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Agenda - 2004 Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey Conference
"Soil Surveys and the Challenges of Natural Resources Management"
Sunday June 13, 2004
Monday June 14, 2004
Tuesday June 15, 2004
Wednesday June 16, 2004
Thursday June 17, 2004
Friday June 18, 2004
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Sunday June 13, 2004
Monday June 14, 2004
Moderator: Craig Ditzler
| Time |
Title/Activity |
Presenter |
Links |
| 7:00am-8:30am |
Registration |
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| 8:30am-8:45am |
Introductory Remarks |
Darrell Schroeder, NRCS |
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| 8:45am-9:00am |
Welcome |
Lincoln “Ed” Burton, NRCS, Wyoming State Conservationist |
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| Time |
Partner Reports |
Presenter/Location |
Links |
| 9:00am-9:15am |
Agricultural Experiment Station |
Bob Graham, UC Riverside |
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| 9:15am-9:30am |
Bureau of Land Management |
Bill Ypsilantis, BLM |
Paper
(49.5 KB) |
| 9:30am-9:45am |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
Robert Ahrens, NRCS |
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| 9:45am-10:00am |
BREAK |
| 10:00am-10:30am |
Forest Service |
Jeff Bruggink, FS |
Paper
(42.5 KB) |
| 10:30am-10:45am |
Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts |
Leron Allred, WACD Board of Directors |
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| 10:45am-11:00am |
National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists |
Barry Dutton, Land and Water Inc. |
Paper
(25.5 KB) |
| 11:00am-11:15am |
Tribal Liaison |
Gary Collins, Tribal Water Engineers Office |
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| 11:15am-11:30am |
Conference Structure and Function Task Force Report |
Randy Southard, UC Davis |
Paper
(28.0 KB) |
| 1:00pm-1:30pm |
Carbon Sequestration Research on Rangeland Soils |
Gerald Schuman, ARS |
Paper
(126 KB) |
| 1:30pm-2:00pm |
Ecological Site Concepts |
Joel Brown, NRCS |
Paper
(27.0 KB) |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm |
Sampling Dynamic Soil Properties for Soil Surveys: Lessons Learned |
Arlene Tugel, NRCS |
Paper
(31.7 KB) |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm |
BREAK |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm |
Soil Survey Enhancements for Natural Resource Management Case Studies
from the Southwestern US |
Jeff Herrick, ARS;
Doug Merkler, NRCS |
Paper
(1.48 MB) |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm |
National Soil Interpretations Advisory Group Report |
Darrell Kautz, NRCS |
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| 4:30pm-4:35pm |
Smithsonian Soil Exhibit Update |
Patrick Drohan, University of Nevada - Las Vegas |
Paper
(24.5 KB) |
| 4:35pm-4:45pm |
Proposal from (USCSSA) (SSSA) to be a participating member of the NCSS
Conference Steering Committee |
Cameron Loerch, NRCS |
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Tuesday June 15, 2004
Moderator: Eric Winthers
| Time |
Title/Activity |
Presenter |
Links |
| 8:00am-8:30am |
Wyoming Soil Survey Using PURC Modeling |
Nephi Cole, NRCS |
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| 8:30am-9:00am |
GIS-based Mapping of Soil Distribution in Thunder Creek Watershed, North
Cascades NP |
Crystal Briggs, Washington State University |
Paper
(793 KB) |
| 9:00am-9:30am |
Rules-based Soil and Landscape Classification |
Bob MacMillan, Land Mapper Environmental Solutions |
Paper
(3.26 MB) |
| 9:30am-10:00am |
Taking GIS to the Field |
Corey Meier, NRCS |
Paper
(25.0 KB) |
| 10:30am-11:00am |
Using Digital Orthophoto Quads to Identify Potentially Erodible Soils |
Robert Davidson, FS |
Paper
(4.56 MB) |
| 11:00am-11:30am |
Opportunities for Interagency Collaboration on Redesign of the TEUO
Toolkit |
Haans Fisk, FS;
Henry Lachowski, FS |
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| 1:00pm-1:30pm |
Arizona SoLIM test |
Eric Wolfbrandt, NRCS |
Paper
(28.9 KB) |
| 1:30pm-2:00pm |
Proposed Carbonate Terminology Changes for the Soil Survey Manual |
Curtis Monger, New Mexico State University |
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| 2:00pm-2:30pm |
Quaternary Geology of Jackson Hole |
Ken Pierce, USGS |
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| Time |
Committee Breakout Sessions |
Links |
| 3:15pm-5:15pm |
New Technology Committee |
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| Standards Committee |
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| Research Needs Committee |
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| Conference Participation Committee |
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| Bylaws Committee |
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Poster Session/Demo's/Social Hour |
Links |
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Soil Data mart |
Tom Weber |
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| Development of a Native Vegetation databases linked with Soil Survey
SSURGO databases |
Darwin Jeppesen |
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| Monitoring Active Carbon after Forest Management |
D.S. Page-Dumrose |
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| Estimating Losses of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen from Fire in Mid- to Late-
Successional Forest Stands of the Northwestern USA |
D.S. Page-Dumrose |
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| Bringing the Storie Index Into The 21st Century |
Susan B. Southard, Anthony Toby O'geen |
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| Soil Landscape Studies in Alberta and B.C., 1996 - 2004 |
R.A. (Bob) MacMillan, T.W. Goddard, W.W. Pettapiece |
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| Improving Project-Level Soil Interpretations Using Geospatial
Technologies |
Don Fallon |
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Wednesday June 16, 2004
Thursday June 17, 2004
Moderator: Ann Puffer
| Time |
Title/Activity |
Presenter |
Links |
| 8:00am-8:20am |
New Technology Committee Report |
Bill Ypsilantis, BLM |
Paper
(94.5 KB) |
| 8:20am-8:40am |
Research Needs Committee Report |
Paul McDaniel, U. of Idaho;
Curtis Monger, New Mexico State Univ. |
Paper
(27.0 KB) |
| 8:40am-9:00am |
Soil Survey Standards Committee Report |
Duane Lammers, FS;
Steve Park, NRCS |
Paper
1
(135 KB)
Paper
2
(2.31 MB) |
| 9:00am-9:20am |
Enhancing Agricultural Experiment Station Conference
Participation Report |
Bob Graham, UC Riverside |
Paper
(22 KB) |
| 9:20am-9:40am |
Bylaws Committee Report |
Cameron Loerch, NRCS |
2004
Bylaws
(76.5 KB) |
| 9:40am-10:00am |
Group Discussion of Committee Reports |
Group |
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| 10:30am-11:00am |
Sustainable Rangeland Roundtable Soil and Water Indicators |
Mike “Sherm” Karl, BLM |
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| 11:00am-11:30am |
The Value of Basic Field and Lab Data in Soil Survey |
Jennifer Harden, USGS |
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| 11:30am-1:00pm |
LUNCHEON –Lodge Room Soil Scientist Award Doug
Merkler |
| "The Morning After the Day Before: Lessons About Current
Climate from the Wind River Range." |
Guest Speaker - Charles Love, Western Wyoming Community
College |
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| 1:00pm-1:30pm |
Soil Geochemistry Spatial Data: Website and Future Plans |
Rebecca Burt, NRCS |
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| 1:30pm-2:00pm |
U.S. Soil Taxonomy I Relation to the IUSS World Reference
Base (WRB) System of Classifying Soils |
Paul McDaniel, University of Idaho |
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| 2:30pm-3:00pm |
Utah State University Cooperation with NRCS,BLM, and FS to
Advance Soil Survey in the Western U.S. |
Janis Boettinger, Utah State Unv. |
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| 3:00pm-3:30pm |
Update on NCSS Marketing Activities |
Gary Muckel, NRCS |
Paper
(47.5 KB) |
| 3:30pm-3:45pm |
Business Meeting |
Darrell Schroeder, NRCS |
Minutes
(76.5 KB) |
| Time |
Agency Breakout Sessions |
| 3:45pm-5:00pm |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| Forest Service |
| Agricultural Experiment Station |
| Bureau of Land Management |
Friday June 18, 2004
8:00am to 4:30pm: West Regional NCSS Steering Team Meeting
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