opportunity (Complaint System/EEO Plan/Sexual Harassment/Special Emphasis Programs/Civil Rights)

250 - FNM - Financial Management (Accounting/Budget Execution/Fiscal Operations)

260 - INF - Public Information (Audiovisual and Visual/Broadcasting/Education/History/Manuscripts/Campaigns/Awards/Special Events/Media/Newsletters/News/Photography/Printing/Publications/Speeches/Earth Team)

270 - IRM - Information Resources Management (Model Coordination/Systems Planning/Technical Reviews/Security/Equipment Technology/Telecommunications/Database Mgmt/Software Development/Computer Operations)

280 - INC - International Conservation

290 - INV - Resources Inventory (Inventory/Monitoring)


300 - LTP - Land Treatment Programs (FSA Assisted Activities/EQIP/WRP/WHIP/GLCI)

310 - LNU - Land Use (Assistance/Community Planning/Taxation/Floodplain and Wetlands Mgmt/Land Use Planning/Land Use Policy/Regional Planning/Development Rights)

320 - LEG - Legislative Affairs (Federal Law/Legislative Action/Legislative Contacts/State and Local Law)

330 - MGT - Operations Management (Appraisals/Audits/Mgmt Analyses/Cost Reduction/Problem Reporting/Productivity/Progress Reports/Schedules/Summary Printouts/Time and Progress Analysis/Work Organization)

340 - SPA - Strategic Planning and Accountability

360 - PER - Personnel (Employment/Classification and Position Mgmt/Leave/Pay Admin/Employee Relations/Standards and Ethical Conduct/Investigations/Personnel Security/Discipline/Grievance System/Reduction in Force/Labor Mgmt/Campaigns and Drives)

390 - PDM - Project Development and Maintenance (Watershed Protection/Flood Prevention/RC&D/EWP/Watershed Rehab)


400 - PPC - Public Participation Coordination (Consumer Affairs/Public Participation Interest List/Techniques/Reviewable Record)

410 - RDV - Rural Development (Organization/Rural Communities/Family Farms/Native Americans)

420 - SSC - Social Sciences

430 - SOI - Soil Survey (Classification/Interpretations/Investigations/Operations/Soil Correlation/Techniques/Resource Areas/General Soils Maps/World Soils Resources)

440 - PGM - Programs

450 - TCH - Science and Technology (Technical Guides/Metric Conversion)

460 - WQP - Water Quality Project Implementation