2008 National State Soil Scientist's Workshop
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Monday, March 17, 2008 Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Thursday, March 20, 2008 Friday, March 21, 2008
Afternoon Session – Opening RemarksMO Leader / Kentucky State Soil Scientist
Time
Activity
Presenter(s)
3:00PM - 3:10PM
Welcome (PDF; 1.9 MB)
Mike Hubbs, Kentucky State Conservationist
3:10PM - 3:20PM
Introductions and Expectations
Paul Benedict
3:20PM - 3:30PM
Development of Action Register (Assignment of Action Register Team to follow presentations and facilitate recording of Action items with flip charts and note-taking)
Team Leader – Cam Loerch, SSS -NESSS -WA; Mike Domeier, SSS -UT; Jerry Schaar, SSS -SD; Ron L. Taylor, SSS -NJ
3:30PM - 4:00PM
FY08 Soil Survey Division Priorities (PDF; 1.2 MB)
Micheal Golden, Director
4:00PM - 4:15PM
Soils and the Future of the Agency
Arlen Lancaster, Chief
4:15PM - 4:30PM
Expectations from the SSRA Deputy Area
Wayne Maresch, Deputy Chief, Soil Survey and Resource Assessment
4:30PM - 5:00PM
What’s New on the Horizon for Technical Services – Making Soil Surveys and Interpretations Relevant for Users (PDF; 21 KB)
Chris Smith, National Leader for Technical Soil Services
5:00PM - 7:30PM
Soils Social Hour
State Soil Scientists are encouraged to bring CDs or demos of their products to show on laptop systems
Morning Session
Time
Activity
Presenter(s)
8:00AM - 8:30AM
Linking Research to Soil Interpretations and MLRA Updates: Focusing on the Benchmarks (PDF; 127 KB)
Larry West, National Leader for Soil Research, NSSC
8:30AM - 9:00AM
Minimum Data Set and the Framework for Sampling Dynamic Soil Properties (including background of ecological site description framework) (PPT; 1.3 MB)
Arlene Tugel, Soil Scientist, UNM /NSSC
9:00AM - 9:30AM
NASIS 6.0 Overview for the New Soil Survey
Jim Fortner, Soil Scientist, NSSC
9:30AM - 10:00AM
Break
10:00AM - 12:00PM
MLRA Restructuring Plans and MLRA Project Management – the vision and progress including evaluations, planning, and reporting including A76 and Placement PlanNHQ HR Staff and NRCS State SAO s at 1-866-854-0310 with passcode 5463354; please call in at 10 AM Eastern Time to start the session with HR issues addressed first)
Soils leadership, Paul Benedict, Maxine Levin and Craig Ditzler; NHQ Human Resources Staff, BJ Scruggs
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Time
Activity
Presenter(s)
1:00PM - 1:15PM
Involving Customer Criteria in the Use of Interpretations
Rich Gehring, Ohio State Soil Scientist
1:15PM - 2:30PM
Panel of Soil Scientists from the Field: Case Studies Providing Technical Soil Services and Using Interpretations Modules in the Field Office
Kip Kolesinkas, CT
2:30PM - 3:00PM
Break
3:00PM - 3:55PM
Mini-Sessions (each participant will attend two sessions)
Group 1 (Salon I & II) – Using Core Data Layer File Geo-Databases to Perform MLRA Region-Wide Assessments to Assist in Soil Correlation Decision Making Process (PPT; 14.1 MB)
Sharon Waltman, NGDC NGDC NCGC
Group 2 (Salon VI) –
Arlene Tugel
Group 3 (Salon IV & V) – Understanding National Park Service Soil Survey Deliverables (mechanisms for delivery of point data, a special NPS SSURGO template, query themes, NPS lands overlap issues, boundary issues in setting up new NPS non-MLRA soil survey areas, SSURGO export needs for the NPS ) (PDF; 6.6 MB)
Sue Southard, National Liaison to NPS
Group 4 (Salon VII) – MLRA Project Plans – Annual and Long Term
Paul Benedict
5:00PM
Reconvene (Salon I, II, and III)
5:00PM - 7:30PM
Soils Social Hour
State Soil Scientists are encouraged to bring posters of ongoing research and/or CDs or demos of their marketing products
Morning Session
Time
Activity
Presenter(s)
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Notes from the Underground – What is NGDC Working On? What Are the Tools of the Future? (PDF; 43 KB)
Soil Resource Inventory Tool Box (SRITB) (PDF; 2.5 MB)
Jon Hempel, Director, NGDC NGDC NRCS , Missouri
9:00AM - 9:30AM
Web Soil Survey, Soils Data, Open File System and Information – The Public Interface
Participants submit questions for the panel on Monday PM and Tuesday AM
Moderator will ask questions to panel members
NASIS 6.0; Central Server; Soil Data Warehouse; Soil Data Viewer & Customer Service Tool Kit; Web access to soil survey data; data requirements for program delivery; and data population workload and responsibility
Alan Price, ITC NSSC NCGC NGDC Staff
9:30AM - 10:00AM
Break
10:00AM - 10:55AM
Mini-Sessions (each participant will attend two more sessions)
Group 1 (Salon I & II) – Using Core Data Layer File Geo-Databases to Perform MLRA Region-Wide Assessments to Assist in Soil Correlation Decision Making Process (PPT; 14.1 MB)
Sharon Waltman, NGDC NGDC NCGC
Group 2 (Salon VI) –
Arlene Tugel
Group 3 (Salon IV & V) – Understanding National Park Service Soil Survey Deliverables (mechanisms for delivery of point data, a special NPS SSURGO template, query themes, NPS lands overlap issues, boundary issues in setting up new NPS non-MLRA soil survey areas, SSURGO export needs for the NPS ) (PDF; 6.6 MB)
Sue Southard, National Liaison to NPS
Group 4 (Salon VII) – MLRA Project Plans – Annual and Long Term
Paul Benedict
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Time
Activity
Presenter(s)
1:00PM - 1:20PM
National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (PDF; 288 KB)NHQ Staff and NRCS State Soil Scientists at 1-866-854-0310 with passcode 5463354)
Ray Sinclair, NSSC NSSC
1:20PM - 1:40PM
Calculations and Plans for T, K, I, WEG, HSGs, NCCPI, and Corrosivity (PDF; 1.8 MB)Text only (PDF; 15 KB)
Karl Hipple, NSSC
1:40PM - 2:05PM
Field Indicators of Hydric Soils and Regional Supplements to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual / Technical Soil Services Manual Hydric Soils Chapter and Other Wetland Issues (PDF; 1.4 MB)
Lenore Vasilas, NHQ
2:05PM - 2:20PM
Geospatial Resources Data Support (PDF; 8.8 MB)
Sam Brown, NCGC
2:20PM - 2:45PM
Geophysical Methods Within NRCS : Applications (PDF; 8.6 MB)
Wes Tuttle, NSSC , NC
2:45PM - 3:15PM
Break
3:15PM - 5:00PM
Panel – Landscape Analysis Applications for Field Soil Survey and Mapping of Soil Properties for Interpretations (NGDC Staff with representatives from 3 Field Projects)
Amanda Moore, NGDC NRCS , VermontGIS Specialist, Phoenix, AZNRCS , Oregon
6:00PM - ??
Hospitality Room or on your own
Morning Session
Time
Activity
Presenter(s)
8:00AM - 8:45AM
Soil Survey Schedule (PDF; 136 KB) / NASIS 6.0 / PRS / Soil Survey Reportable Codes / EDAAR (PDF; 47 KB) and CASPeR (PDF; 13 KB) – progress and policies
Jim Fortner
8:45AM - 9:15AM
Priority Content Management and Delivery Needs within the National Soil Information System (PDF; 994 KB)
Darrell Kautz
9:15AM - 9:45AM
National Geospatial Strategy Update (PDF; 424 KB)
Tommie Parham, NCGC
9:45AM - 10:15AM
Break
10:15AM - 10:45AM
Research to Determine the Economic Benefits of Soil Survey Information (PDF; 468 KB)NHQ Staff and NRCS State Soil Scientists at 1-866-854-0310 with passcode 5463354)
Dr. Jerry Fletcher, WVU
10:45AM - 11:15AM
Soil Survey Training (PDF; 23 KB), Our New Frontier (i.e., NASIS 6.0, MLRA Management Course, TSS Courses)
Marc Crouch, NSSC
11:15AM - 11:30AM
Recruitment (PDF; 230 KB) – Civil Rights, Outreach, OPM Standards / Needs, Career Intern Program, Progress in RecruitmentNHQ HR Staff and NRCS State SAOs at 1-866-854-0310 with passcode 5463354)
Gilbert Guerrero, Civil Rights Division
11:30AM - 12:00PM
National Technical Support Centers – Soil Scientists’ Activities and Progress in Technical Services (PDF; 567 KB)
Ed Griffin
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Time
Activity
Presenter(s)
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Discussion Groups in Breakout Rooms – Emerging Issues (concurrent; choose one)
Group 1 (Salon I and II) – Federal Lands Initiative (PDF; 14 KB)
How will we maintain staff to support continuing Initial mapping on Federal lands into 2020?
What are the issues and barriers?
FLAG group priorities?
How will we do the ESD s on federal lands?
Maxine Levin (Leader)
Group 2 (Salon VI) – National Legend (PDF; 9 KB)
How will we build the Corporate Soil database and what is the need for a unified Soil Survey legend?
Jerry Daigle (Leader)
Group 3 (Salon IV and V) – Content Manager / Open File System (PDF; 19 KB)
How can we document our Research and Technical Services and organize the information for the future?
Darrell Kautz and Larry West (Leaders)
Group 4 (Salon VII) – Technical Services (PDF; 9 KB)
What are the best techniques for integrating Technical Soil Services into mainstream conservation planning and programs?
Chris Smith (Leader)NSTC Soil Scientists (Recorders)
2:30PM - 3:00PM
Break
Moderator – Deanna Anderson-Peterson, Florida State Soil Scientist
Time
Activity
Presenter(s)
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Review of the Discussion Groups (three major points discussed from each leader)
3:30PM - 4:00PM
Review of Action Register Team
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Director’s Forum – Panel / Discussion of Further Issues and Questions
Mike Golden, Bob Ahrens, Paul Benedict, Maxine Levin, Karl Hipple, Larry West, Chris Smith, Jon Hempel, Craig Ditzler, Tommie Parham
5:00PM
Adjourn
Activity
Presenter(s)
Wrap Up
Chris Smith
