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National Soil Quality Field Guide
Carolyn Napper, Project Leader



San Dimas Technology
& Development Center
444 E Bonita Ave
San Dimas, CA 91773
(909) 599-1267


Objectives: Prepare and publish a soil quality monitoring field guide containing schematic and photographic examples of  visually identifiable soil disturbance classes. The field guide will help soil scientists to consistently identify soil disturbance classes. Click on the link below to review the approved project proposal.  Project Proposal

Project Status: Working with Regional Soil Scientists a schedule of field trips has been identified to obtain photographs of each soil disturbance class. A field trip to Region 5 in November, 2006 was successful in capturing a variety of soil disturbance classes associated with different mechanical equipment including cable-yarding, feller-bunchers, and log forwarders.

Schedule of Upcoming Field Visits in 2007

Region

Time Frame

Location

Topic

Contact

R-8

Feb – March, 2007

Coastal, Piedmont

Mechanical/burn severity

Emanuel Hudson

R-3

May, 2007

 Apache-Sitegraves

Mechanical

Penny Luehring

R-2

May/June throughout summer

Front Range

Mechanical

Tommy John

R-1

June, 2007

 TBD

Mechanical

Sharon DeHart

R-4

June, 2007

Southern Utah, Cedar City

Variety of equipment

Jeff Bruggink

R-4

September, 2007

Utah, Salt Lake area

Brush hog

Jeff Bruggink

R-6

Mid June-July, 2007

Blue Mountain, Deschutes NF

 Mechanical

Steve Howes

Soil Disturbance Classification Form  Use the attached hyperlink to access the soil disturbance classification form. This classification system was developed by Steve Howes and modified to have fewer disturbance classifications. The photo field guide will capture photos of each disturbance class in forests across the country.

R-5 Field Trip Photos (Shasta-Trinity, Lassen, Lake Tahoe Basin)

PowerPoint Presentations

Project Overview Presentation to Regional Soil Scientists (Carolyn Napper)

Progress Towards a Common Approach to Assess... (Mike Curran et al)

 

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