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 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or familial status (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs). Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint, write USDA, Director of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity employer. TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME 1 Tomas M. Dominguez, State Conservationist Kansas 1 Introductions and Expectations 5 SOIL SURVEY DIVISION PRIORITIES AND OTHER KEY OPERATIONAL ISSUES Horace Smith, Director, Soil Survey Division 6 Partnership Activities in Kansas – Applications to Technical Soil Services---Mickey Ransom, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University 9 Planning for the Science of Soil Survey in the 21st Century---Maurice J. Mausbach, Deputy Chief for Soil Survey and Resource Assessment 11 Soil Interpretation in the Soil Survey – Past and Present 15 PANEL OF RESOURCE SOIL SCIENTISTS FROM THE FIELD: Case Studies in Typical Workloads 18 Richard Bednarek, Atlantic, IA 18 Ramiro Molina, Corpus Christi TX 19 Glenn Stanisewski, Soil Resource Specialist, NRCS, Davis, CA 21 Marketing Soil Survey 23 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS Panel 1 24 Selection of an Appropriate Phosphorus Test For Soils 24 State Soil Scientist Meeting Comments, Dewayne Mays 27 Urban Soils Update, Joyce M. Scheyer 28 CNMP’s and Animal Feeding Operations, Ronald Harris, AFOD 30 Watershed Science Institute, Stefanie Aschmann 33 Robert Weatherspoon, Project Leader – Soil Scientist, Live Oak, Florida 35 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS Panel 2 37 Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Malcolm Henning, NHQ Conservation Operations and Bob Neilsen, NSSC 37 Farmland Protection and Community Planning, Cheryl Simmons, LESA and FPPA Coordinator 39 RUSLE2 and WEPS1.0, Dave Lightle, Agronomist, NSSC 40 National Cartographic and Geospatial Center (NCGC) Activities and Priorities 42 Ag Handbook 296 Update Project 44 STATSGO Update Target Dates from NATIONAL INSTRUCTION NO. 430-302 Second Edition – Revisited 45 Implementing the Recommendations of the National Drought Policy Commission 47 USDA NRCS Soil Climate Program 49 Soil Quality and Technical Soil Services 51 Soil Quality—Considerations in Soil Survey and a Cornerstone of Technical Soil Service Activities 52 Ecological Sites Inventory 53 Publications 55 NRCS Information Technology Center (ITC) 58 NASIS/SSURGO PANEL 62 Fort Collins Activity, Ken Harward, NASIS Project Manager 62 SSURGO & Map Finishing-Ken Lubich, National Soil Survey Digitizing and Digital and Map Finishing Coordinator 63 Soil Business Area Advisory Group (SBAAG)—Jon Gerken, Chair 64 NASIS Comments—Russ Kelsea, NSSC 66 Rick Bigler, Acting National Leader, Technical Services 68 Soil Data Viewer Demonstration, Terry Aho, ITC 70 Geophysical Methods within USDA-NRCS: Applications and Interpretations 73 Rationale For SoLIM (Soil Landscape Inference Model) 75 GIS Modeling for Soil Survey: Integrating Ecological and Soil Mapping in Missouri 77 Soil Survey Investigations and Soil-Geomorphic Research 78 National Cartographic and Geospatial Center (NCGC), Soil Support Branch 80 Reconstructed Virtual Soil-Landscapes 80 Real-Time Mobile Mapping for High Intensity Soil Surveys 84 Use of Digital Soil, Topographic, and Land-Use Data to Estimate Potential Runoff-Contributing Areas 87 Soil Survey Laboratory - Laboratory Information Management System 88 Soil Survey Schedule 94 It’s All About Recruitment…Getting Who You Need, When You Need Them 98 MLRA Approach to Soil Survey Why Change? 101 The MLRA Concept for Production Soil Survey 106 DISCUSSION GROUPS 111 Group 1---Training 111 Group 2---Technical Soil Services- Roles and Responsibilities 115 Group 3—Resource Soil Scientists/Supervision 117 Group 4---Soil Survey Maintenance/Evaluations for Updates 118 National State Soil Scientist Meeting-Items for the Soil Survey Division to Consider for Action 120 APPENDIX I 122 National State Soil Scientist’s Meeting-Agenda 122 Participants 128 Computer Demos and Posters 131 Research Products on Display 133 Soils Education Materials Online 134 Panel Discussion Items 135 Panel 1 – Conservation Programs (AFO, CNMP, P Indexes, Urban interps) 135 Panel 2 – Conservation Programs (CRP, LESA, WEPS, RUSLE) 135 Panel 3 – Publications 136 Panel 4 – SSURGO & Map Finishing 137 Panel 5 – Public Distribution & NASIS 138 Other Questions for speakers and panelists 139 Directory: Internet -> FSE DOCUMENTS FSE DOCUMENTS -> Applications and limitations FSE DOCUMENTS -> Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Practice Standard FSE DOCUMENTS -> Downloading gps gr-3 Surveys Summary of Procedure FSE DOCUMENTS -> All applications must be submitted by 12/01/2015 to be eligible FSE DOCUMENTS -> Indiana Conservation Programs for Copperbelly Water Snake Habitat FSE DOCUMENTS -> Administrator’s Corner FSE DOCUMENTS -> United States Department of Agriculture • Natural Resources Conservation Service FSE DOCUMENTS -> United States Department of Agriculture Soule River Hydroelectric Project FSE DOCUMENTS -> Ottawa national forest: checklist of the vascular flora of the mccormick wilderness Download 0.65 Mb. 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