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The Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP) compiles, consolidates, and visualizes data resources to support sovereign, sustainable, Native-led land planning and protection.
These Water-Focused Data Tools Support Tribal Land & Climate Planning
The Native Land Information System (NLIS) is home to over 120 public, free data tools and resources that were created to support tribal communities in developing climate-smart land management strategies. We are excited to share some of our new water data tools with you, as well as reintroduce you to some of our earlier water-related […]
Introducing the 2022 Updates to the USDA’s Census of Agriculture Dashboard
The Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP) is pleased to announce that our Agriculture on Native Lands Dashboard is now updated with data from the 2022 Census of Agriculture for American Indian Reservations! These updates, which we examine in this blog post, add to the dashboard’s functionality for users seeking to examine land and agricultural data […]
Reservation Croplands: How Native Farmers and Ranchers Can Leverage the USDA’s Cropland Data Layer for Land Planning
In 2022, 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?
Explore the Data from the 2012 & 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture for American Indian Reservations
The Census of Agriculture is the most complete source of data on agricultural producers and farms on American Indian Reservations.
