This Part provides for soil survey operations and activities of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Particularly, soil survey operations include: orderly, on-the-ground, scientific inventory of soil resources according to their potentialities and problems of use; information about each kind of soil in sufficient detail to meet all reasonable needs of farmers, agricultural technicians, community planners, engineers, and scientists dealing with land planning and research activities. The Part concerns: definition of standards, guidelines, and Plans for soil survey operations; availability and maintenance of soil survey information; cartographic operations, availability of aerial photography and of aerial photography.
United States of America · 2004-10-08