Date: June 28, 2012
Time: 8:30am-12:30pm
Location: Weaver Auditorium, Coastal Institute in Kingston, 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston RI 02881
Description: Please come to the 2012 RI Soil Survey Work Planning Conference to learn about the latest version of the Soil Survey of RI, provide input to future updates, learn about the site specific mapping, the latest research in soil science, and how to use and access soils data from a variety of sources. The conference is sponsored by URI Cooperative Extension NEMO, the RI USDA-NRCS, and the Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England.
Soil Survey Work Planning Conferences are required by National Cooperative Soil Survey policy. The conference provides an opportunity to update partners and users about the status of their state’s soil survey, serves as a forum to gather valuable feedback on users needs for data, interpretations, and training.
Workshop Flyer
Final Agenda
Speaker Bios
Participant List
Presentations
Introduction, Dr. Peter August, URI NRS (PDF)
The Rhode Island Soil Survey Past, Present and Future, Jim Turenne and Maggie Payne, RI NRCS (PDF)
RI Site Specific Soil Survey, Hydrologic Soil Groups, and Using ArcGIS Online for Soil Interpretive Maps, Jillian Phillips and Lorriane Joubert, URI Cooperative Extension (PDF)
Soil Research at URI, Dr. Mark Stolt, URI NRS
- Insights and Approaches for Mapping Soil Organic Carbon as a Dynamic Soil Property (PDF)
- Development of Subaqueous Soil Intrepretations (PDF)
- Freshwater Subaqueous Soil Survey Investigations and Applications (PDF)