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		<title>Mapping tool for renewable energy resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has an online plant identification key (use MS Explorer).  It has state specific keys for grasses and legumes, plus keys for gymnosperms and wetland monocots in the US.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=255&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Program Acres Tool from USDA</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USDA has a new tool where you can map online (and download the raw data) county level data for Farm Program acreage including: program acres (production flexibility contract acres under the 1996 Farm Act, by commodity; base acres designated under the 2002 Farm Act, by commodity; and base acres updated to 1998-2001 plantings under the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalconservation.org&amp;blog=3470355&amp;post=68&amp;subd=practicalconservation&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Designing Corridors &#8211; GIS Toolkit</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam Riffell</dc:creator>
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