Acronym:
NAD
Word:
National Appeals Division
Definition:
The division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was created to hear administrative appeals of adverse decisions made by officials of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Source:
NRCS
Word:
National Conservation Priority Area
Definition:
An area with specific environmental sensitivity that is designated by the Chief of Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS).
Source:
NRCS
Acronym:
NEPA
Word:
National Environmental Policy Act of 1970
Definition:
The Act that requires Federal agencies to consider the effects on the environment of proposed Federal actions. This Act established the requirement for conducting environmental evaluations and for the preparation of environmental assessments and environmental impact statements (EIS).
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Nationally Significant Resource Concerns
Definition:
The significant resource concerns identified by Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) in this rule and in the sign-up announcement.
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Native Pasture
Definition:
Pastureland that is used and managed primarily for the production of native plants for forage.
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Native Vegetation
Definition:
A species which is a part of the original fauna or flora of the area in question.
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Natural Area
Definition:
The land use designation for land and water used primarily for the preservation, protection, and observation of the existing resources.
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Natural Resource
Definition:
Any naturally occurring resource needed by an organism, population, or ecological system. Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) applies this term to soil, water, air, plants, and animals.
Source:
NRCS
Word:
Net Farm Income
Definition:
The money and non-money income farm operators receive from farming as a return for labor, investment and management after production expenses have been paid.
Word:
Nitrogen
Definition:
An element found in the air and in all plant and animal tissues. For many crops, nitrogen fertilizer is essential for economically viable yields.
Source:
Our Ohio
Word:
No-till farming
Definition:
A method of planting crops in which the soil is left undisturbed from harvest to planting except for strips within the rows where seeds are placed in holes or slits. According to the Conservation Information Technology Center, nearly 20 percent of the nation
Source:
Our Ohio
Word:
Non-federal land
Definition:
Land and water areas where the ownership is private, municipal, county or parish, State, Indian tribal or trust.
Source:
NRCS
Acronym:
NIPF
Word:
Non-Industrial Private Forest Land
Definition:
Rural lands with existing tree cover and other lands including cropland, pastureland, surface-mined lands, and nonstocked forest lands that are being considered for a Forestry Incentives Program (FIP) practice.
Source:
NRCS
Acronym:
NPS
Word:
Nonpoint Source (of water pollution)
Definition:
pollution from numerous widespread locations or sources that have no well-defined points of origin and may originate from land use activities and/or from the atmosphere. Examples include leaching of excess fertilizer from fields and acid rain.