NCR3: Soil Survey

(Multistate Research Coordinating Committee and Information Exchange Group)

Status: Inactive/Terminating

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Date of Annual Report: 12/12/2003

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Annual Meeting Dates: 09/22/2003 - 09/22/2003
Period the Report Covers: 07/01/2002 - 09/01/2003

Participants

Hammer, R.David - MO; Olson, Ken IL; Bill Zanner, Bill NE; Fenton, Tom IA; Steinhardt, Gary IN; Ransom, Mickey KS; Miller, Gerald - IA - Administrative Advisor; Kelsea, Russ - USDA NRCS; Knighton, Ray - USDA CSREES

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Brief Summary of Minutes

The annual meeting of NCR-3 was held in Ames, IA on September 22, 2003.

The meeting was called to order at 9:00 am by David Hammer.

Minutes from the 2002 meeting were edited and approved. Gary Steinhardt was incorrectly listed as from USDA-NRCS instead of IN.

The agenda prepared by David Hammer was distributed and discussed. Tom Fenton requested an item discussing the United States Consortium of Soil Science Associations.

Committee Reports

Soil Taxonomy Committee - replacement is needed for Jay Bell. Cindy Stiles was nominated and elected. A detailed proposal of Soil Taxonomy has been in circulation since the spring.

Soil Survey Advisory Committee - no report. Moved and approved to dissolve this committee.

Eroded Soils Committee - (See attached minutes) Moved and seconded to rename the Eroded Soils Committee as the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Soil Inorganic Carbon Committee. Motion approved unanimously. Ken Olson will chair the committee. Members will be David Hammer, Bill Zanner, and Mickey Ransom.

Precision Farming Committee - no report. Jay Bell had agreed at the 2002 meeting to provide a list of key issues. He will be asked to provide some information on the status of the committee to NCR-3 via e-mail.

Hydric Soils Committee A methods Manual has been assembled by Jay Bell, and a report on terminology was developed by Don Franzmeier. David Hammer will contact Jay and Don for reports.

Nominating Committee - all officers are now elected for two-year terms. Need a chair of a writing committee. Jerry Miller noted that NCR-3 needs to concentrate on recording our accomplishments. It was agreed to continue our current set of officers for one more year, which follows the strong recommendation of our Administrative Advisor. At next years meeting, we will vote on whether to continue our current procedure of electing officers.

Old Business

The Regional Soil Map has now been published. It was suggested to publish the map on the NCR-3 website. Electronic copies will be e-mailed to all committee members. David Hammer will print copies for those without easy access to large format printers. Jerry Miller suggested adding to the legend that the map was developed and published by NCR-3, Soil Survey. There was discussion about how the map would be used. Jerry Miller also suggested that we publish the map in a refereed article in Soil Survey Horizons. The article would also include information about the objectives of NCR-3, the reasons for developing the map, and a request for suggestions about how the map should be used. Tom Fenton and David Hammer will work on the article.

Linking state associations - no report from the group chaired by David Hopkins. Tom Fenton reported on the US Consortium of Soil Science Associations. Tom has been working with Jim Culver on this. He passed out a brochure discussion this association. The association has a website that links all of the state associations. Eventually, it will include a listing of professional soil scientists in each state that are members of a state association and whether they are available for private consulting work. Much of this effort is aimed at the professional soil scientist who is not a member of SSSA. There will be a roundtable discussion about this topic on Tuesday evening at the ASA-SSSA meetings in Denver.

New Business

CSREES report (Ray Knighton)

CSREES currently is operating without a budget. Currently a large discrepancy exists between the Senate and House budgets. Ray expects the budget to hold even with the NRI allocations. The program announcement should be out in the next few weeks with major changes in NRI. Air quality will be a new program in NRI. New authority will be given in 2003 for CSREES to conduct integrative activities, and most programs in CSREES will have integrative components. An effort will made to increase the award size because of the emphasis on integration. This will result in fewer but larger awards. There will be trend to focus on more specific topics with focus on mission - linked research with applied applications. A strong effort is being made to strengthen cooperation between USDA and NASA in:

Air quality

Water management

Carbon management

Invasive species

Efficient agriculture

USDA will be working to fund projects within states on geo-spatial extension. Proposals will be about $100,000 per year for three years. State will be required to provide the faculty positions germane to geo-spatial analyses. Maury Horton has retired. Ray is working more in air quality. Another person, M. Morant, has been added to the CSREES staff.

USDA - NRCS report (Russ Kelsea)

Mike Golden is the new Director of Soil Survey. A reorganization is underway within NRCS, but this will not effect the state or MO levels of operation. A proposed framework plan has been released, but final details are not yet available (see http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/about/reorg). Under the proposed plan regional offices will be closed and their functions moved to state or national headquarters offices. Functions currently performed at Institutes and by cooperating scientists will be reassigned to three new, regionally located national technical centers. The Soil Survey Division is looking at alternatives to the published soil survey. Current law only requires that the soil survey information be made available in a useful form to the public. New rule changes probably will emerge on the dissemination of soil survey information, and these rules will be written into the code of federal regulations. The new rules will be available for public comment before they are adopted. A memorandum of understanding will be executed for each project soil survey. The plan is to move to a system within which the official source of soil survey information resides in the soils data warehouse. A certification process would be required when a new or revised set of data are added to the soils data warehouse. More emphasis is being placed on using Technical Notes as a means of documentation. For example, there is a Technical Note on range in characteristics of soil series. The Tech Notes are available at http://soils.usda.gov/technical along with other technical references.

Administrative Advisors Report (Jerry Miller)

Wisconsin told the directors that Birl Lowery is stepping down. Jerry Miller is the replacement, and the transition occurred in August. Directors are considering dropping NCRs committees and renaming them as NCIEG (North Central Information and Exchange Group). They are also considering changing NCTs to NCDC (North Central Development Committee). Items for NCR-3 member to complete:

Governance

Renew or die - need a vote

If renew, need to decide if we want to keep NCR-3 designation

If renew, need objectives and initial statements of issues - it was actually due on Sept. 15. Need a chair of the writing committee. Need to put up on the website (NIMMS).

Current report - need minutes that follow the format. Need state reports in the standard format. Need list of accomplishments, and these must be in the minutes.

Jerry passed out information pertaining to the Justification for Retaining Old Project Numbers.

If we dont try to keep our NCR-3 designation, we will use NC_temp1089. Jerry passed out information pertaining to New and Renewal Approval Process for NCRA Projects.

It was agreed that David Hammer will be the Writing Committee. Drafts of the proposal will be distributed by e-mail to all members for review and input.

Jerry discussed the deadlines. We need to have the objectives and justification finalized in about 10 days. The deadline of December 1 for the proposal is rigid. Minutes must be posted by December 15. NCA committees review projects starting Feb. 15.

Jerry discussed the New and Renewal Project Development and Approval Process.

Jerry discussed the format required for the proposal as outlined in Appendix B. He also reviewed how to complete Appendix E-1. Each members own administration will need to complete a new Appendix E-1 for NC_temp1089.

It was agreed that we will use MS Word to circulate drafts of the proposal.

We discussed the objectives in our current project and talked about how these should be modified for the new proposal.

We attempted to write objectives. The current project objectives are:

1. Coordinate activities and set priorities among the experiment stations for the NCSSS in the NCR.

2. Identify and prioritize common needs for soil and landscape research by Major Land Resource Areas to foster cooperative research projects and minimize duplication.

3. Provide the scientific foundation for databases needed for soil and landscape interpretations

4. Utilize the regional soil maps as a basis for generation of regional interpretative maps related to selected soil and landscape properties

5. Develop and utilize new models and methods of presenting soil and landscape parameters and data and their relationships with surface and subsurface waters.

6. Evaluate and use appropriate new technologies for characterization of soil properties and their spatial distributions on the landscape.

Much discussion ensued about what kinds of objectives we should pursue and how to document accomplishments. Jerry Miller reminded us several times that documentation of outcomes is essential. He said the accepted outcomes include

1. Publications

2. Workshops

3. Symposia

4. Documented cooperation with other regional committees and other members of NCSS

We agreed that the following issues are keys for our sub-discipline of soil science and fall within the historic and current activities of soil survey:

1. Interpretations/uses of soils information

2. Water quality surface waters and the vadose zone

3. Soil organic carbon

We listed what we perceive to be the most important problems facing our sub-discipline of soil science and soil survey activities:

1. The standard soil survey has limitations for uses at different scales and applications.

2. Many users lack the skills to understand the potentials, limitations and applications of soil surveys and soil data bases.

3. Existing interpretive recommendations are qualitative and are too general or vague for the kinds of site-specific applications many users have.

4. The conversion of our data and maps to electronic media brings information to a wider audience of uneducated users, many of whom assume that anything that comes from a computer is fact.

It was agreed to that we should concentrate on developing broad objectives that we could easily document outcomes for over the next three years. During the ensuing discussions, several key ideas emerged, but the members did not commit them to objective form. Among these ideas were:

1. Developing web-based data files and interpretive files.

2. Addressing the issue of scales of soil attributes across temporal and spatial variances for land uses and interpretations.

3. The need to interact with users and potential users to determine what they need.

4. The need to educate users about what we know and what we can do for them.

5. The need to shift the emphasis of soil survey from classification and mapping to maintenance of map units, maps and data and refinement of those models and data for future interpretations and uses.

6. The need to shift the emphasis of soil survey from classification and mapping to precise interpretations for an increasing variety of users.

7. Integrating GIS and allied technologies in ways that allow us to do most of the above-mentioned things.

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Accomplishments

*The North Central Region Soils CD was released. This CD includes a regional map showing distribution of soils at the suborder level. This material is a major update of the map titled "Major Soils of the North Central Region, U.S.A.", in North Central Region Publication No. 76, June 1960. *Committee members collaborate state-by-state as well as on a multi-state basis with USDA NRCS staff as part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS). Collaboration includes planning and organization of the bi-annual regional soil survey conference. *On-going communications and collaboration with scientists and staff at the NRCS National Soil Survey Center.

Publications

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES Brevik, E. C., AND T. E. Fenton. 2002. The relative influence of soil water content, clay, temperature, and carbonate minerals on soil electrical conductivity readings taken with an EM-38 along a Mollisol catena in central Iowa. Soil Survey Horizons. in press. Brevik, E. C., T. E. Fenton, and A. Lazari. 2003. Differences in EM-38 Readings Taken Above Crop Residues Versus Readings Taken With Instrument-Ground Contact. Precision Agriculture 4: 351-358. Brevik, E. C. and T. E. Fenton. 2003. Use of the Geonics. EM-38 to Delineate Soils in a Loess Over Till Landscape, Southwestern Iowa. Soil Survey Horizons 44(1): 16-24. Brevik, E. C., T. E. FENTON, and R. Horton. 2003 Effect of Daily Soil Temperature Fluctuations on Soil Electrical Conductivity as Measured with the Geonics. EM-38. Precision Agriculture. in press. Brevik, E. C., J. Lee, T. E. Fenton, and R. Horton. 2003. Evaluation of the Influence of Soil Moisture, Calcite Content, and Temperature on Bulk Electrical Conductivity. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science. In press. Chang, J., D.E. Clay, C.G. Carlson, S.A. Clay, and D.D. Malo. 2002. The Influence of Different Classification Approaches on N and P Fertilizer Recommendations. In Robert et al. (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Precision Agriculture July 14-17 2002. Minneapolis MN. p 120. Chang, J., D.E. Clay, C.G. Carlson, S.A. Clay, D.D. Malo, and R. Berg. 2003. The Influence of Different Management Zone Approaches on Corn (Zea mays) N and P Fertilizer Recommendation. Agronomy Journal (in press). Ellsbury, S.A. Clay, D.E. Clay, D.D. Malo, and C.G. Carlson. 2002. Increased Incidence of Extended Diapause in Northern Corn Rootworm and Evidenced by Georeferenced Adult Emergence. In Robert et al. (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Precision Agriculture July 14-17 2002. Minneapolis MN. p 148. Eynard A., T.E. Schumacher, M.J. Lindstrom, D.D. Malo, R.A. Kohl., 2003. Wettability of soil aggregates from cultivated and uncultivated Ustolls and Usterts. Austr. J. Soil Res. (in press). Hopkins, D. G and D. W. Franzen. 2003. Argillic Horizons in Stratified Drift: Luverne End Moraine, Eastern North Dakota. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67: 790-796. Kovda, I., E. C. Brevik, T. E. Fenton, and M. Gerasimova. 2003. The impact of white pine (Pinus strobus) on a Mollisol after seven decades of soil development. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science. (in press). Lindstrom, M.J., T.E. Schumacher, and D.D. Malo. 2002. Distribution of Organic and Inorganic Soil Carbon in an Eroded Prairie Landscape. 45th Annual Manitoba Society of Soil Science Meeting. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Feb 5-6, 2002. Lindstrom, M.J., T.E. Schumacher, D.D. Malo, and S. de Alba. 2002. Soil Profile Modifications by Soil Redistribution from Tillage: Effects on Soil Quality Parameters on a Prairie Landscape. British Society of Soil Science and GeoStats-UK. Conference - Theoretical Developments and Applications of Spatial Analysis in the Environment, Earth, and Agricultural Sciences. University of Reading, Reading, England. March 25-26, 2002. Malo, D.D. 2002. Soils of the Grasslands. In Encyclopedia of Soil Science, R. Lal ed., Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, New York 10016, p 616-620. Schumacher, T.E., J.A. Schumacher, D.D. Malo, J.J. Doolittle, A.A. Boe, G.E. Larson, L.C. Schleicher, Jr., and J.R. Johnson. 2002. Gilt Edge Mine NPL Site Lawrence County, South Dakota Final Report for the PAW Evaluation. Plant Science Department Pamphlet 8. South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. South Dakota State University. Brookings 57007-2141. Schumacher, T.E., M.J. Lindstrom, D.D. Malo, and J.A. Schumacher. 2002. Spatial Patterns of Bulk Electrical Conductivity on an Eroded Prairie Landscape. British Society of Soil Science and GeoStats-UK. Conference - Theoretical Developments and Applications of Spatial Analysis in the Environment, Earth, and Agricultural Sciences. University of Reading, Reading, England. March 25-26, 2002. Smeck, N.E. and D. Balduff. 2002. Contrasting approaches for the classification of eroded soils in the USA. paper no. 616 in Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science: Confronting New Realities in the 21st Century. Bangkok, Thailand. Smeck, N.E., J.M. Bigham, W.F. Guertal and G.F. Hall. 2002. Spatial distribution of lepidocrocite in a soil hydrosequence. Clay Minerals 37: 687-697. Tan, Z.X., R. Lal, N.E. Smeck, F.G. Calhoun, R.M. Gehring and B. Parkinson. 2003. Identifying associations among soil and site variables using canonical correlation analysis. Soil Science 168(5):376-382. Underwood, J.F. and N.E. Smeck. 2002. Soil development in two Ohio minesoils under continuous grass cover for twenty-five years following reclamation. pp 1158-1172 in R. Barnhisel and M. Collins (eds.) Reclamation with a Purpose. Proceeding of 19th National Conference of American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Lexington, KY. Published by Am. Soc. of Mining and Reclamation, Lexington, KY. Wu, J. W. A. Norvell, D. G. Hopkins, D. B. Smith, M. G. Ulmer, and R. M. Welch. 2003. Improved prediction and mapping of soil copper by kriging with auxiliary data for cation-exchange capacity. 2003. Soil Science Society of America Journal 67:919-927. Yang, J., R.D. Hammer, A.L. Thompson, and R.W.Blanchar. 2003. Predicting soybean yield in a dry and wet year using a soil productivity index. J.Plant and Soil. 250(2):175-182 NON-REFEREED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Dyer, R., J. Coffman, M. Ransom, J. Rowlett, and L. Rodgers. 2002. Faculty evaluation and post-tenure review: sharing best practices across departments to connect departmental goals, procedures, and professional development. 10th American Association of Higher Education Conference on Faculty Roles & Rewards, January 24 - 27, 2002, Phoenix, AZ, p. 15. Malo, D.D., J.H. Lee. 2002, J.J. Doolittle, and D.K. Lee. Impact of Selected Organic Matter Destruction Methods in Soil Particle Size Analysis. Abstract No. 140704. In 2002 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA. Madison, WI. Olson, K. R. and J. M. Lang. 2002. Average Crop Productivity Index Ratings for Illinois Soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Soil Survey Horizons 43:22-30 W.A.R. Nishantha Fernando, Geronimo Watson, Charles W. Rice, and Michel D. Ransom. 2003. Establishment of benchmarks for the measurement and monitoring of carbon sequestration in soil. Carbon Measurement and Monitoring Forum, October 15 - 17, 2003, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS

Impact Statements

Date of Annual Report: 08/30/2004

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 07/12/2004 - 07/16/2004
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2003 - 10/01/2004

Participants

Administrative Advisor:
Gerald Miller, Iowa State University, 132 Curtiss Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1050
Chair: Richard D. Hammer, University of Missouri, Dept. of Civil/Env. Engineering, Columbia, MO 65211
Secretary: Cynthia Stiles, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Soil Science, Madison, WI 53706

Members in attendance:

Terry Cooper - Minnesota (substitute for Jay Bell), Dave Hammer - Missouri, Russ Kelsea - NRCS Lincoln, Ken Olson - Illinois, Mickey Ransom - Kansas, Gary Steinhardt - Purdue, Cynthia Stiles - Wisconsin.

Members absent:

Tom Fenton - Iowa, Dave Hopkins - North Dakota, Doug Malo - South Dakota, Del Mokma - Michigan, Bill Zanner - Nebraska, James Bockheim - Wisconsin, Laurie Osher - Maine, and Jay Noller - Oregon State, Ray Knighton - CSREES.

Brief Summary of Minutes

Meeting called to order Monday, July 12 at 6:25 PM at the Indiana State NRCS office, Indianapolis, IN. The meeting continued until approximately 8:30 PM, recessed, and was reconvened Tuesday, July 13 at 9:00 AM during the Regional Soil Survey Work Planning Conference.

2003 minutes were approved by voice vote upon a motion made by M. Ransom, seconded by T. Cooper.

Report from Administrative Advisor Gerald Miller:

1) Current 5-year project terminates Sept.30, 2004. Dave Hammer and writing team got the renewal in on time (NCRA committee in Madison, presently designated as NC_temp1089). The proposal was approved for renewal for five years, October 2004 - September 2009. The committee will retain its current designation, NCR-3. Specific criticisms of the project: 1) Objectives are excessively broad and do not seem to address emerging issues and 2) there is a need to reach wider audience.

2) Specific comments shared by the Administrative Advisor addressed separation of objectives and operating model of NCs and NCRs, reducing administrative burdens to NCR and delegation of more flexibility to committees.
a. Despite this anticipated separation, there is still a need for clear accountability for the project - a need for immediate accomplishment. Review will be in third year (FY 2007) for midterm, so the committee needs to conceptualize and activate a productive output to demonstrate in this review.
b. Appendix E's have been filed for the representative for each University, Two new states have been added, Kentucky (Tassos Karathanasis) and Oregon State (Jay Noller). Terry Cooper replaces Jay Bell for Minnesota, Andrew Manu will replace Tom Fenton (retired) for Iowa. Laurie Osher, Maine, has not filed an Appendix E for the new NCR-3.
c. The NIMSS webpage is accessible through specific directions given in Appendix 3. Budget information for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 was distributed and showed that distributed funds have been cut by roughly 10% overall in 2004 but are projected to be level into 2005.
d. Directors originally asked for multi-state committees to have a chair, chair-elect, and a secretary, and for each officer to serve for a two-year term, but this is under discussion.

David Hammer thanked Jerry for his extraordinary service and support through the renewal efforts, and observed that Jerry had kept in touch with the committee throughout the year and had attended and participated in all meetings.

Report from NRCS Representative Russ Kelsea:

1) NRCS re-organization: there are to be three new national technology support centers (NTSC) with core soil scientist to focus on interpretation and proper use of soil information (Greensboro, NC, Ft. Worth, TX, and Portland, OR) in place and operational by Sept 2004. Soil Survey's charge is to develop and promulgate soil resource information and this re-organization will address the contemporary needs of the survey users. Office of Management and Budget has found that this is a weak link for the agency, but still has problems deciding under whose jurisdiction this falls. National Headquarter changes: Ken Lubich will be the Program Manager (Replacing Maxine Levin), Carolyn Olson will transfer to Washington as the new Science Advisor, and eventually new national leader will be named for to replace Dr. Olson in Lincoln. This position will combine the investigations and research with the director of the National Soil Survey laboratory.
2) National Cartographic and Geospatial Center (NCGC) to open in Morgantown, WV, as a mandated center through CESU, emphasis on new technology development - first project will be to get the existing centers to work together (Information Systems Plan). NCGC won aggressive bid but will have to reduce personnel to follow up on digital survey production job. The agency is now deciding on best method of delivering the product and amending bills to move from requirement of electronic promulgation only to optional print format. Shifting to an electronic format has been challenging because the existing federal guidelines require that soil surveys be in "book" format. A more generic set of working guidelines is being proposed.
3) There has been a reduction of roughly half the number of soil scientists from 1970 to present. Many more soon will retire and opportunities to hire many new, young soil scientists will be available in the upcoming years. Committee members raised questions on whether or not the agency will try to make information available to potential employees and simplify the application process. A perceived problem in recruiting new hires is that the agency uses human resources personnel to recruit rather than allowing field soil scientists to recruit and explain the nuances of a career in soil survey. Russ Kelsea noted that future soil scientists will have different career tracks, and a new spectrum of skills and opportunities exists. Additional commentary followed on reaching high school students and continuing soil-judging programs at the undergrad level.
4) NASIS/TERRA (Forest Service) issues are being addresses at the NCSS. Forest Service views Resource Inventory as an empirical survey whereas NCSS tends to be a stochastic inventory (i.e., landscape mapping). Issues will be addressed at
NCSS.

Old Business:

Eroding Mollisols (reported by Ken Olson) focuses on taxonomic problems associated with erosional phases - eroded Mollisols = prime timber soils and loss of genetic "thread". Proposal written by K. Olson was sent for review to M. Ransom, D. Hammer, N. Smeck, and T. Fenton and criteria were refined for the mollic epipedon thickness requirements, OC content, color, to exclude timber soils. Russ Kelsea suggested that we need to define the characteristics of these soils to help the survey folks make best interpretations. M. Ransom advanced the idea that the entire landscape needs to be evaluated rather than specific sites and perhaps the taxonomic problem should be less important than interpretation and land use capability. Dave Hammer suggested that subcommittees should look at specific problems and produce white paper reports of their findings. He further suggested that this is the kind of activity and reporting that administrators are expecting of multi-state committees.

New Business:

1) Ken Olson presented the updated list for officer sequence through the states and then brought a motion to have three officers as suggested by the multi-state research committee. T. Cooper second - passed as stated. The suggestion that officers serve two-year terms was rejected. Officers will serve one year term only as traditionally done in the past. New officers for next year Chair: Cynthia Stiles, Chair-Elect: Terry Cooper, Secretary: Mickey Ransom.
2) Meeting for 2005 will be 20-21 June in Madison, WI, with arrangements being made by C. Stiles.
3) Mickey Ransom made a motion to organize subcommittees into "action" and "service" categories, seconded by G. Steinhardt, motion passed by voice vote.
Subcommittees current at meeting time were:
Soil taxonomy
Hydric soils
Nominating committee
Soil survey advisory
Precision farming
Database
Spatial and temporal distribution of soil organic carbon committee, which replaced the Eroded soils committee in 2003.

The following new subcommittees and members were confirmed:

New service subcommittees:
Soil Taxonomy, (C. Stiles carryover, G. Steinhardt new)
National Conference on Soil Survey, (G. Steinhardt carryover, D. Hopkins new)
National Soil Survey Advisory (inactive; K. Olson volunteered as contact)
National Soil Survey Database (T. Fenton has been handling this and it is generally inactive but not officially so; M. Ransom volunteered to work on this).

Inactive service committee: National Soil Survey Standards

Motion made by M. Ransom to accept these action committee as suggested, R Kelsea second, motion passed by voice vote.

New action committees
Soil Organic/Inorganic (Eroded Mollisols): Olson (chair), Hammer, Ransom, Zanner.
Education and Training: Ransom (chair), Cooper, Hammer, Steinhardt, Stiles.
High intensity Survey: Steinhardt (chair pro-temp)
Focus to be on scale, quality assurance, procedures and standards
Interpretations: Hammer (chair)
Focus to be on user population, their needs, and moving to web-based information and data

Motion made by K. Olson to accept these service committees and chairs as suggested, seconded by C. Stiles, D. Hammer will e-mail absent members to participate in these committees, G. Miller suggested that we act quickly to define objectives and consider ideas for action. M. Ransom volunteered to update list-serve for
committee members. Motion passed on voice vote.

4) Mickey Ransom made a brief progress report on NC-94 (renewed as NC 1018): "Impact of climate and soils on crop management". He and Brian Slater (Ohio) are responsible for contributing appropriate soil information for this project.

5) Mickey Ransom suggested that committee chairs update membership using a listserve, and Mickey volunteered to establish the listserver.

6) Ken Olson suggested that we be open to interaction with national committees and participate in the national Soil Survey Work Planning Conference, and that we send at least one member to this meeting each year that it is held. The ensuing discussion produced the following suggestions for topics:
" Working with NRCS for national education and recruitment goals.
" Intepretation revisions from eroded soils.
" Precision agriculture and first order soil surveys
o Quality assurance
o Standards

7) Possible NCR-3 objectives were discussed and included:
" Create "critical mass" for policy decisions.
" Identify soil and landform research needs.
" Develop and coordinate interpretations.
" Bring interpretations to national recognition

Business meeting adjourned at 11:15AM after the exchange of state reports and reaffirmation of next year's officers.

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Accomplishments

NCR-3 State Summary Reports 2004 University of Illinois Ken Olson Illinois has 100 published county reports with 2 reports awaiting publication. Thirty counties have a digital soil survey in progress. Several soil scientists are assigned to MLRA offices. Research Activities: " Soil productivity-erosion relationships " Evaluation of conservation tillage systems for the restoration of productivity of previously eroded soils " Crop yield production by soil series " Quantification of erosion and sedimentation " Effects of soil tillage on SOC sequestration Publications: 5 peer-reviewed journal articles 2 book chapters Indiana -- Purdue University G.C. Steinhardt All 92 Indiana counties have been surveyed and have published soil survey reports. Three survey reports are in press. Ten counties have been updated at a scale of 1:12,000 and updates are in progress in four counties. Surveys published after 1980 are being recompiled on orthophotography and digitized, and 30 counties have been completed. Purdue no longer has a soil characterization laboratory, and all analyses in support of the NCSS are being conducted at the NSSL in Lincoln, NE. Research in support of soil survey: " Monitoring water table depth, mineral reduction and water movement in a variety of parent materials. This is part of the global change initiative. " Properties of reclaimed minesoils " Precision studies that include soil variability. " Hydraulic conductivity on Bluffton and Tipton Till plains. Emphasis in on need for on-site septic systems. " Noninvasive septic system evaluation with electromagnetic incuction. Courses taught: No information provided Publications: No information provided Iowa State University T.E. Fenton All Iowa counties have been mapped once. Some counties have multiple soil survey publications, and 12 counties have out-of-date soil surveys. The oldest soil surveys are being updated, and all updates will be on an MLRA basis using an orthophoto base with a scale of 1:12,000. All previous surveys were at a scale of 1:15,840. All Iowa counties have digitized, georeferenced soil maps with county-specific soil data bases. Joining of sections into townships has been completed. The digitized soil survey maps and data bases are available at: http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/soils/ The soil characterization laboratory has insufficient funds for the first time since 1967, and for the first time since 1950, no NRCS soil survey personnel are housed on campus. Research activity related to soil survey: " Use of ground conductivity meters in soil survey " Organic matter inventory by soil map unit " Stratigraphic relationships on loess-covered benches in the Savanna Terraces " Soil moisture regime " Restored wetlands " Use of cesium-137 to evaluate soil erosion and deposition " Improved procedures for updating soil surveys " Use of soil-landform attributes for sanitarians and wastewater treatment " Updating modeling of Iowa crop yields Publications: 5 peer-reviewed articles 3 articles in Soil Survey Horizons Several articles "in press" or "in review" Kansas State University M.D. Ransom Future updates of soil surveys will be on an MLRA basis. Six MLRA's currently targeted for revision on a 1:12,000 ortho-quad base: " Central High Tableland (MLRA 72) " Southern High Plains (MLRA 77) " Central Rolling Red Prairie (MLRA 80A) " Cross-Timbers (MLRA 84A) " Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills (MLRA 106) " Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills (MLRA 107) All Kansas county soil surveys are digitized to NRCS standards for SSURGO certification. This was collaborative effort among NRCS, KSU Agronomy Department and KSU Geography Department in effort to develop a state-wide GIS. Data are available at: http://gisdasc.kgs.ukans.edu/dasc.html Work has begun to produce online soil survey manuscripts. Morton, Brown, Reno and Geary counties currently are available at: http://soils.usda/gov/survey/online surveys/kansas/ Soil surveys are being published on CD and Reno County is available. A soil characterization laboratory provides analyses of "grab samples" for the soil survey program. Approximately 500 samples were analyzed in FY04. Research activities related to soil survey: " Clay translocation and carbonate accumulation in 16-26 in. rainfall zone of western KS " Distributions and properties of clay minerals in KS soils with emphasis on fertility " Soil genesis and geomorphology in the Bluestem Hills " Development of the Kansas Irrigated Productivity Index (KIPI) for KS soils " Carbon sequestration using benchmark sites to estimates in SOC quantities. " With NC-1018 - Impact of Climate and Soils on Crop Selection and Management Courses taught include: Soil Judging, Environmental Quality, Soil Genesis and Classification, Soil Problems. Four publications: 1 peer-reviewed journal article 1 symposium 2 abstracts Maine - No Report Michigan - No Report Minnesota T.H. Cooper Minnesota has 87 counties, of which 49 have published modern soil surveys. Five counties have completed update mapping and update mapping is active in 9 counties. Ten publishes soil surveys are out-of-date. Six metropolitan counties require survey to meet intensive urban land use interpretations. Research related to soil survey: " Gullying, erosion and stream bank erosion - Cannon Valley Big Woods Project " GIS/RS innovative soil mapping update research involves using orthophoto data, IKONOS imagery and digital terrain analysis " Use of DGPS to produce a DEM for research efforts. " Use of web technology to distribute National Wetlands Inventory information " Investigation of spatial errors in Minnesota county soil surveys " Wet soil monitoring " Ecosystem atmosphere investigation to improve understanding of carbon balance dynamics in northern coniferous forests " Use of GIS to evaluate weed populations " Terrain, climate, soil, and crop interactions in the Minnesota River Basin " Effects of terrain, soil erosion and cropping on water quality in the Red River Valley Course taught: no information provided Publications: no information provided University of Missouri David Hammer All counties are digitized and most county soil surveys now are available in electronic format on the Center for Agriculture, Resources and Environmental Sciences (CARES) web site at http://soils.missouri.edu/ Also available at this site is the statewide DEM data base. The "update" approach has been divided into three phases, of which Phase I is in progress. Phase I activities include: " Develop a statewide legend and map unit numbering system " Generat a list of Missouri soil map units from NASIS to determine common soil map units. " Assign an MLRA office to be responsible for each map unit. Most MLRA offices will have 300 to 550 map untis from the total of 4,972 map units in Missouri. " MLRA map unit symbols are managed and assigned through the state office, based on recommendations from the MLRA project leaders. " State Legend assignments are approved by the State Soil Scientist and an Excel spreadsheet of map units is being maintained. All legend changes are documented in the NASIS data base. " Non-MLRA Legends also are being developed in NASIS. " Project leaders are determining needs for NASIS specialists in order to complete the NASIS data base. " Procedures have been developed and are in place for NASIS attribute data. " Adjust map unit delineations to landforms, ensuring compliance, "fit", and accuracy of map unit boundaries across county lines. Each NRCS MLRA office will have at least two "high end" computers and ArcGIS software. Phase II planning is nearing completion. Some Phase II efforts are underway. These include: 1. Pedon certification of existing laboratory data; 2. Identification of map units requiring field sampling and development of characterization data in the laboratory; and , 3. Development of attribute-based interpretations for locally important land uses. Annual reviews are conducted for each MLRA office by the State Soil Scientist, the MDNR Soil Survey Manager and the MU cooperating soil scientist. Research related to soil survey and interpretations: 1. Development of a Soil Potential Index (SPI) for onsite wastewater systems; 2. Storm water runoff in urban areas; Synthetic soils developed from cement kiln waste, yard waste and tertiary sludge Publications: 4 peer-reviewed journal articles, 5 published abstracts Courses taught: Genesis of Soil Landscapes; Pedology; Urban Watershed Management; Hydrology; Special Problems in Civil Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln William Zanner Nebraska retains 93 published modern soil surveys. Thirty five counties have out-of-print soil surveys. Seven updates have been completed, four updates are in press, two updates are in progress and two more are scheduled to begin in October, 2004. The Washington County soil survey is available on CD and two other counties are awaiting CD soil surveys. Soil surveys are available online for Boone, Deuel, Sheridan and Gage counties. Historical soil surveys are available online for Lancaster, Richardson, Seward and Wayne counties. Research activites include: " Sand Hills biocomplexity project. (Funded by NSF). Many collaborators with the goal of understanding the processes controlling the ecological and geomorphic stability of the grass-covered Sand Hills. " Effects of establishing pine on Sand Hills prairie soils. " Phenological network for ecological viticulture. Integrating empirical observations from Nebraska growers and university research sites into a viticulture phenology network and to match wine grape cultivars to the microclimates, soils and landscapes of Nebraska. Publications: 2 book chapters 2 peer-reviewed journal articles No courses taught were reported. North Dakota State University David Hopkins Twenty one counties have modern, published soil surveys. Eleven soil surveys are in press, 3 counties currently are being mapped and 18 county soil surveys are out of date. Research activities related to soil survey: " In cooperation with North Dakota Geological Survey acquisition of trace element data for surface horizons and B horizons of soils at 735 sites. Samples are being collected by field-experienced soil scientists. A subset of samples will be analyzed at the National Soil Survey Laboratory (NSSL) for ancillary physical and chemical properties. " Influence of geologic materials and pedogenic processes on trace elements and salinity in soil landscapes. Objective is to examine differences in trace element chemistry among different glacial till deposits in eastern North Dakota. In collaboration with ARS. " Characterization of increasing soil salinity in eastern North Dakota agricultural soils. In collaboration with an NDSU corn-breeder to identify salt-tolerant corn varieties. " Effects of sustained irrigation on reducing suface water levels in the Devils Lake area. " One year administrative study with U.S. Forest Service to examine potential impacts of grazing on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. Courses taught: Introduction to soil science; Advanced soil genesis, morphology and classification. Publications: 3 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals 1 published abstract Ohio - No Report Oregon - No Report South Dakota State University D.D. Malo All 67 counties have been mapped once and have a published soil survey. Soil survey update is progressing on an MLRA basis. Five counties have been updated in this process and field mapping continues in one county. All soil surveys have been digitized through a cooperative effort of state, federal and local agencies and SDSU. Topographic quad sheets also have been digitized. Cooperative efforts continue to develop a database of basic soils information. Research related to soil survey activities: " Critical evaluation of soil productivity for crop and range yields and range species composition and distribution. " Scanning old aerial photographs that are not otherwise available " Characterize research field soils as requested by other SDSU research staff " Soil factors that affect EM readings in eastern South Dakota " Helping with curriculum planning for a land-grant university in Bolivia, South America " Impacts of long-term grazing on soil chemical and physical properties " Evaluation of impacts of warm and cool season grasses and agricultural crops on soil chemical and physical properties " Feasibility of switchgrass as a means to sequester SOC " Effects of soil tillage on soil physical properties in Minnesota and South Dakota Courses taught: Introductory Soils; Integrated Management of Agricultural Resources; Soil Judging; Rural Real Estate Appraisal; Advanced Soil Genesis; Field Studies in Pedology Publications: 4 peer-reviewed journal articles 1 Experiment Station publication. 1 book chapter 1 url site 3 abstracts University of Wisconsin-Madison Cynthia A. Stiles The pedology program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is alive and well, and enjoying the helpful cooperation of state and regional NRCS personnel in field investigations. Ongoing field work includes: " With UW Geography Dept. - digital mapping with SoLIM (Soil-Landscape Inference Models) based on fine-resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEM's). Expect a completely SoLIM-generated soil map soon for Dane County. " Deep soil investigations in Driftless Area of southwest Wisconsin. Subsoil morphology shows signs of multiple generations of soil genesis under different environments. Important agricultural implications. " Investigating relict sub-tropical soil properties in North Dakota soils. " Major effortcomplete geochemical assessment of soils in the state of Wisconsin, in cooperation with NRCS. USGS is a project sponsor. Hope to have a full-time NRCS member staffed in UW Soil Science Department in coming calendar year. Student enrollment is holding steady. Six publications produced: 3 peer-reviewed journal 3 abstracts in Geological Society of America Courses taught: Pedology, Advanced Pedology, Wetland Ecology, Advanced Topics

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles Brevik, E. C., T.E. Fenton, and L. P. Moran. 2001. Effect of Soil Compaction on Organic Carbon Amounts and Distribution, South?Central Iowa. Environmental Pollution. 116 (2002) S137-S141. Brevik, E. C., AND T. E. Fenton. 2002. The relative influence of soil water content, clay, temperature, and carbonate minerals on soil electrical conductivity readings taken with an EM-38 along a Mollisol catena in central Iowa. Soil Survey Horizons. in press. Brevik, E. C., T. E. Fenton, and A. Lazari. 2003. Differences in EM-38 Readings Taken Above Crop Residues Versus Readings Taken With Instrument-Ground Contact. Precision Agriculture 4: 351-358. Brevik, E. C. and T. E. Fenton. 2003. Use of the Geonics. EM-38 to Delineate Soils in a Loess Over Till Landscape, Southwestern Iowa. Soil Survey Horizons 44(1): 16-24. Brevik, E. C., T. E. FENTON, and R. Horton. 2003 Effect of Daily Soil Temperature Fluctuations on Soil Electrical Conductivity as Measured with the Geonics. EM-38. Precision Agriculture. in press. Brevik, E. C., J. Lee, T. E. Fenton, and R. Horton. 2003. Evaluation of the Influence of Soil Moisture, Calcite Content, and Temperature on Bulk Electrical Conductivity. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science. In press. Bockheim, J.G, A.N. Gennadiyev and R.D. Hammer (in press). Historical developments of key concepts in pedology. Geoderma. Calhoun, F. G., N. E. Smeck, B. K Slater, J. M. Bigham, and G. F. Hall. 2001. Predicting bulk density of Ohio soils from morphology, genetic principles, and laboratory characterization data. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64: 811-819. Carlson, C.G., D.E. Clay, D.D. Malo, and T.E. Schumacher. The Issues in Carbon Sequestration. ABS 5-01. College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. South Dakota State University. Brookings SD 5007. Chang,J., D.E. Clay, C.G. Carlson, J. Lee, D.D. Malo, S.A. Clay, and M.M. Ellsbury. 1999. Selecting Precision Farming Soil Sampling Protocols: Part 1. Grid Distance Impact on Semivariogram and Estimation Variances. Precision Agriculture (in press). Chang, J., D.E. Clay, C.G. Carlson, S.A. Clay, and D.D. Malo. 2002. The Influence of Different Classification Approaches on N and P Fertilizer Recommendations. In Robert et al. (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Precision Agriculture July 14-17 2002. Minneapolis MN. p 120. Chang, J., D.E. Clay, C.G. Carlson, S.A. Clay, D.D. Malo, and R. Berg. 2003. The Influence of Different Management Zone Approaches on Corn (Zea mays) N and P Fertilizer Recommendation. Agronomy Journal (in press). Clay, D.E., D.D. Malo, C.L. Reese, and C.G. Carlson. 1999. Identifying Good Candidates for Precision Phosphorus Management. SSMG-13. In Clay et al. (ed) Site Specific Management Guidelines. Potash and Phosphate Institute. Norcross, GA. Clay, D.E., J. Chang, C.G. Carlson, D.D. Malo, S.A. Clay, and M. Ellsbury. 2000.Precision Farming Protocols: Part 2: Comparison of Sampling Approaches for Precision P Management. Comm. Soil and Plant Anal. 31:2969-2985. Clay, D.E., J. Chang, D.D. Malo, C.G. Carlson, C. Reese, S.A. Clay, M. Ellsbury and B. Berg. 2001. Factors Influencing Spatial Variability of Soil Apparent Electrical Conductivity. Comm. Soil and Plant Anal. 32(19&20):2993-3008. Ellsbury, M.M., W.D. Woodson, D.D. Malo, S.A. Clay, D.E. Clay, and C. G. Carlson. 2001. Variability in Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica spp.) Population Density and Injury in Relation to Landscape Position within Fields. Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Precision Agriculture. Montpellier, France. June 18-20, 2001. Ellsbury, S.A. Clay, D.E. Clay, D.D. Malo, and C.G. Carlson. 2002. Increased Incidence of Extended Diapause in Northern Corn Rootworm and Evidenced by Georeferenced Adult Emergence. In Robert et al. (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Precision Agriculture July 14-17 2002. Minneapolis MN. p 148. Eynard A., T.E. Schumacher, M.J. Lindstrom, D.D. Malo, R.A. Kohl., 2003. Wettability of soil aggregates from cultivated and uncultivated Ustolls and Usterts. Austr. J. Soil Res. (in press). Fenton, T.E. AND M.E. Collins. 2000. The Soil Resource and Its Inventory. In Managing Soils in an Urban Environment. Agronomy Monograph No. 39. P.1-32. American Society of Agronomy, Madison WI Book chapter for American Society of Agronomy. Franzen, D. W., D. G. Hopkins, M. D. Sweeney, M. K. Ulmer, and A. D. Halvorson. 2002. Assessment of published soil surveys as a basis for delineating sampling zones for site-specific nutrient application. Agronomy Journal 94: 381-389. Garcia-Paredes, K.R. Olson, and J.M.Lang. 2000. Predicting corn and soybean yields for Illinois soils. Agricultural Systems 64:151-170. Hadley, C.I., K.R. Olson, G. Bollero, and G.E. Pepper. 2004. Predicting forage yields using properties of Illinois soils. Pakistan Journal of Agronomy 1(1):1-8. Hettiarachchi, G.M., G.M. Pierzynski, and M.D. Ransom. 2000. In-situ stabilization of soil lead using phosphorus and manganese oxide. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34: 4614-4619. Hettiarachchi, G.M., G.M. Pierzynski, and M.D. Ransom. 2001. In situ stabilization of soil lead using phosphorus. J. Environ. Qual. 30:1214-1221. Hopkins, D. G and D. W. Franzen. 2003. Argillic Horizons in Stratified Drift: Luverne End Moraine, Eastern North Dakota. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67: 790-796. Hopkins, D. G., and J. L. Richardson. 1999. Detecting a salinity plume in an unconfined sandy aquifer and assessing secondary soil salinization using electromagnetic induction techniques. Geohydrology Journal 7(4):380-392. Hopkins, D. G., and G. L. Running. 2000. Soils, dunes, and prairie vegetation: lessons from the Sandhills of North Dakota. Prairie Forum 25(1):45-64. Janssen, L.L., D.D. Malo, and D.Y. Chung. 2000. The Application and Use of Land Quality Ratings in the Valuation of Agricultural Land: An Evaluation of the South Dakota Experience. Korean Groundwater and Soil Environment Society Proceedings 1:24-27. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (May 26-27, 2000). Johansen, D.P., D.E. Clay, C.G. Carlson, K.W. Stange, S.A. Clay, D.D. Malo, and J.A. Schumacher. 2001. Vertical Accuracy of Two Differentially Correlated Global Positioning Satellite Systems. J Soil Water Conservation 56(3):198-201. Kim, P.J., D.Y. Chung, and D. Malo. 2001. Characteristics of Phosphorus Accumulation in Soils under Organic and Conventional Farming in Plastic Film Houses in Korea. J Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 47(2):281-289. Kovda, I., E. C. Brevik, T. E. Fenton, and M. Gerasimova. 2003. The impact of white pine (Pinus strobus) on a Mollisol after seven decades of soil development. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science. In press Lickerman, S.H., R.D. Hammer, and J. Vujnich. (In press) Bringing science to local planning initiatives: Problems, perspectives, solutions. In. Proceedings. The 2nd Approximation International Conference on Soil Resources: Their inventory, analysis, and interpretation for use in the 21st century. June 10-12, 1999, Minneapolis, MN (invited) Lindstrom, M.J., T.E. Schumacher, and D.D. Malo. 2000. Soil Quality Alterations across a Complex Prairie Landscape Due to Tillage Erosion. Proceedings of 15th International Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO). USDA-ARS-GSWRL. Texas Experiment Station, Temple TX. Lindstrom, M.J., T.E. Schumacher, and D.D. Malo. 2002. Distribution of Organic and Inorganic Soil Carbon in an Eroded Prairie Landscape. 45th Annual Manitoba Society of Soil Science Meeting. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Feb 5-6, 2002. Lindstrom, M.J., T.E. Schumacher, D.D. Malo, and S. de Alba. 2002. Soil Profile Modifications by Soil Redistribution from Tillage: Effects on Soil Quality Parameters on a Prairie Landscape. British Society of Soil Science and GeoStats-UK. Conference - Theoretical Developments and Applications of Spatial Analysis in the Environment, Earth, and Agricultural Sciences. University of Reading, Reading, England. March 25-26, 2002. Malo, D.D. 2002. Soils of the Grasslands. In Encyclopedia of Soil Science, R. Lal ed., Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, New York 10016, p 616-620. Majchrzak, R.N., K.R. Olson, G. Bollero and E.D. Nafziger. 2001. Using soil properties to predict wheat yields on Illinois soils. Soil Science 166:267-280. Norvell, W. A., J. Wu, D. G. Hopkins, and R. M. Welch. 2000. Association of cadmium in durum wheat grain with soil chloride and chelate-extractable soil cadmium. Soil Science Society of America Journal 64:2162-2168. Nugteren, W.A., D.D. Malo, T.E. Schumacher, J.A. Schumacher, C.G. Carlson, D.E. Clay, S.A. Clay, M.M. Ellsbury, and K.J. Dalsted. 2000. Hillslope Chronosequence of EM-38, Soil Temperature, and Soil Moisture Readings as Influenced by Selected Soil Properties. Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Minneapolis, MN, July 16-19, 2000. (In press). Peterson, D.L. and R.D. Hammer. 2001. From open to closed canopy: a century of change in a Douglas-fir forest, Orcas Island, Washington. Northwest Science 75:262-269. Schmidt , J.P., M.D. Ransom, G.J. Kluitenberg, M.D. Schrock, J.A. Harrington, Jr., R.K. Taylor, and J.L. Havlin. 2001. Teaching site-specific agriculture: three semesters' experience with a multi-disciplinary approach. J. Nat. Res. Life Sci. Educ. 30:77-83. Schumacher, T.E., M.J. Lindstrom, A. Eynard, and D.D. Malo. 2000. Tillage System Effects on Soil Structure in the Upper Missouri River Basin. Proceedings of 15th International Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO). USDA-ARS-GSWRL. Texas Experiment Station, Temple TX. Schumacher, T.E., A. Eynard, M.J. Lindstrom, and D.D. Malo. 2000. No-till Effects on the Structure of Cultivated Mollisols and Vertisols. 11th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference. Buenos Aires, Argentina. October 22-27, 2000. Schumacher, T.E., J.A. Schumacher, D.D. Malo, J.J. Doolittle, A.A. Boe, G.E. Larson, L.C. Schleicher, Jr., and J.R. Johnson. 2002. Gilt Edge Mine NPL Site Lawrence County, South Dakota Final Report for the PAW Evaluation. Plant Science Department Pamphlet 8. South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. South Dakota State University. Brookings 57007-2141. Schumacher, T.E., M.J. Lindstrom, D.D. Malo, and J.A. Schumacher. 2002. Spatial Patterns of Bulk Electrical Conductivity on an Eroded Prairie Landscape. British Society of Soil Science and GeoStats-UK. Conference - Theoretical Developments and Applications of Spatial Analysis in the Environment, Earth, and Agricultural Sciences. University of Reading, Reading, England. March 25-26, 2002. Smeck, N. E., C. L. Burras, J. M. Bigham, and U. Soto. 1999. Pedogenic smectite in soils of western Ohio. pp 733-742 in H. Kodama, A. R. Mermut and J. K. Torrance (Eds.) Clays for our Future. Proceedings of the 11th International Clay Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 1997. Published by ICC97 Organizing Committee, Ottawa, Canada. Smeck, N.E. and D. Balduff. 2002. Contrasting approaches for the classification of eroded soils in the USA. paper no. 616 in Transactions of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science: Confronting New Realities in the 21st Century. Bangkok, Thailand. Smeck, N.E., J.M. Bigham, W.F. Guertal and G.F. Hall. 2002. Spatial distribution of lepidocrocite in a soil hydrosequence. Clay Minerals 37: 687-697. Tan, Z.X., R. Lal, N.E. Smeck, F.G. Calhoun, R.M. Gehring and B. Parkinson. 2003. Identifying associations among soil and site variables using canonical correlation analysis. Soil Science 168(5):376-382. Tornes, L. A., K. E. Miller, J. C. Gerken, and N. E. Smeck. 2000. Distribution of soils in Ohio that are described with fractured substratums in unconsolidated materials. Ohio J. Sci. 100(3/4): 56-62. Underwood, J.F. and N.E. Smeck. 2002. Soil development in two Ohio minesoils under continuous grass cover for twenty-five years following reclamation. pp 1158-1172 in R. Barnhisel and M. Collins (eds.) Reclamation with a Purpose. Proceeding of 19th National Conference of American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Lexington, KY. Published by Am. Soc. of Mining and Reclamation, Lexington, KY. Woolery, M. E. K. R. Olson, J. Dawson, and G. Bollero. 2004. Using soil properties to predict forest productivity in southern Illinois. J Soil Water Conservation 57:37-45. Wu, J., M. D. Nellis, M.D. Ransom, H. Su, and B.C. Rundquist. 1999. Characterizing the relationships between land use and groundwater for Finney County, Kansas. Geographical and Environmental Modeling 3:203-215. Wu, J., M.D. Ransom, G.J. Kluitenberg, M.D. Nellis, and H.L. Seyler. 2001. Land-use management using a soil survey geographic database for Finney County, Kansas. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65:169-177. Wu, J. W. A. Norvell, D. G. Hopkins, and R. M. Welch. 2002. Spatial variability of grain cadmium and soil characteristics in a durum wheat field. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66:268-275. Wu, J. W. A. Norvell, D. G. Hopkins, D. B. Smith, M. G. Ulmer, and R. M. Welch. 2003. Improved prediction and mapping of soil copper by kriging with auxiliary data for cation-exchange capacity. 2003. Soil Science Society of America Journal 67:919-927. Yang, J., R.D. Hammer, A.L. Thompson, and R.W.Blanchar. 2003. Predicting soybean yield in a dry and wet year using a soil productivity index. J.Plant and Soil. 250(2):175-182 Young, F.J. and R.D. Hammer. 2000. Soil landform relationships on a loess-mantled upland landscape in Missouri. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64: 1443-1454. Young, F.J. and R.D. Hammer. 2000. Defining geographic soil bodies by landscape position, soil taxonomy and cluster analysis. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64: 988-998. Young, F.J., R.D. Hammer and D. Larsen. 1999. Frequency distributions of soil properties on a loess-mantled Missouri watershed. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63: 178-185. NON-REFEREED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Brevik, E.C. , T.E. Fenton, and D.B. Jaynes. 2001. Soil sensing techniques as soil survey tools in lacustrine-derived soils, Central Iowa. Proc. 5th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Minneapolis, MN. Brevik, E.C., T.E. Fenton, and D.B. Jaynes. 2001. Soil sensing techniques as soil survey tools in lacustrine-derived soils, Central Iowa. Proc. 5th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Minneapolis, MN. Brevik, E.C., T.E. Fenton, and D.B. Jaynes. 2001. Evaluation of the accuracy of a central Iowa soil survey and implications for precision soil management. Proc. 5th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Minneapolis, MN. Chang, J., D. Murphy, C. Reese, D. Clay, S. Clay, M. Ellsbury, C. Carlson, and D. Malo. 2001. Spatial and Temporal Yield Variability in a Field Located in Eastern South Dakota. SOIL PR 00-32. In Soil and Water Research 2000 Annual Report. TB 99. Agricultural Experiment Station. South Dakota State University, Brookings SD 57007-2141. Clay, D.E., J. Chang, D.D. Malo, C.G. Carlson, C. Reese, S.A. Clay, and M.M. Ellsbury. 1999. Using Apparent Soil Electrical Conductivity and Topography to Locate Areas of High Olsen P. Chapter 2 in SDSU Potash and Phosphate Institute Final Report (1996-1999). Precision Farming Project, South Dakota State University. Brookings 57007. Clay, D.E., J. Chang, C.G. Carlson, D.D. Malo, S.A. Clay, and M.M. Ellsbury. 1999. Precision Farming Protocols: Part 2. A Comparison of Sampling Approaches for Precision P Management. Chapter 3 in SDSU Potash and Phosphate Institute Final Report (1996-1999). Precision Farming Project, South Dakota State University. Brookings 57007. Dyer, R., J. Coffman, M. Ransom, J. Rowlett, and L. Rodgers. 2002. Faculty evaluation and post-tenure review: sharing best practices across departments to connect departmental goals, procedures, and professional development. 10th American Association of Higher Education Conference on Faculty Roles & Rewards, January 24 - 27, 2002, Phoenix, AZ, p. 15. Gunal, H., and M.D. Ransom. 1999. Clay illuviation and calcium carbonate accumulation in soils across Kansas. Presented at the Kansas Association of Professional Soil Classifiers Meeting, May 6-7, 1999, Topeka, Kansas. Hopkins, D. G., B. J. Jenkinson, and J. C. Bell. 2000. Stabilized sand dune landscapes and wetlands from subhumid prairie to humid forest conditions. p. 322-323. In Quebec 2000:Millennium Wetland Event. August 6-12, Quebec, Canada (invited paper). Malo, D.D., J.H. Lee. 2002, J.J. Doolittle, and D.K. Lee. Impact of Selected Organic Matter Destruction Methods in Soil Particle Size Analysis. Abstract No. 140704. In 2002 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Abstracts. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA. Madison, WI. Malo, D.D. and R.K. Malo. 1999. The Land of the Morning Calm: Korean Reflections of the 1998 Chungnam National University and South Dakota State University Faculty Exchange. Pedology Report 99-2. Plant Science Department. South Dakota State University. Brookings 57007-2141. Malo,D.D., T.E. Schumacher, and J.J. Doolittle. 1999. Houdek Loam: The State Soil of South Dakota. Internet WEB site (http://www.abs.sdstate.edu/plantsci/houdek/). Plant Science Department. South Dakota State University. Brookings 57007-2141. Malo, D.D. 2001, Great Plains Soils. SD No-Till Conference Proceedings. Aberdeen, SD. Jan 24-25, 2001. pp 11-20. Olson, K.R., J.M. Lang, J.D. Garcia-Paredes, R.N. Majchrzak , C.I. Hadley. M.E. Woolery and R.M. Rejesus. 2000. Average crop, pasture and forestry productivity ratings for Illinois soils. Bulletin 810. Office of Research. College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 82 p. Olson, K.R. and J.M. Lang. 2000. Optimum crop yields and productivity ratings for Illinois soils. Bulletin 811. Office of Research. College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 36 p Olson, K.R. J. D. Garcia-Paredes, R. N. Majchrzak and J. M. Lang. 2001. Equations for predicting grain crop yields of Illinois soils using soil properties. Soil Survey Horizons 42:52-64 Olson, K. R. and J. M. Lang. 2002. Average Crop Productivity Index Ratings for Illinois Soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Soil Survey Horizons 43:22-30 Powers, K. C., M.D. Ransom, and R.L. Vanderlip. 2001. Development of a Kansas Irrigated Productivity Index (KIPI) for the valuation of irrigated lands. Report presented to the Property Valuation Division, Department of Revenue, State of Kansas, Topeka, KS. 22 p. Ransom, M.D. 2001. Partnership activities in Kansas - applications to technical soil services. Presentation to NRCS State Soil Scientists Workshop, March 19, 2001, Lawrence, KS. Remley, J. C., M.D. Ransom, L.J.Fortner, R.L. Vanderlip, and T. Bradshaw. 1999. NASIS Challenge: Improving the SRPG Model for Kansas. Presented at the Second International Conference on Soil Resources, June 10 - 12, 1999, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Smeck, N. E. and D. M. Balduff. 2000. Relative impacts of genetic processes and accelerated erosion on properties of Alfisols in Ohio, USA. 11th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference. Buenos Aires, Argentina. W.A.R. Nishantha Fernando, Geronimo Watson, Charles W. Rice, and Michel D. Ransom. 2003. Establishment of benchmarks for the measurement and monitoring of carbon sequestration in soil. Carbon Measurement and Monitoring Forum, October 15 - 17, 2003, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS