Soil Organic Carbon Planning, Key to Building Tribal Climate Resiliency
As tribes continue to experience the impacts of climate change on their lands and communities, they are starting to invest more of their resources and planning strategies into protecting and enhancing their soil organic carbon (SOC). In this blog post, we discuss ways that tribal land caretakers can use our Soil Organic Carbon Dashboard, which […]
Cropland Diversity on Native Lands
Please note that the Cropland Diversity Dashboard page is currently down on our website, but can still be accessed on Tableau here. We’re working on resolving this issue as quickly as we can. Contact us at info@nativeland.info if you have any questions. Our new Cropland Diversity data dashboard is the first index of Cropland Diversity […]
The Power of Asdzáán in Agriculture: Data Shows Native Female Majority Among Navajo Operators
By Raven McMullin Previously, in one of our most popular blog posts, NLAP highlighted the prominence of female-led agricultural operations on Native reservations: The data [from our Agriculture on Native Lands Dashboard] shows that women comprise over 50% of the Native American Farmers and Ranchers operating on Native American Reservations and nearly 46% of the […]
Rez Croplands: How Native Farmers and Ranchers Can Leverage the USDA’s Cropland Data Layer for Land Planning
According to summary statistics from the USDA’s Cropland Data Layer (CDL), there were about 110 million acres of cropland (5.7%) on Native American reservations (including on-reservation and off-reservation trust lands).* What are these croplands and land covers? How have they changed over time? Why does this data matter? NLAP’s What’s Growing on US Native Lands […]
Introducing New Resource Tools for Grassland Protection and Restoration
NLAP is happy to announce two new resource tools for grassland and biodiversity protection: our storymap, Grasslands: The Land and the People that Call it Home, and our Conservation Reserve Program Dashboard! Together, these tools explore the history of one of the land’s most precious communities and opportunities for their continued restoration. Grasslands Storymap Before […]
Announcing Our New Storymap: Building Up Native Youth in Agriculture
How well-represented are Native youth in the overall population of Native agriculture producers? What difficulties do Native youth face when entering agriculture, and what resources exist to support and empower them? The Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP) is happy to announce our new storymap exploring these questions: Building Up Native Youth in Agriculture! One of […]
Conservation Reserve Program
About this Dashboard This data dashboard summarizes data from the USDA FSA conservation reserve program (CRP) for every eligible county in the United States since the program’s inception in 1986 (data for years 1987-2022). The data in this dashboard shows state and county averages in addition to yearly enrollment and rent totals. 0 Years of […]
Building Up Native Youth in Agriculture
2023 Farm Bill: Native Farm Bill Coalition Priorities & How the NLIS Can Help
By Raven McMullin It goes without saying that the food system in the United States was created without the intent of maintaining or supporting traditional Native foodways. In fact, more than neglecting these traditional systems, new settlers sought to destroy Native food sources and economies—forcing dependence upon a strange and commodified food chain. However, traditional […]
New Demographic Features Added to NLAP’s Agriculture on Native Lands Data Dashboard
By Raven McMullin and Emma Scheerer Through previous blog posts, story maps, and data dashboards, the Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP) has embarked on an extensive and critical analysis of the state of agriculture on Native land. In presenting this data (which is sourced from the USDA’s Census of Agriculture for American Indian Reservations) in […]
US Drought Monitor (Google Earth Engine)
This map displays US Drought Conditions updated every Thursday as reported by National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC)
Lakota Organic Growers Embrace Food Sovereignty in Times of Drought and Scarcity
This blog is the second of two posts analyzing the challenges Native communities face accessing clean, sustainable water. Click here if you’d like to read part one. In South Dakota, west of the Missouri River, Lakota farmers have taken steps toward food sovereignty while grappling with limited funds, contaminated wells, and droughts. On the Pine Ridge reservation, semi-arid […]
