Wetlands information....

Sample Management Plan...

A sample management plan has been placed in the library on reserve under FOR 173.

Blair said that he also had a couple of his plans online for you. I would recommend looking at those first.

Soil Report Update - for final notebook grade

In addition to the brief in-class soil report about your on-campus soil sites (Johnny, Jeremy, and Austin have already gone), you will all be expected to have the following based on your management sites (or approved alternative) in your notebooks for the final notebook grade. Anything above and beyond the minimum will help you achieve a higher grade.


Minimum requirements:

1. Map with soil phases shown. (more maps are always better)
   
2. Printed copy of your site-specific analysis from NC State
   
3. Finalized amendment rates (if suggested on reports) for at least one location at your management site. Amendment rates should be adjusted for the amount of area you are managing.
   
4. A description of how soil analysis results will impact the management plan for your site. Summarize the management goals of your site and integrate soil management practice recommendations (could include fertilization, liming, road building, conservation areas, etc.

Haywood Waterways Lecture

Link to Eric's Guest Presentation....

Soil Nutrients...

Geolog/Erosion/Pollution Lab Follow-up

MOST up-to-date exam review is through link in previous post.


-buddy

REVIEW SHEET FOR EXAM II...

Here is the link: Review Sheet for EXAM II

REMEMBER EXAM II WILL BE HELD DURING LECTURE TIME ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 31ST.

NOTEBOOKS will also be DUE EXAM DAY. Remember that lab activities should be included.

Soil Biology Finale

Soil Biology

Awesome Internet GIS tool ....

http://www.seesouthernforests.org/explore-maps

Green soil...

Additional note: Green soil can also be located lower in soil profiles and caused by the same anaerobic conditions that are in the gray/blue soils. Typically a very light olive green.

Campus Soil Report Now Available....

Our campus soil report is now available. Please take a look at the notes. (Hyperlinks from within the PDF).

Visual Key to Samples here.

Soil Physics I & II.

Soils and Hydrology

Figure 1. U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic regions (outlined in black, Seaber and others, 1994) of the Mississippi River Basin (MRB) (shown in blue) in the United States. MRB hydrologic regions are numbered: 05, Ohio; 06 , Tennessee; 07, Upper Mississippi; 08, Lower Mississippi; 10, Missouri; and 11, Arkansas-White-Red. Soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and inventory estimates for the hydrologic regions are given in table 3. See table 4 for the SOC storage estimates for counties (mapped areas of counties shown in gray) in these hydrologic regions.

Mapping Laboratory...

Laboratory exercises. In Google Documents. or in MSWord.

Dredging Lake Junaluska....

Where did all this sediment come from?

Ghost Town Slide....

These images were generously provided by Duane Vanhook, Soil Conservationist, Haywood Soil and Water Conservation District. These images are for educational purposes only.

Data from Salinity/pH/texture lab....

Click on image to see full size.

Next series of soil lectures....

Soil Taxonomy Lecture 1


Soil Taxonomy Lecture 2


Soil Survey

Link to Great Soil Order Resource from the University of Idaho

Recent Activities....

Hopefully, you are keeping up with your soil temperature measurements. Also I will mail off soil samples from your management sites next Friday 2/19/2010. Make sure you have them in before then.

Review for Exam I Posted

Reminders:

1. Exam 1 will be from 1 - 3:50 pm on Tuesday February 9th (Room 309)
2. Exam Review Guide Posted Here (I may add to this so check back)
3. Keep up with your soil temperature readings.

Soil Texture Lab

Lab for Tuesday February 2nd.

1. Laboratory Exercise Handout
2. Flash Animation Explaining use of Soil Texture Triangle

Also confirmed dates for fieldtrips include:

1. 3/16 COWEETA - will need to leave at noon.
2. 4/6 Haywood Waterways Association (normal laboratory time)
3. 4/12 and 4/13 Boone (Dr. Jim Hamilton) overnight will depart afternoon of 4/12 TBA
4. 4/20 Kent Clary - local NRCS office (overview and Arc Map version of WSS) 
5. 4/27 John Calabria - LID NCSU (based out of NC Arboretum

Survey for daily twice-weekly soil temperature measurements...

1. The survey can be found here (Link to Survey)
2. You will need to go to the survey once for each location for each day you take data.
3. You can see all the current data here (Link to Live Spreadsheet).
4. Let me know if you have any questions.
   

NPR.org - Engineers Watch Texas Homes For More Moving Soil

Buddy thought you would be interested in this story: Engineers Watch Texas Homes For More Moving Soil
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Soil and Water....

Soils Lab 2: Temperature, Carbon Cycle, and Forensic Fun...

Make sure your lab team takes temperature samples at least twice a week.


Carbon cycle and global warming....


Forensics...

Soils Lab 1 - Soil Web Resources and Soil Sampling

Today in lab we....

1. Completed the 'Web Soil Survey' worksheet. (this should be put in your notebook)
2. Took several soil samples around campus.
3. All soil sampling handouts are available at: NCDA & CS Agronomic Services: Soil Testing.

Speed Soil Sampling

Weekend Rain and the Pigeon

Within hours of the rain starting, sediment in this part of the Pigeon had increased substantially.