Resource Assessment Tools and Guidance

This page provides links to tools including RUSLE2, Farm*A*Syst Worksheets, and WinPST pesticide screening tool.

Farm*A*Syst
Farmstead Assessment System is a self-evaluation that farmers and rural landowners can use to evaluate how on-farm management practices and activities might be a risk to groundwater.

This document requires Microsoft Excel 

HEL Determination Tool - VT  (1,267 kb)
This tool is designed for use by only by Vermont NRCS conservation planners when making HEL/NHEL determinations as required by the requirements of the Food Security Act.

Pest Management Information and WinPST
(Windows Pesticide Screening Tool) Download policy, tools, and training materials.

RUSLE2 (Water erosion prediction technology)
RUSLE2 is a computer model containing both empirical and process-based science in a Windows environment that predicts rill and interrill erosion by rainfall and runoff. 

Tools For Resource Management System Planning
Tools available on this site have been developed specifically for use in RMS conservation planning within Vermont.

Last Modified: October 22, 2007

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