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2005 NCSS National Conference"Planning the New Soil Survey—Personnel Development, Technology, Standards and Electronic Delivery"Agenda(Updated 5/13/05)May 21 - 26
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| Time | Activity | Location |
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| 9:00AM - 4:00PM | Registration | Lobby of Omni Corpus Christi Hotel, Marina Tower 707 N. Shoreline Boulevard Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 1:00PM - 7:00PM | Field Trip—King Ranch (afternoon-half day) must be pre-registered
($45.00 per person) (Barbeque Dinner at the Ranch Included) Content: Farm Tour, Soil Survey and Management, Ecological Site Descriptions |
Bus meets participants at Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Entrance |
| Time | Activity | Location |
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| 9:00AM - 4:00PM | Registration | Lobby of Omni Corpus Christi Hotel, Marina Tower 707 N. Shoreline Boulevard Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 9:00AM - 4:30PM | Field Trip- Padre Island National Seashore (full day) must be
pre-registered ($45.00 per person) (Lunch included) Content: Soil Survey and Park Management, Sub-Aqueous Soils, Wet Soils, Ecological Site Descriptions |
Bus meets participants at Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Entrance |
| 6:00PM - 8:00PM | Welcome Reception—Computer Demos and Posters | Marina View Room |
| Time | Activity | Location/Presenters |
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| 7:30AM - 1:00PM | Registration | Lobby of Omni Corpus Christi Hotel, Marina Tower 707 N. Shoreline Boulevard Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 8:00AM - 12:00PM | General Session | Riviera Ballroom |
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| Moderators: Tom Hallmark, Texas A&M University, College Station Mike Risinger, Natural Resources Conservation Service | ||
| 8:00AM - 8:15AM | Introduction and Welcome | Larry Butler, NRCS Texas State Conservationist |
| 8:15AM - 8:30AM | Welcome to Texas - “Value of National Cooperative Soil Survey Effort to the US” | Dean of Agriculture, College Texas A&M University or Director of the TX Agricultural Experiment Station |
| 8:30AM - 9:00AM | “Cooperation & Marketing for NCSS” | William Puckett, Deputy Chief, Soil Survey and Resource Assessment, NRCS |
| 9:15AM - 9:30AM | “Planning the New Soil Survey - Building on Technology” | Micheal Golden, Director Soil Survey Division, NRCS |
| 9:30AM - 10:00AM | "The WEB Soil Survey--Now for a New Generation" | Chief Bruce Knight, Washington D.C. |
| 10:00AM - 10:30AM | Break | |
| 10:30AM - 11:15AM | Keynote Speaker: “Challenges to the Soil Survey: Applications and Delivery of Soil Information” | C. Allan Jones, Director, Texas Water Resources Institute (see link for more information) |
| 11:15AM - 11:45AM | Panel- Regional Conferences Highlights & Recommendations | Northeast: (Ron Taylor (NRCS-NJ)); West: Mike Domeier, NRCS-UT or Janis Boettinger, UT State University, Logan; South:(Karl Hipple-NSSC Liaison to S Region Conference); Northcentral:(Paul Benedict (NRCS ND)or Gary Steinhardt (Purdue University)) |
| 11:45AM - 12:00PM | Conference Logistics for Committee Meetings | |
| 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1:00PM-3:00PM | Standing Committee Meetings-Recommendations for Future | |
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| Research Agenda | (Rivera Ballroom 1) Co-Chairs: David Hammer, National Leader Investigations, NRCS, NSSC, (david.hammer@usda.gov); Nancy Cavallaro, CSREES, Soils, (ncavallaro@csrees.usda.gov) |
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| New Technology | (Riviera Ball Room 2) Co-Chairs: Pete Biggam, NPS (pete_biggam@nps.gov); Jon Hempel, NGDC, NRCS (jon.hempel@usda.gov) |
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| NCSS Standards | (Padre Ballroom C) Co-Chairs: Craig Ditzler, NRCS, NSSC (craig.ditzler@usda.gov); Duane Lammers, USFS (dlammers@fs.usda.gov); Bil Ypsilantis (bill_ypsilantis@blm.gov) |
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| Time | Activity | Location/Presenters |
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| 3:00PM - 3:30PM | BREAK | |
| 3:30PM - 5:00PM | User Perspective Panel National Association of State Conservation Agencies (NASCA)-Partnership in Soil Survey with State Government—Tim Gerber, NASCA Rep, Ohio DNR Private Consultant (NSCSS)—Larry West, UGA, Athens GA Tribal Liaisons—Mark Donet, Tribal Liaison NRCS; AISES MOU 1890 Universities—Richard Griffin, Prairie View A&M, TX |
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| 6:00PM - 8:00PM | Computer Demos and Posters | Marina View Room |
| Time | Activity | Location/Presenters |
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| 8:00AM - 10:00AM | Committee Meetings (Open Committees. There is an opportunity to participate in 2 of the committees with an optional rotation at 9:00 AM-Committees will have separate agendas of presenters as well as open forum for discussion on topic) | |
| Committee 1: WEB Soil Survey—Promoting Partnerships - This committee will consider issues concerning WEB Soil Survey standards, product delivery, marketing strategies, public access to expertise, product timeliness and education on product use with an emphasis on promoting partnerships. | (Riviera Ballroom 1) Co-Chairs: Dennis Lytle, NRCS, Washington, DC (dennis.lytle@usda.gov) Rick L. Day, Pennsylvania State University, University Park (rday@psu.edu) |
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| Committee 2: Ecological Principles in Soil Survey - This Committee should review classical references and University curricula for ecological principles and associations with soil and natural resource inventories. The Committee will explore new interpretations and management recommendations associated with state and transition models; ecological frameworks; ecological site inventories and ecological land use inventories and discuss how they may be incorporated into soil survey. | (Riviera Ballroom 2) Co-Chairs: Curtis Talbot, NRCS, NSSC (curtis.talbot@usda.gov) Randy Davis, USFS, Washington, DC (rdavis03@fs.fed.us) |
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| Committee 3: Recruitment and Retention of Soil Scientists in Soil Survey - This committee is to concern itself with recruitment and retention of Soil Scientists in soil survey and soil resource management. | (Riviera Ballroom 4) Co-Chairs: Gary Steinhardt, Purdue University, IN, (gsteinhardt@purdue.edu) Denise Decker, USDA-NRCS, Human Resources, Washington, DC (denise.decker@usda.gov) Luis Hernandez, USDA-NRCS, Little Rock, AR (luis.hernandez@ar.usda.gov) |
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| Committee 4: Water Movement and Water Table Monitoring in Soil Survey - This committee will explore and discuss how soil survey should address water movement and water tables for regional updates of the soil survey and database representation. | (Riviera Ballroom 5) Co-Chairs: Henry Lin, Pennsylvania State University (henrylin@psu.edu) Cathy Seybold, NRCS (cathy.seybold@usda.gov) |
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| 10:00AM - 10:30AM | BREAK | Randy Davis, USFS, Washington, DC Pete Biggam, NPS, Denver CO Bill Ypsilantis for Colin Voigt, Soil Scientist, USDI/BLM, Washington, DC George Teachman, Liaison to DOD, NRCS, Aberdeen, MD |
| 10:30AM - 11:30AM | Soil Survey on Public Lands—Special Needs and Opportunities Moderator - James Greenwade, NRCS, Temple |
(Riviera Ballroom 1&2) |
| 11:30AM - 1:00PM | Conference Luncheon Speakers - “Geology and Ecology of the Texas Coastal Bend” Dr. Jennifer Smith-Engle, Professor, Associate Dean, College of Science & Technology, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, TX, Office Phone: (361) 825-2241, Email: jsengle@falcon.tamucc.edu “NCSS Awards” Micheal Golden, NRCS SSD Director |
Moderator- Mike Risinger (Mariana View) |
| 1:00PM - 3:00PM | Listening Session/Discussion - NRCS State Conservationists/Cooperators "Proposed MLRA Management Areas for Soil Survey" | Riviera Ballroom 1 & 2 |
| 2:00PM - 3:00PM | Standing Committee Meetings-Finalize Reports and Business plan for continuation of Committees 2006-2007 | |
| Research Agenda | (Padre Ballroom A&B) Co-Chairs: David Hammer, National Leader Investigations, NRCS, NSSC, (david.hammer@usda.gov) Nancy Cavallaro, CSREES, Soils, (ncavallaro@csrees.usda.gov) |
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| New Technology | (Padre Ballroom C&D) Co-Chairs: Pete Biggam, NPS (pete_biggam@nps.gov) Jon Hempel, NGDC, NRCS (jon.hempel@usda.gov) |
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| NCSS Standards | (Padre Ballroom C) Co-Chairs: Craig Ditzler, NRCS, NSSC (craig.ditzler@usda.gov) Duane Lammers, USFS (dlammers@fs.fed.us) Bill Ypsilantis, BLM (bill_ypsilantis@blm.gov) |
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| 3:00PM - 3:30PM | Break | |
| 3:30PM - 5:00PM | Breakout of MLRA Board of Directors Meetings, State
Conservationists Moderator: Edward Griffin, NRCS, Fort Worth |
South Region: Padre Ballroom A&B Central Region: Padre Ballroom C&D East Region: Riviera 4 West Region: Riviera 5 |
| 3:30PM—4:00PM | Report from NCSS Standards Standing Committee | Craig Ditzler, NRCS, NSSC |
| 4:00PM—5:00PM | Special Reports: Subaqueous Soil Mapping Report Carbonates |
Mark Stolt, University of Rhode Island, Marty Rabenhorst, University of
Maryland, College Park, MD Steve Park, NRCS CO |
| 6:00PM –9:00PM | Conference Committee Meetings-Continue as needed to complete reports NCSS Meeting Advisory Group Jon Gerken Leader |
Riviera 4 & 5 |
| 6:00PM- 8:00PM | Southern Region Soil Survey Conference Steering Committee | Padre Ballroom A-B |
| Time | Activity | Location/Presenters |
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| 7:30AM -8:30AM | Strategic Planning for the Future of NCSS- Break Out Sessions for:
University Representatives Agency Representatives & Private Sector and Consulting Soil Scientists |
Padre Ballroom Riviera Ballroom |
| 8:30AM - 8:45AM | Reconvene—Introductions Moderator: Wes Miller, NRCS, Victoria |
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| 8:45AM - 9:00AM | World Soil Congress | Larry Wilding |
| 9:00AM - 9:45AM | International Special Reports Soil Information Upgrade and Delivery Soil Landscapes of Canada v3.0: a new generalized soil map coverage for Canada. |
Scott Smith, National Study Leader-Soil Inventory, Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada Wally Fraser, Assistant National Correlator, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg |
| 9:45AM - 10:15AM | BREAK | |
| 10:15AM - 10:30AM | Report from Research Agenda Standing Committee | Riviera Ballroom 1&2 Co-Chairs of Committee--Nancy Cavallaro, CSREES-USDA, NRI Soil and Water and David Hammer, NSSC, NRCS |
| 10:30AM - 11:15AM | Special Reports: Geochemistry National Study - Mike Wilson, NSSC |
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| 11:15AM - 12:00PM | Report from New Technology Standing Committee Special Reports- “West Texas Mobile Soil Survey Projects and the WEB Soil Survey |
Jon Hempel, NGDC, NRCS; Pete Biggam, NPS Dennis Williamson, GIS Specialist, NRCS, TX |
| 12:00PM -1:00PM | LUNCH | |
| 1:00PM - 1:30PM | Report and Recommendations from NCSS Conference Advisory Team | Riviera Ballroom Jon Gerken, NRCS OH |
| 1:30PM - 2:00PM | Reports from Agency and University Breakouts-Recommendations to Steering Team | Riviera Ballroom |
| 2:00PM - 2:30PM | Committee # 1 Report Recommendations | Riviera Ballroom |
| 2:30PM - 3:00PM | Committee # 2 Report Recommendations | Riviera Ballroom |
| 3:00PM - 3:30PM | BREAK | |
| 3:30PM - 4:00PM | Committee # 3 Report Recommendations | Riviera Ballroom |
| 4:00PM - 4:30PM | Committee # 4 Report Recommendations | Riviera Ballroom |
| 4:30PM - 5:00PM | Closing Remarks: Review of Action Register; Announcement of Next National & Regional NCSS Conference and Where do we go from here? | Riviera Ballroom Micheal Golden, NCSS Chair |
| 6:00 - 8:00PM | Closing Reception –Mixer with NRCS State Conservationists - Posters & Computer Demos | Marina View Room |
| Time | Activity | Location |
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| 8:00AM - 10:00AM | Steering Team Meeting - Finalize recommendations and confirm changes or additions to Bylaws. Participants submit Reports for Proceedings | Padre Ballroom A-B |
| 8:00AM - 11:00AM | Optional Seminars (Must register in advance) Option 1: NRCS Major Land Resource Area Management Areas in Soil Survey—Dennis Lytle, NRCS Option 2: Building Inference Models in GIS to Map Soils—Bill Effland, NRCS, Amanda Moore, NGDC, NRCS |
Padre Ballroom C-D |
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