; and (3) to improve the efficacy of conservation practices and programs by evaluating conservation effects. (b) Scope The project under this section may— (1) be carried out at national, regional, and watershed scales; and (2) include cropland, grazing land, wetlands, forests, and such other land as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate. (c) Activities The project under this section may include research, literature reviews and bibliographies, modeling, assessment, monitoring and data collection, outreach, extension education, and such other activities as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate. 9. Goals and assessment process for conservation programs (a) Natural resource and environmental objectives and outcomes (1) In general In coordination with the appraisal of soil, water, and related resources, the soil and water conservation program, and the conservation effects assessment project established under section 8, the Secretary shall identify, and periodically revise, specific natural resource and environmental objectives and anticipated conservation outcomes and results, by resource concern, for— (A) the conservation programs established under subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.); (B) the agricultural conservation easement program established under subtitle H of that title ( 16 U.S.C. 3865 et seq.)