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CaliforniaHome AboutUs Features News Programs TechnicalResources MLRAOffice2 Partnerships ContactUs Search California All NRCS Sites NRCS, FSA & RD for Technical Resources Back to Technical Resources California NRI What is NRI? California NRI Data Collection NRI Results Major Land Resource Area Statistics NRI Glossary National NRI Find a Service Center What is the National Resources Inventory (NRI)? In 1972, Congress directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement a monitoring and land-inventory program on all the non-federally owned land in the nation, and to issue a report on the natural resources at least every five years. The NRI program was developed to meet these demands. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), in cooperation with the Iowa State Statistical Laboratory, conducts the inventories. From 1977 through 1997, complete inventories were conducted every five years. Several less intensive, special-issue inventories were complete...