1997 NATIONAL RESOURCES INVENTORY- WYOMING

     Soil loss due to wind erosion on the majority of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres in Wyoming is very low.   For the majority of the land in CRP, the ability of the soils to renew themselves and sustain productivity is greater than the amount of soil loss from wind erosion.  The soil loss tolerance 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.