Communicating Conservation Effects Assessment Project results

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The Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) is a unique effort to quantify the environmental benefits of conservation practices at watershed scales and nationally. Such a large-scale project cannot be accomplished without the cooperation and communication of a wide range of experts and stakeholders.

Since the beginning of CEAP, the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) has provided a forum for scientists, practitioners, and policy makers to interact and share information about advances in conservation practices and effects assessment related to CEAP.

The first CEAP symposia took place as part of the fourth annual joint symposium organized by SWCS and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) at the SWCS Annual Conference in Spokane, Washington, July 2003, and the SSSA Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, November 2003.

The Journal of Soil and Water Conservation followed up with a feature paper about CEAP that was presented at the 2003 joint symposium (Mausbach and Dedrick 2004).

In 2004, the two societies again held CEAP symposia as part of the fifth annual joint symposium—at the SWCS Annual Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, July 2004, and the SSSA Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, November 2004.

These education and training opportunities were made possible through the…