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Table of Contents Page 1 Table of Contents Page Agenda 5 Participants 10 National Headquarters Update and Perspective from NCSS Advisory Committee, 1998 15 National Soil Survey Center Activities Related Specifically to the Northeast 18 Training 18 Marketing and Outreach 20 Status of SSURGO Update 22 1998 NASIS Update 32 Forest Soils Research 34 Silver Spade Award 35 Maryland Report 36 University of Delaware Report 37 Delaware Report 38 Vermont Report 39 National Cartography & Geospatial Center Status Report 40 Soil Quality Institute - Technology Transfer 49 Carbon Sequestration - Climate Change Initiative 52 Committee Charges Established in 1998 56 Committee 1 - Research Needs 62 Committee 2 – Soil Taxonomy 66 Committee 3 - SSURGO/Map Finishing 74 Committee 4 - Role of Experiment Stations in NCSS 81 Committee 5 - Site Specific/High Intensity Soil Survey 87 NEC-50 Report 88 East Region Activities 91 Soil Related Activities in State of Maine Government 92 Soil Related Activities At The University Of Maine 94 Status of Soil Survey in Atlantic Canada 95 NCSS Activities in Connecticut 98 Summary of Soil Survey Related Activities of the Storrs Ag. Exp. Station 99 New Hampshire Report 100 Maine Association of Professional Soil Scientists 101 New Jersey Report 102 New York Report 103 Rhode Island Report 107 2 Soil Survey and Climate Interface 112 State of the Soils for the Centennial of Soil Survey 131 Soil Taxonomy Proposals and Changes 133 Update on Soil Survey Centennial Activities 135 Regional Technical Committees for Hydric Soils 138 Gelisols 140 Field Trip Site Locations and Abstracts 143 Massachusetts Research Report 151 Virginia NRCS Report 152 West Virginia Ag. & Forestry Experiment Station Report 155 Use of Soil Information by the National Park Service 157 MO-13 Report 159 Business Meeting 161 By-Laws of the NE Cooperative Soil Survey Conference 163 3 WELCOME by M. Darrel Dominick State Conservationist Natural Resources Conservation Service Orono, ME and Edward McLaughlin Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture Augusta, ME 4 NORTHEAST COOPERATIVE SOIL SURVEY CONFERENCE BANGOR, MAINE JULY 19-23, 1998 AGENDA Sunday - July 19 Registration - Lobby of Ramada Inn, Odlin Road, Bangor, ME 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. Monday - July 20 Moderator, David Wilkinson, NRCS, Soil Resource Specialist, Lewiston, ME 8:00 - 8:15 A.M. Welcome to Maine 5 10:45 - 11:00 A.M. NASIS Update 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Committee Meetings: Russ Kelsea, NSSC Committee 1 - Research Soil Scientist, Needs Lincoln, NE Committee 2 - Soil Taxonomy Committee 3 - SSURGO/Map 11:00 - 11:15 A.M. Criteria and Committee 4 - Role of Indicators of Experiment Stations in Forest NCSS Sustainabllity Committee 5 - Site Specific/ Connie Carpenter, High Intensity Soil Survey USFS, Hydrologist, Durham, NH 5:30 - 7:00 P.M. Social - Hospitality Rm Forest Soils Research 11:15 - 11:30 A.M. 8:00- 9:30 P.M. NEC-50 Meeting Rich Hallett, USFS, NRCS Technical Soils Research Ecologist, Consortium Durham, NH Tuesday - JuIy 21: 11:30 - 11:45 A.M. Silver Spade Award Dr. John Sencindiver, 8:00- 10:00 A.M. Committee Meetings: WVU, Professor of Committee 1 - Research Agronomy & Soil Needs Sciences Morgantown, Committee 2 Soil Taxonomy WV Committee 3 - SSURGO/Map Committee 4 - Role of 11:45 - 1:00 P.M. Lunch Experiment Stations in NCSS Committee 5 - Site Specific/ Moderator, Andrew Williams, NRCS, Soil Scientist, High Intensity Soil Survey Amherst, MA 10:00- 10:15 A.M. Break 6 1:00 - 1:10 P.M. Maryland NRCS & Moderator, Dr. Mark Stolt, University of Rhode University Report Island, Asst. Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Kingston, Rl 1:00 - 1:20 P.M. Delaware NRCS & University Report 10:15 - 10:20 A.M. East Region Activities Maxine Levin, NRCS, 1:20 - 1:30 P.M. Vermont NRCS & Soil Scientist, Beltsville, University Report MD Soil Related Activities 1:30 - 2:00 P.M. National Cartography 10:20 - 10:30 A.M. In State of Maine Govt & Geospatial Center David Rocque, Dept. of Status Report Agriculture, State Soil Dick Folsche, NCG Dir, Scientist, Augusta, ME Hof Owen, SSURGO Outlook for Soil Survey Support, Ft. Worth, TX 10:30 - 10:55 A.M. & Resource Assessment Dr. Maurice Mausbach, NRCS, Deputy Chief for 2:00 - 2:30 P.M. Soil Quality Institute - Soil Survey & Resource Technology Transfer Assessment, Debra Dirlam, NRCS, Washington, DC GIS Specialist, Ames, IA 2:30 - 3:00 P.M. Carbon Sequestration Bob Ahrens, NRCS, NSSC, Soil Taxonomy Soils Related Activities 10:55- 11:10 A.M. Lead Scientist, Lincoln, at the University of ME NE Ivan Femandez, University of Maine, Prof. 3:00 - 3:30 P.M. Break of Applied Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Orono, ME 7 11:10 – 11:25 A.M. Canadian Soils 3:15 - 3:45 P.M. Regional Soil Program in the Taxonomy Proposals Maritimes Bob Ahrens, NRCS, Herb Reese, Potato NSSC, Soil Taxonomy Research Center, Lead Scientist, Lincoln, Agriculture and NE Agriculture Canada 3:45 - 4:15 P.M. Update on Soil Survey 11:25- 11:40 A.M. Penobscot Nation GIS Centennial Activities, Activities Gary Muckel, NRCS, Theresa Hoffman, Soil Scientist, Lincoln, NE Penobscot Nation, Staff Geologist, 4:15 - 4:30 P.M. Regional Technical Old Town, ME Committees for Hydric Soils Mike Whited, NRCS, Soil & Connecticut NRCS & 11:40- 11:50 A.M. Wetland Scientist, Wetland University Report Institute, Lincoln, NE 11:50 - 12:00 New Hampshire NRCS 4:30 - 5:00 P.M. Gelisols & University Report Bob Ahrens, NRCS, NSSC, Soil Taxonomy, Lead Scientist, 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Lunch Lincoln, NE Moderator Shawn McVey, NRCS, Asst. State Soil Scientist, Storrs, CT 5:00 - 5:05 P.M. Logistics for Field Trip Norman Kalloch, NRCS, Maine Association of 1:00 - 1:20 P.M. Asst. State Conservationist for Professional Soil Soils, Orono, ME Scientists David Marceau, 5:30 - 7:00 P.M. Social Hospitality Room President of MAPSS Computer Demonstrations 1:20 - 1:30 P.M. New Jersey NRCS & Soil Science Education K-12 University Report Globe Program CD ROM Surveys 1:30 - 1:40 P.M. New York NRCS & University Report NASIS Dr. Elissa Levine, NASA, 1:40 - 1:50 P.M. Pennsylvania NRCS & Physical Scientist, Greenbelt, MD University Report Russ Kelsea, NRCS, Soil Scientist Lincoln, NE 1:50 - 2:00 P.M. Rhode Island NRCS & University Report Wednesday - July 22 2:00 - 2:25 P.M. Soil Survey and Soil 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Field Trip Climate Interface, Doug Miller, Penn State, 5:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Banquet Research Associate, University Park, PA Thursday -July 23 2:25- 2:45 P.M. State of the Soils for Moderator, Dean Cowherd, NRCS, Asst. State the Centennial of Soil Conservationist, Annapolis, MD Survey, Ronnie Taylor, NRCS,. 8:00 - 9:00 A.M. Break Out Session State Soil Scientist, NRCS Somerset, NJ NEC-50 9:00-9:10 A.M. Massachusetts NRCS & 2:45- 3:15 P.M. Break University Report 9:10 - 9:20 A.M. Virginia NRCS & University Report 9:20 - 9:30 A.M. West Virginia NRCS & University Report 9:30 - 9:45 A.M. The Use of Soil Information by the National Park Service Nigel Shaw, National Park Service Representative, 8 Boston, MA 9:45 - 10:15 A.M. Break 10:15 - 10:30 A.M. MO-12 Report Bruce Thompson, NRCS, 9 Participants based upon Pre-Registration List Northeast Cooperative Soil Survey Conference July 20-23,1999 Bangor, ME Ramada Inn Bob Ahrens James Brown Lead Scientist, Soil Taxonomy State Soil Scientist NSSC, USDA-NRCS USDA-NRCS Federal Building John Hanson Business Center 100 Centennial Mall N. 339 Busch's Frontage Rd #301 Lincoln, NE 68508-3866 Annapolis, MD 21401-5534 402-437-5389 410-757-0861 Fax: 402-437-5336 [email protected] Ted Butler NRCS John Arno 22 Pine Street RFD 3, Box 2340 Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426 Dexter, ME 04930 207-924-6886 Manley Bailey RR1, Box 4466 Caroline Alves Lincolnville, ME 04849 Soil Scientist USDA-NRCS Stephen Carpenter 18 Blair Park State Soil Scientist Williston, VT 05495-9406 USDA-NRCS 802-878-7402 75 High St., Rm 301 Fax: 802-879-3920 Morgantown, WV 26505 304-291-4152 Aleita Burman S.W. Cole Engineering Ed Ciolkosz 6 Liberty Drive Bangor, ME 04401 NE Experiment Station 848-5714 Pennsylvania State University 116ASI Building James Baker University Park, PA Professor, Soil Scientist Coord. 814-865-1530 Virginia Polytech Inst. & State University Dean Cowherd Dept. of Crop & Soil Environ. USDA-NRCS 238C Smyth Hall John Hanson Business Center Blacksburg, VA 24061-0404 339 Busch's Frontage Rd., #301 540-231-9785 Annapolis, MD 21401-5534 John Brissette 410-757-0861 U.S. Forest Service P.O. Box 640 Tim Craul Durham, NH 03824-0640 USDA-NRCS University Park Circle Russell Briggs PA State University MAPSS 116 ASI Building SUNY College of Environ Science University Park, PA 16802 1 Forestry Drive Syracuse, NY 13210 John Davis 315-470-6989 USDA-NRCS 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Mary Baker NRCS-East Region Beltsville, MD 20705-5410 5601 Sunnyside Ave. 301-504-2360 Beltsville, MD 20705-5410 301-504-2305 George Demas 304 Commerce Street #C Snow Hill, MD 21863 410-632-0939 10 Debra Diriam Shawn Finn GIS Specialist Soil Scientist USDA-NRCS USDA-NRCS 2150 Pammel Drive 451 West Street Ames, IA 50011 Amherst, MA 01002 515-294-9922 413-253-4391 M. Darrel Dominick Dick Folsche State Conservationist NCG-USDA-NRCS USDA-NRCS 501 Felix St., BIdg. 23 5 Godfrey Drive P.O. Box 6567 Orono, ME 04473 Fort Worth, TX 76115-0567 207-866-7241 817-509-3401 Bruce Dubee Tyrone Goddard Soil Scientist USDA-NRCS USDA-NRCS 441 S.
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