Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Sunday - June 22nd, 1:00 p.m. 2002 Throckmorton Hall Del Mokma opened the meeting and welcomed representatives and guests present, and asked if there were any additions to the agenda. 1. Approval of minutes from the 2007 meeting The minutes had been emailed previously, David Hopkins moved to approve the minutes. T. Cooper seconded. Unanimously approved. 2. Administrative Advisor Report - Jerry Miller Dr. Miller discussed address corrections for the NIMSS website and also for the NCERA-3 listserve, which Mickey Ransom manages at KSU. A major task is to edit and formalize the NCERA-3 Project renewal. The writing committee consists of Ken Olson, Del Mokma, Phillip Owens and David Hopkins; Dr. Mokma has been serving as chair of this subcommitee. When the Project Renewal is completed it will be uploaded to the NIMSS website. All members of the NCERA-3 Committee are required to file an Appendix E (Request to participate on committee) for the NIMSS site also. There was some discussion on methods for uploading and registering the Project Renewal on NIMSS. Dr. Miller stressed that the committee formalize a new name for NCERA-3 activity that reflects 21st Century concepts and our evolving scope as soil and landscape scientists. The Farm Bill passed last week after 2 vetoes by the President. CSREES will be renamed National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). AFRI  Agriculture and Food Research Initiative will contain the new NRI program. Dr. Miller shared additional information on the organizational structure resulting from the Farm Bill and passed out a handout of same for the committee. 3. USDA - NRCS Report - Bob Ahrens The reorganization of the new MLRA offices will be completed by the end of 2010. These MLRA offices will prioritize a "laundry list" of the problems or deficiencies that exist within each of the MLRA's. Examples: gypsum rich soils in the American SW region - subaqueous soils in the northeast. The new Deputy Chief of the NRCS, Mr. Wayne Maresh, was a former state conservationist and earlier a soil scientist and a supporter of the soil survey program.. Paul Benedict, former Leader of MO 10 in Bismarck, ND is now a Program Leader in Washington D.C. Dr. Larry West was appointed as research leader for the Soil Survey Laboratory in Lincoln, NE and Dr. Cindy Stiles was appointed as Laboratory Supervisor in the Chemistry Department. Rebecca Burt, who was on detail in Iraq, has safely returned to Lincoln. There have been several retirements including Bob Engel and Tom Reedy, both on the Standards Staff. An additional Research Soil Scientist with statistical skills will be hired to address research needs on dynamic soil properties and help mine the characterization data. Mr. Ahrens stated that several Soil Survey outreach initiatives have occurred over the last few years including the popular Centennial exhibit showcased at the World Congress of Soil Science in Philadelphia. The national staff has addressed the Alliance of Independent Crop Scientists, as well as landscape planners and professional architects societies to stress the utility and scope of soil survey information for their respective applications. The Soil Geomorphic Institute training schedule was discussed as well as the responsibilities of the NCSS partners in the host states- the sequence is Penn State, 2008 and possibly Lalabama or Texas A&M in 2009. The Soil Survey Characterization database conversion project was also discussed, i.e. geospatial requirements for the pedons, and novel optical scanning techniques to digitize lab data or pedon descriptions. Additional monies will likely be channeled into this effort in FY 2009. 4. USDA - NCSS Liaison Report - Maxine Levin Summary and impressions of the National Soil Survey Conference (NSSC) in Madison, WI-2007: More than 40% of the attendees at the conference were non-federal, a significant occurrence, perhaps indicating growing awareness of soil survey information and its utility for multiple users. The Kansas Conference is the 3rd of the 4 regional conferences, each of which take on regional issues; i.e., the Northeast - subaqueous soils and hydropedology. The fact that NOAA is beginning to fund some of the soils research speaks to the wider audience alluded to earlier. The West region (Spokane, WA) met last week and featured presentations on ecological site descriptions as well as research on state and transition models. The Southern region Conference meets in mid-July and has adopted a pedometrics conference theme. Toby O'Geen, UC-Davis, organized a group similar to NCERA-3 focused on climate change in the southwest and NRCS has committed to support this group's research if they work with the state offices and the MLRA offices on benchmark soil landscapes. Participants are operating on a shoestring, trying to set up a LTER structure using their own grant money or CSREES funding. In 2009, the National Work Planning Conference convenes in Las Cruces, NM from about May 15-20th. The Jornada Range Experiment Station will help host this Conference, and, as the Carlsbad National Park Soil Survey is in full swing, a post conference field trip may occur at that locale. The major emphasis will be desert landscapes and dynamic soil properties. There is a good possibility that NCERA-3 could schedule their yearly meeting for this conference. There was a brief discussion on the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) initiative of the NSF in terms of consultation with the NRCS. Apparently, there has not been much collaboration. Mickey Ransom believed that the Konza Prairie location had been selected as a NEON site. 5. Revision of NCERA-3 Project Renewal Del Mokma distributed the draft project renewal to the full committee to carefully review prior to the meeting and several members made comments. He suggested that the committee meet at 7:00 a.m. Monday morning to discuss and improve the renewal draft produced by the writing subcommittee. Dr. Miller commented on the specific accomplishments and impacts of the Committee over the past 5 years and suggested that Committee members be sure to include the various impacts in the final project renewal document. Monday - June 23rd, 7:00-9:00 a.m.; 2002 Throckmorton Hall This session of the NCERA-3 Committee was devoted to reviewing and revising the NCERA-3 Project Renewal document. Dr. Mokma asked the Committee to meet after the banquet at 8:00 p.m. in 2002 Throckmorton Hall to continue its business. Monday - June 23rd, 8:00 p.m.; 2002 Throckmorton Hall 6. Committee Reports 1) Standing Committees a) Soil Research and Interpretations Committee This topic was covered in the Regional Conference  Randy Miles, Mickey Ransom and Brian Slater will continue to serve on this subcommittee. b) Effects of Management on Soils Committee  Ken Olson The Committee decided to drop this subcommittee because the Dr. Smecks proposal for the anthropogenic deviant presented at the NC Regional Soil Survey Conference in 2006 and at the World Congress of Soil Science was not being adopted. c) Education and Training Committee  Terry Cooper Terry Cooper, Chair; members Doug Malo, Phillip Owens, Mickey Ransom, David Hopkins. Overall numbers of soil science majors are relatively low in the region, but the number of agronomy students is at an all time high in South Dakota. Some of the largest scholarships in that department are in soils. d) High Intensity Soil Survey  Phillip Owens Philip Owens organized an SSSA symposia but has not had any recent activity in this area. The Committee still believes this in an important area for activity. 2) National Advisory Boards/Committees a) National Soil Taxonomy Committee - Brian Slater will participate in the national reviews of amendments to Soil Taxonomy. b) National Soil Survey Database Committee Ken Olson will continue to work on the database issues; his state is participating in the NRCS Data Conversion Project. c) NCSS National Conference Steering Committee (2009) Mickey Ransom, co-host for the 2008 conference and Brian Slater, co-host of the 2009 conference are automatically assigned as members of the steering committee for the next conference. d) NCSS Advisory Group to Director of Soil Survey Operations Mickey Ransom stated this committee has been inactive for about 9 months and that the NCERA-3 Committee does not control the timing or agenda for the NCSS Advisory Group. He anticipates a teleconference within the next few weeks. 7. Old Business a) Chair of Soil Research and Interpretation Subcommittee The Committee will keep the current subcommittee members, Miles, Ransom and Slater b) State Reports Individual State Reports were received by the Secretary electronically from the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Two states have vacant university pedology positions, Wisconsin and Ohio, and the Iowa representative has been in Africa since late May. State reports will be attached to the minutes and may be accessed on the NIMMS website. c) Other Items David Hopkins, Ken Olson, and Phillip Owens will form a subcommittee to formulate a potential interaction with NCERA-59. Plans include a joint symposium on Soil Carbon Sequestration at the 2009 ASA meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. Doug Malo suggested a subcommittee generate an outline/schematic for MLRA wide research projects since we are planning to emphasize landscape scale research in the Project Renewal; members will include Hopkins, Kuzila, and Malo NCERA-3 plans to propose an invitation to a joint meeting with NCERA-3, NCERA-59, and NC 1017 to be held at the NC Regional Soil Survey Conference in Ohio in 2010. This item will be determined among the committee via email. Phillip Owens was elected Secretary for the 2009 NCERA-3 meeting with Doug Malo acting as secretary at the 2009 meeting due to a schedule conflict. Officer rotations for future years will be maintained in accordance with the standing list. d) Next meeting in Las Cruces, NM, May 15-20, 2009. Wednesday - June 25, 4:15 p.m.; Flint Hills Room K-State Student Union This session of the NCERA-3 Committee was devoted to reviewing and revising the NCERA-3 lists of accomplishments and impacts. Accomplishments: Met jointly with NCERA-59, Soil Organic Matter: Formation, Function and Management; Planned and hosted the 2008 North Central Soil Survey Conference to include chairing of selected technical committees; Participated in National Reviews of Amendments to Soil Taxonomy; The IRIS Tubes technique was used to evaluate soil saturation in mollisols in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. This technique was developed by a NCERA-3 member in Indiana; NCERA-3 members served as coaches of Collegiate Soil Judging Teams and as judges of Regional Soil Judging contests. In addition, they have solicited participation of land grant and non-land grant institutions in soil judging activities. Teams from the North Central Region have won the National Championship in Soil Judging for the past two years Impact Statements: As a result of regional testing of the Iris Tubes, the NRCS is considering this technique to evaluate hydric/wetlands soil conditions; As a result of the NCERA-3 Committees persistent work on human impacted/eroded soils the NRCS has changed both the approach and the documentation of eroded soils for the National Cooperative Soil Survey; As a result of presentations and discussion at the 2006 NCSS Conference (Medora, ND), the NRCS has reopened negotiations with the USGS to cooperate in a national geochemical landscape initiative. Two benchmark catena trace element studies were initiated in Indiana and Illinois to provide baseline data related to soil processes; As a result of active NCERA-3 participation in Regional collegiate soil judging contests, NRCS views this activity as a critical recruiting event to encourage more students to participate in federal Soil Science and Soil Survey careers; As a result of active support by NCERA-3 members and NRCS cooperation, the Smithsonian Soils Exhibit in Washington DC will open July 18, 2008 for 18 months with specific information on the benefits of no till and soil survey information. This exhibit will potentially introduce the field of Soil Science to over 1 million visitors a year. The incoming FY09 Executive Committee members are: Del Mokma - Past Chair Ken Olson - Chair David Hopkins - Chair-Elect Phillip Owens - Secretary The individual state reports are attached Submitted by David Hopkins, 2008 NCERA-3 Secretary Approved: Delbert Mokma, Chair; Gerald Miller, Administrative Advisor

Met jointly with NCERA-59 - Soil Organic Matter: Formation, Function and Management Planned and hosted the 2008 North Central Soil Survey Conference to include chairing of selected technical committees. Participated in National Reviews of Amendments to Soil Taxonomy The IRIS Tubes technique was used to evaluate soil saturation in mollisols in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. This technique was developed by a NCERA-3 member in Indiana. NCERA-3 members served as coaches of Collegiate Soil Judging Teams and as judges of Regional Soil Judging contests. In addition, they have solicited participation of land grant and non-land grant institutions in soil judging activities. Teams from the North Central Region have won the National Championship in Soil Judging for the past two years.

Kansas Report Gehl, R.J. and C.W. Rice. 2007. Emerging technologies for in situ measurement of soil carbon. Climatic Change (In Press). Gunal, H., and M.D. Ransom. 2006. Genesis and micromorphology of loess-derived soils from central Kansas. Catena 65:222-236. Gunal, H., and M.D. Ransom. 2006. Clay illuviation and calcium carbonate accumulation along a precipitation gradient in Kansas. Catena 68:59-69. Izaurralde, R.C. and C.W. Rice, 2006: Methods and tools for designing pilot soil carbon sequestration projects. pp. 457-476. In R. Lal, C.C. Cerri, M. Bernoux, J. Etchvers, and E. Cerri. (eds.) Carbon Sequestration in Soils of Latin America. Food Products Press: The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghampton, NY. Illinois Report Olson, K.R. 2007. Soil organic carbon storage in southern Illinois woodland and cropland. Soil Science 172: 623-630. Olson, K.R. R.L. Jones, A.N. Gennadiyev, S. Chernyanskii, W.I. Woods, and J.M. Lang. 2006. Fly ash distribution to assess erosion and deposition in an Illinois landscape. Soil and Tillage 89:155-166. Gennadiyev, A.N., S.S. Chernyanskii, K.R. Olson, and R.G. Kovach. 2006 Use of magnetic spherules as indicators of mass-transfer process in soils. Herald Journal of Moscow State University, Geography. No. 3. 29-35. Indiana Report Peer Reviewed Publications: Smith, D.R., P.R. Owens, A.B. Leytem and E.A. Warnemuende. 2007. Nutrient losses from manure and fertilizer applications as impacted by time to first runoff event. Environmental Pollution.147:131-137. Armstrong, S.D., D.R. Smith, and P.R. Owens. 2007. Strategies to reduce nutrient losses from land applied animal manure. Water Practice. 1:4. Available On-Line at: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wef/wp (5/21/2007). Miles, D. M., D.E. Rowe and P.R. Owens. 2007. Winter Broiler Litter Gases and Nitrogen Compounds: Temporal and Spatial Trends. Atmospheric Environment (accepted 28 Nov 2006, Available online 15 February 2007) doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.11.056 Hart, K.S., B. D. Lee, P. S. Schoeneberger, D. P. Franzmeier, P. R. Owens and D.R. Smith. 2008. Comparison of field saturated hydraulic conductivity measurements to estimated morphological loading rates in Northeastern Indiana. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. In Press Lin, H.S., J. Bouma, P.R. Owens, and M. Vepraskas. 2008. Hydropedology: Fundamental Issues and Practical Applications. Catena 73:151-152 Owens, P.R., L.P. Wilding, W.M. Miller and R.W. Griffin. 2008. Using Iron Metal Rods to Infer Oxygen Status In Seasonally Saturated Soils. Catena 73:197-203 Winzeler, H.E., P.R. Owens, B.C. Joern, J.J. Camberato, B.D. Lee, D.E. Anderson and D.R. Smith. 2008. Potassium fertility and terrain attributes in a Fragiudalf drainage catena. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. In Press Miles, D.M., P.R. Owens, P.A. Moore, Jr. and D.E. Rowe. 2008. Instrumentation for evaluating differences in ammonia volatilization from broiler litter and cake. Journal of Applied Poultry Research. (Accepted for publication: 11 May 2008) Dungan, R.S., B.D. Lee, P. Shouse and J. de Koff. 2007. Saturated hydraulic conductivity of soils blended with waste foundry sands. Soil Sci. In press. Book Chapter: Schulze, D.G., R. R. Struthers, P.R. Owens and George E. Van Scoyoc. 2007. Teaching Soil-Landscape Interactions Using Rugged Tablet PCs in the Field. In D.A. Berque, J. C. Prey, R. H. Reed, (eds.) The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen-Based Technology on Education: Beyond the Tipping Point. Pp. 119-127. Purdue University Press. ISBN: 1557534616 Abstracts: Owens, P.R. and E. Kladivko. 2007. Influence of Tile Drainage on the Perched Seasonal Water Tables in a Clermont Silt Loam Soil. In Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Madison, WI Schulze, D.G. and P.R. Owens. 2007. Have Soils in Northwestern Indiana Been Influenced by Post-Glacial Acid Sulfate Weathering? In Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Madison, WI Schulze, D., P.R. Owens, G. Van Scoyoc and D. Eisert. 2007. Virtual Profiles-Generating diagrams of soils from written profile descriptions. In Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Madison, WI Winzeler, H.E., P.R. Owens, B.D. Lee, J. Camberato, and B.C. Joern. 2007. Lateral Clay Movement and Soil Wetness in a Fragiaqualf catena. In Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Madison, WI Miles, D.M., Rowe, D.E., Owens, P.R., Moore, P.A., Jr., and Smith, D.R. 2007. Cumulative ammonia quantification from litter with instantaneous flux estimates. Presented at the 2007 International Poultry Scientific Forum. Atlanta, GA. Jan. 22-23, 2007. Abstract In International Poultry Scientific Forum Abstracts, page 54. [CD-ROM]. U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. Tucker, GA. Winzeler, H.E., B.C. Joern, P.R. Owens, B.D. Lee, and J. Camberato. 2007. Potassium Availability and Soil Wetness in a Fragiaqualf catena. In Annual Meetings Abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA. Madison, WI Libohova, Z., L.C. Bowling, P.R. Owens, P. Schoeneberger, B.D. Lee, and H.E. Winzeler. 2008. The prediction of Soil Moisture Distribution for a small catchment by the Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model (DHSVM) based on SSURGO soil maps in southern Indiana. AGU Hydrology Days. Denver CO. March 26-28, 2008. Sylvester, L., L.C. Bowling, P.R. Owens, B. Cooper and T. West. 2008. Characterization and Analysis of an Isolated Wetland Receiving Agricultural Runoff. Geological Society of America North-Central Meeting. Evansville, IN. Extension Publications Lee, B.D., P.R. Owens, L.C. Bowling and B.C. Joern. 2008. Considering soil properties when siting confined animal feeding operations. CAFO-ID 368. Owens, P.R., B.C. Joern, B.D. Lee and L.C. Bowling. 2008. Using Web Soil Survey to investigate potential confined animal feeding operation locations. CAFO- ID 367. Bowling, L.C., P.R. Owens, B.D. Lee and B.C. Joern. 2008. Watersheds and confined animal feeding operations. CAFO- ID 369. Non-Peer Reviewed Publications Porter, T., P.R. Owens, B.D. Lee and G. Van Scoyoc. 2008. How soil and landform characteristics relate to landslide activity - a review. Soil Survey Horizons. 49:14-18 Using Terrain Attributes to Develop Management Zones for Potassium Fertility. 2008. H.E. Winzeler, P.R. Owens, B.C. Joern, J.J. Camberato, B.D. Lee, D.R. Smith, and B.J. Erickson. Site Specific Management Center Newsletter. http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/ssmc/Frames/SSMCNewsletter4_2008.pdf Schulze, D.G., R.R. Struthers, P.R. Owens, and G.E. Van Scoyoc. 2007. Teaching soil  landscape interactions using rugged tablet PCs in the field. Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference. Purdue University. April 3-4, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Iowa Report Peer-reviewed Wills, S.A., C.L. Burras and J.A. Sandor. 2007. Prediction of soil organic carbon content using field and laboratory measurements of soil color. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:380-388. Book-chapters McMichael, J., C.L. Burras and S.A. Wills. 2007. Understanding pasture quality, soil quality and soil carbon content relationships in south central Iowa. R. Drake (Ed.). Proc. 3rd Natl. Conf. Grazing Lands. USDA-NRCS Grazing Lands Initiative, Davis, OK. p. 194-196. Dissertations/Theses Norton, Amy E. 2007. Dynamic soil properties across a suburban landscape, Ankeny, Iowa. (Major Professor: Andrew Manu). Research Reports Brummer, E.C. and C.L. Burras. 2007. Switchgrass production in Iowa: Soil suitability and varietal performance. Final Report, Bioenergy Feedstock Development Program Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DE-FC36-96GO10148). 23 pages. Minnesota Report 2008 Jim Anderson, Jay Bell, Dan Wheeler, Greg Larson, Kim Steffen, Mike Whited, & Al Giencke, 2008. Seasonal Saturation and Landscapes - a compendium of NCSS, MAES and Wet Soil Monitoring data from the past 4 decades. This will become required text for all Wetland Delineators and SSTS professionals - Fall 2008. Onsite Sewage Treatment Program, 2008. Regional Soils and Landscape Interpretation Guides for Recent Rule Revisions with the Minnesota Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems Rules. (Based on MGS, SSURGO, Saturation publication, site investigations and a priori information). Missouri Report Deal, N., J. Buchanan, K. Farrell-Poe, M. Gross, D. Gustafson, D. Kalen, B. Lesikar, D. Lindbo, G. Loomis, J. Mechell, R. Miles, and C. ONeill. 2007. Speaking the Same Language: A Glossary for the Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Field. ASABE Eleventh National Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems, ASABE Publication Number 701p1107. Lesikar, B.J., N. Deal, J. Buchanan, K. Farrell-Poe, D. Gustafson, D. Kalen, D. Lindbo, G. Loomis, and R. Miles. 2007. Decentralized Wastewater Glossary. http://www.onsiteconsortium.org/files/GlossaryFinal_12-19-07pdf. 121 p. Miles, Randall J., Robert Rubin, and Larry T. West. 2007. Fecal Coliform Numbers Around Pressure Dosed Septic Tank Effluent Soil Trenches in Missouri and North Carolina. ASABE Eleventh National Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems, ASABE Publication Number 701p1107. Motavalli, P.P., M.D. Patton, and R.J. Miles. 2007. Use of Web-Based Student Extension Publications to Improve Undergraduate Student Writing Skills. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 36:95-102. Myers, D. Brenton, Newell Kitchen, Kenneth J. Sudduth, Robert A. Sharp, and Randall J. Miles. 2007. Soybean Root Distribution Related to Claypan Soil Properties and Apparent Soil Conductivity. Crop Sci. 47:1498-1509. Myers, David Brent. 2008. Methods of High-Resolution Soil Landscape Modeling in Midwest Upland Soils. Ph.D Dissertation. Myers, D.B., Kitchen, N.R., Sudduth, K.A., Grunwald, S., Miles, R.J. Miles, Sadler, E.J., and Udawatta, R. 2008. Combining Proximal and Penetrating Conductivity Sensors for High Resolution Soil Mapping. Inl. Proceedings of the First Global Workshop on High Resolution Digital Soil Sensing and Mapping, February 5-8, Sydney, Australia, 2008 CDROM Nebraska State Report Mason, J.A., Joeckel, R.M., and Bettis, E.A., 2007, Middle to Late Pleistocene loess record in eastern Nebraska, USA, and implications for the unique record of Oxygen Isotope Stage 2. Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 26, p. 773-792. Miao, X., Mason, J.A., Swinehart, J.B., Loope, D.B., Hanson, P.R., Goble, R.J., Liu, X., 2007, A 10,000-year record of dune activity, dust storms, and drought in the central Great Plains, Geology 35, 119-122. Rawling, J.E., Hanson, P.R., Young, A., 2007, Preliminary optical luminescence ages from eolian sand in the Central Sand Plain of Wisconsin, Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene Field Trip Guidebook Supplement North Dakota Report 2008 Publications (2006-07): Peer-reviewed journal articles: 1; Abstracts: 2; Thesis: 1 Doolittle J. A., B. Jenkinson, D. Hopkins, M.Ulmer, and W. Tuttle. 2006. Hydropedological investigations with ground-penetrating radar (GPR): Estimating water-table depths and local ground water flow pattern in areas of coarse-textured soils. Geoderma 131:317-329. Thomson, K. A., Hopkins, D. G., Steele, D. D. and M. E. Sharp. 2007. Soil Morphologic Investigations of the Devils Lake Water Utilization Test Project: GIS Applications. Electronic conference proceedings. Poster presentation at the Manitoba Soil Science Society Conference. Winnipeg. http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/news/msss/ Sharp. M. 2007. Establishment of baseline soil salinity trends for the Devils Lake water utilization test project. MS thesis. North Dakota State University. Fargo Hopkins, D., Manz, L., Ulmer, M.,Benedict, P., Norvell, W., Grosz, A., and E. Jensen. 2007. Geochemical distribution of selected elements in north-central North Dakota generalized using soil survey SSURGO data. Poster for Minerals in Soil Landscapes symposium at the Soil Science Society of America Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA. South Dakota Report FY2008 Peer-Reviewed Werkmeister, C.E., Malo, D.D., Schumacher, T.E., Doolittle, J.J., and Miller, G.C. 2007. Testing Durability of Acid Rock Passivation to Root System Activity within Greenhouse Columns. Proceedings of the 2007 National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY, 30 Years of SMCRA and Beyond June 2-7, 2007. R.I. Barnhisel (Ed.) publisher: ASMR, 3134 Montavesta Rd., Lexington, KY 40502. Papiernik, S. K., Lindstrom, M. J., Schumacher, T. E., Schumacher, J. A., Malo, D. D., and Lobb, D. A. 2007. Characterization of Soil Profiles in a Landscape Affected by Long-Term Tillage. Soil Tillage Research 93:335-345. Malo, D.D. 2008. Internet Sources of Basic Soils Information. In (Logsdon, S.D., D. Clay, D. Moore, and T. Tsegaye, Eds.) Soil science: A step-by-step analysis. SSSA, Madison, WI. Published Abstracts Werkmeister, C., Schumacher, T., Malo, D., and Doolittle. J. 2007. Aggregate Stability of Reclaimed Minesoils versus Native Soil. 2007 International ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. Published Abstracts. New Orleans, LA, November 4-8, 2007. (http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2007am/techprogram/P37159.HTM). Kunze, B.O., Malo, D., and Werkmeister, C.E. 2007. Characterizing Soil Variability of a Research Farm Using Order 1 Soil Survey on Loess Covered Till Plain. 2007 International ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. Published Abstracts. New Orleans, LA, November 4-8, 2007. (http://a-cs.confex.com/crops/2007am/techprogram/P36135.HTM). Malo, D.D. 2007. Web Soil Survey  A Search Engine for Modern Detailed Soil Survey Information. Plant Science/NCARL Seminar. Plant Science Department. South Dakota State University. http://media2.sdstate.edu/plantsci/Archive_20071116.wmv. Gilmanov, T.G., Meyers, T.P., Wylie, B.K., Smart, A.J., Detwiler, A.G., Malo, D., Heuer, M.W., Johnson, P.S., Brehe, K., and Zhang, L. 2007. Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Grassland Ecosystems of South Dakota: Flux Tower Measurements, Modeling, GIS, and Remote Sensing. SD Academy of Science Published Abstracts. Teaching Publications/CDs Malo, D.D., Clay, D.E., and Reese, C.L.. 2007. Soils Laboratory Manual. 36th Edition. Plant Sci. Dept. SDSU. Brookings 57007-2141. Malo, D.D. 2007. Soils. 8th Edition. Plant Science Dept., SDSU, Brookings. 57007-2141. Malo, D., and C. Werkmeister. 2007. National NACTA Collegiate Soil Judging Contest Photos. Hutchinson, KS (April). Pedology CD 07-1. Plant Science Department. South Dakota State University. Brookings. 57007 -2141. Malo, D., and C. Werkmeister. 2007. Regional ASA Collegiate Soil Judging Contest Photos, Griswold, IA (October). Pedology CD 07-2. Plant Science Department. South Dakota State University. Brookings. 57007-2141. Malo, D.D., Blodgett, S., and V. Owens. 2007. SDSU Foundation Opportunities Farm, Lennox, SD Final Reports (ABS 475 Class). Pedology CD 07-3. Plant Science Department. South Dakota State University. Brookings. 57007-2141. Other Reports Malo. D.D. 2007. Felt Farm Initial Information. Plant Science Department. South Dakota State University. Brookings. SD. 57007-2141. Cooperative report with NRCS. Malo, D.D. 2007. Custom Soil Resource Report for Potential New Research Farm, Brookings, County, SD. Plant Science Department, South Dakota State University. Brookings. 57007-2141. Cooperative report with NRCS.