1997 NATIONAL RESOURCES INVENTORY-WYOMING

   Soil loss due to water erosion on the majority of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres in Wyoming is very low.  For the majority of the soils in CRP, the ability of the soils to renew themselves and sustain productivity is greater than the amount of soil loss from water erosion.  The soil loss lerance value represents the amount of soil that can be lost to erosion annually with the soil maintaining its potential to produce food and fiber.  The number 2T represents 2 times the soil loss tolerance value, 3T represents 3 times the soil loss tolerance value, and so forth.