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Caribbean Area NRCS Conservation Engineering

Updated December 15, 2011

side slopes in a dike project gabions protecting the side of a stream a channel restoration riprap protecting an outlet

The Caribbean Area NRCS provides conservation engineering services to clients in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Recent Projects

This page is currently under construction.

Resource List

  • National Design, Construction & Soil Mechanics Center: stream corridors, landscape architecture, geology, technical workshops
  • National Conservation Practice Standards
  • National eDirectives System: provides detailed Engineering Tools & Documents under various Directives including Handbooks: National Engineering Handbook, National Agricultural Land Evaluation & Site Assessment Handbook (under Land Use), National Water Quality Handbook and National Handbook of Conservation Practices (under Technology); Manuals: National Engineering Manual, Emergency Watershed Protection Manual and Watershed Program Manual (under Project Development & Maintenance); and Engineering Technical Notes, Technical Releases, and User Guides (includes tools and computer models /  software)
  • Animal Waste Management: software, handbooks, rules & training
  • RUSLE Software & Information: Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) computer model used to estimate erosion
  • Hydraulics & Hydrology Tools & Models: including TR-55, used to estimate storm water runoff, and AGNPS, used to estimate agricultural nonpoint source pollution

For additional information on soil and water conservation engineering, please contact: Damaris Medina at 787-766-5206 x. 125.

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