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USDA is an equal opportunity employer. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Meeting Agenda .........................................................................................................................................................................1 NCSS Conference Steering Committee Minutes.........................................................................................................................4 NCSS By-Laws Changes.............................................................................................................................................................8 Welcome Remarks by Maurice Mausbach ................................................................................................................................14 The NCSS: Past Accomplishments, Current Status, and a look to the next Millennium .........................................................17 Back to the Future, a Panel Discussion:Joe D. Nichols, Klaus W. Flach, Ben F. Hajek, William L. Shelton, Hubert Byrd ..............................................................................................................................................21 Highlights of USFS Soil Survey Activities ...............................................................................................................................38 NASIS Status and Utility...........................................................................................................................................................41 Highlights of Soil Survey Activities of the West Region..........................................................................................................44 Highlights Of BLM Soil Survey Activities ...............................................................................................................................46 Committee on Standards and Soil Taxonomy ...........................................................................................................................52 Standing Committee on New Technology.................................................................................................................................53 Eroded Soils Committee............................................................................................................................................................57 Report to the National Soil Survey Work Planning Conference - South Region......................................................................61 Strategy for Marketing Soil Survey in Missouri........................................................................................................................69 National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists Activities .........................................................................................................74 Soil Survey Activities in the Northeast Region.........................................................................................................................76 North Central Soil Survey Conference Report ..........................................................................................................................88 Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 1890 Land Grant Colleges and Universities......................................91 SSURGO Status-Status of Soil Survey Digitizing ..................................................................................................................104 NCSS Conference Tour...........................................................................................................................................................107 Soil Surveys for Environmental Problems ..............................................................................................................................110 International Activities of the World Soil Resources Office...................................................................................................118 Canadian Soil Survey Activities..............................................................................................................................................121 Soil Survey Activities in the National Park Service................................................................................................................124 Soil Survey Deep Investigations - Team Report .....................................................................................................................128 Site Specific Soil Mapping Standards for New Hampshire and Vermont...............................................................................131 Soil Mapping Using GIS, Expert Knowledge, and Fuzzy Logic ............................................................................................136 Committee 1 Report - Data Acquisition for Problem Solving.................................................................................................148 Committee 2 Report - Training and Marketing Soil Scientists for the Future........................................................................156 Committee 3 Report - Selling Soil Science to Society ............................................................................................................164 1999 Task Force Report on Soil Survey Products of the Future .............................................................................................165 iii June 27 - Sunday National Registration 4:00 - 7:00 PM Cooperative June 28 - Monday Facilitator: Dennis Potter Soil Survey 7:00 - 9:00 AM Registration 8:00 - 8:15 AM Welcome by the Univ. of MO-Columbia Dr. Conference William C. Stringer, Assoc. Dean College of Ag., Food and Natural Resources Back To The Future, 8:15 - 8:30 AM NRCS in Missouri A Centennial Celebration Of Roger A. Hansen Service To The Nation 8:30 - 8:45 AM Soil Survey and Resource Assessment in NRCS Maurice Mausbach, Deputy Chief June 27-July 2,1999 8:45 - 9:00 AM Tools of the Trade - 100 years of exploring soil resources - video Gary Muckel 9:00 - 9:30 AM NCSS in NRCS Horace Smith 9:30 - 10:00 AM BREAK 10:00 - 11:30 AM Panel Presentation on Centennial Memories - Back to the Future J. Nichols, K. Flach, B. Hajek, H. Byrd, B. Shelton 11:30 - 12:00 PM Highlights of USFS Soil Survey Activities Jim Keys 12:00 - 1:00 PM LUNCH Facilitator: Jim Keys 1:00 - 1:30 PM NASIS - Status and Utility Russ Kelsea C E N T E N N I A L 1:30 - 2:00 PM Highlights of Soil Survey Activities in the West Region Curtis Monger Holiday Inn Select Downtown Convention Center 2:00 - 2:30PM Highlights of BLM Soil Survey Activities 811 North Ninth Street Lee Barkow/Steve Borchard St. Louis, MO 63101 United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service 1 Facilitator: Curtis Monger 2:30 - 3:00 PM Standing Committee Soil Taxonomy (and other standards) 1:00 - 2:00 PM Introduction of the Chief of Bob Ahrens NRCS by Maurice Mausbach Comments from the Chief, NRCS and Open 3:00 - 3:30 PM BREAK Forum (Presentation of NCSS Soil Scientist of the Year) 3:30 - 4:00 PM Standing committee on New Chief - Pearlie Reed Technology Bob McLeese 2:00 - 2:30 PM Field Trip Orientation David Hammer 4:00 - 4:30 PM Final Report from Eroded Soils Committee 2:30 - 3:00 PM BREAK Tom Fenton 3:00 - 5:00 PM Committee Breakout Sessions - 5:30 - 7:00 PM Social Mixer - cash bar 3 sessions running concurrently. Sessions run for one hour. At the end of each hour June29 - Tuesday participants can rotate to Facilitator: Berman Hudson another session of interest. This provides participants an 8:00 - 8:30 AM Highlights of Soil Survey opportunity to sit in on 2 sessions Activities in the South Region of their choice out of the three: Tom Ammons 1. Data Acquisition for Problem Solving 2. Training and Marketing Soil Scientists 8:30 - 9:00 AM Marketing Strategy for Soil Survey for the Future in Missouri 3. Selling Soil Science to Society Dennis Potter 9:00 - 9:30 AM National Society of Consulting Soil June29 - Wednesday Scientist Activities 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Field Trip Barry Dutton The buses will leave the hotel at 7:30 a.m. and travel across the Mississippi River 9:30 – 10:00 AM BREAK to a site near Collinsville, Illinois. This 30 minute ride will take us to Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site where we will view the remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric Indian civilization north of Mexico. Studies by 10:00 – 10:30 AM Highlights of Soil Survey Activities Archeologists and Soil Scientists have revealed much about this ancient in the NE Region civilization and their attempts to alter the landscapes to suite their needs. We Jim Baker will tour the structures designated by these ancient people and discuss their accomplishments and failures. 10:30 – 11:00 AM Highlights of Soil Survey Activities in the North Central Region The buses will depart Cahokia Mounds State Historic site at 10:30 a.m. and