Appendix A 

 CN Memo- 23 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 



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To: B. T. Shaw, Administrator, ARS 



Horace D. Godfrey, Administrator, ASCS 

 Nathan M. Koffsky, Administrator, ERS 

 Lloyd H. Davis, Administrator, FES 

 Howard Bertsch, Administrator, FHA 

 Edward P. Cliff, Chief, FS 

 Donald A. Williams, Administrator, SCS 

 Harry C. Trelogan, Administrator, SRS 



From: John A. Baker, Assistant Secretary 



Subject: CONSERVATION NEEDS - Updating National Inventory of Soil and 

 Water Conservation Needs 



In compliance with Secretary's Memorandum No. 1396, data for the National 

 Inventory of Soil and Water Conservation Needs (CNI) should be updated and 

 made current. Field work should begin in 1965 and the goal for the com- 

 pletion of this Inventory is December 31, 1967. It will be prepared for 

 nonfederally owned lands on a county basis for each State, Puerto Rico and 

 the Virgin Islands. 



Department agencies concerned with soil and water conservation, land use 

 and management of land and water resources, will Efiake the Inventory and 

 keep it current. These agencies are: Agricultural Research Service, 

 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Economic Research 

 Service, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Extension Service, Forest 

 Service, Soil Conservation Service, and Statistical Reporting Service. 



The Department CNI Conoiittee, composed of representatives of the above 

 agencies, will serve as a coordinating body to develop procedures, provide 

 guidance to State committees, and to review and publish the data. A 

 representative of the Soil Conservation Service will be chairman. Other 

 Department agencies may be called on for assistance. 



The State CNI Committees, composed of representatives of USDA agencies in 

 the State, will be responsible for making the Inventory in each State. A 

 Soil Conservation Service representative will be chairman. The State Con- 

 servationist of SCS will invite representatives from the land grant colleges 

 and other State agencies who may be able to provide assistance. 



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