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The Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) was established in 2002 to quantify the environmental impact of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) conservation program. The project mostly focuses on how watershed is effected. CEAP monitored fourteen benchmark watershed sites.

=Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)= SWAT is supported by the USDA Agricultural Research Service. It is a river basin scale model used to quantify the impact of land management practices in large watersheds. The tool is located in Grassland, Soil and Research Laboratory in Temple, Texas. =Sustaining the Earth's Watersheds-Agricultural Research Data System (STEWARDS)= STEWARDS was created by a group called the Watershed Assessment Studies a team within the CEAP. =Watersheds Effected= =Partnerships= Lead USDA Agencies Other Federal Partners Additional Partners
 * Natural Resources Conservation Services
 * Agricultural research Service
 * National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 * Farm Service Agency
 * U.S. Geological Survey
 * U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
 * USDA Economic Research Service
 * USDA Forest Service
 * U.S. Environmental protection Agency
 * U.S. Bureau of Land Management
 * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 * International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
 * Soil and Water Conservation Society
 * The Nature Conservancy
 * The Wildlife Society
 * Land Grant Colleges and Universities
 * Other Universities

=References=


 * http://www.jswconline.org/content/63/6/590.short
 * http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JHYEFF000012000002000173000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes&ref=no
 * http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/ceap/about.html#participants
 * http://swatmodel.tamu.edu/
 * http://arsagsoftware.ars.usda.gov/stewards/
 * http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/nri/ceap/about.html