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Dynamic Soil Survey Team

Charges, activities, membership, and contact information for the Dynamic Soil Survey Team.

The four components of Dynamic Soil Survey are Soil Maps, Ecological Sites, Dynamic Soil Properties, and Climate and Hydrology Data.

Overview

The Soil and Plant Science Division (SPSD) currently provides aggregated soil survey products to customers for use in land and conservation planning. SPSD recognizes the need for enhanced soils information for current and future customer needs. Dynamic Soil Survey (DSS) is an evolving approach to soil survey that will incorporate recent and long-standing advances in pedology, ecology, and hydrology with improvements in digital technology.

Charges

  • To capture and visualize the variability and diversity of the soil landscape, as affected by management and land use encompassing area, depth, time and hydrology, or other temporal soil properties.

Information

FY2023 Annual Briefing (334.88 KB)
DSS Fact Sheet (1.09 MB)

Contact

TBD

Co-Leads

  • Skye Wills, National Leader for Soil Science Research
  • Francine Lheritier, National Resource Soil Scientist, Dynamic Soil Properties
  • Suzann Kienast-Brown, National GIS Specialist
  • Jamin Johansen, Senior Regional Ecological Site Specialist, Alaska Region

Sub-Teams

  • Soil Systems, Responsible Official – Jamin Johanson
  • Soil Water Dynamics, Responsible Official – Skye Wills
  • Federal Lands, Responsible Official – Tiffany Allen
  • Data Process, Responsible Official – Suzann Kienast-Brown
  • Outcomes, Responsible Official – Francine Lheritier
  • Customer Communication, Responsible Official – Heather Emmons