2025 NCSS National Conference
Join us for the VIRTUAL 2025 National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) National Conference!
Registration
Oregon State University is hosting the virtual conference from June 23-25 and will be using the Whova app.
Registration Deadline and Fee: The conference is FREE to participate. Register at the link below by creating a non-OSU account login. Conference materials, including a copy of Cataclysms on the Columbia by authors John Eliot Allen, Marjorie Burns, and Scott Burns, are limited to the first 250 participants who have registered by May 15, 2025. Materials for registrations received after May 15 will be available based on remaining supplies. However, participants may register to attend the conference until Friday, June 20.
The 2025 National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference will be a fully virtual event hosted by Oregon State University June 23-25, 2025. The national conference convenes every two years to discuss and develop solutions to issues of concern to the National Cooperative Soil Survey program. The theme of this year’s conference is “Welcome to the Neighborhood: Living and Working with Partners on the Land.”
Use the Whova App to Participate
Join us on our official event app! Join our event app to access:
- Event announcements
- Personalized agenda, session details
- Speaker and attendee profiles
- Networking, meet-ups, messages
- Event documents
- Faster check-in
How to join:
Attending the conference on your computer?
Visit Whova.com, create an account and join the conference. Here is the conference link: https://whova.com/portal/webapp/7tNFxrGN9c2u-U2Bua-i/
Attending the conference on your phone?
Visit your phone's app store, download Whova and create an account. Or scan the QR code below to download the app.
Conference Agenda Highlights
Monday, June 23 from 9:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. CT: Meeting Opening and Plenary Session
After a welcome from conference co-chairs Jericho Winter, NRCS Oregon State Soil Scientist, and Ron Reuter, Oregon State University College of Forestry, catch the opening remarks from:
o Aubrey Bettencourt, Chief of Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
o Terron Hillsman, Deputy Chief for Soil Science and Resource Assessment, NRCS
o Neil Dominy, Acting Director Soil and Plant Science Division, NRCS
o Gregory Becker, NRCS Oregon State Conservationist
o Deans Tom Deluca, College of Forestry, and Staci Simonich, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University
o Michael Thompson, Past-president, Soil Science Society of America
o Jalene Weatherholdt, President, Oregon Society of Soil Scientists
Don't Miss the Plenary Session With:
o Dr. Scott Burns, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Portland State University
o Matthew Fillmore, MLRA Soil Survey Office Leader (retired), NRCS
o Dr. Dean Moburg, Conservation Planner (retired), NRCS and Director, Tualatin Soil Water and Conservation District
Tuesday, June 24 from 1:20 - 3:25 p.m. CT: Hear from our collaborators
o Ron McCormick, Soil Ecologist, Bureau of Land Management, Portland, OR
o Robert Colter, National Soils Program Leader, USFS, and Joanne Baggs, Landscape Ecologist, USFS, Atlanta, GA
o Jason Kenworthy, Geologic Features and Systems Branch Lead, NPS, Denver, CO
o Tiffany Allen, National Resource Soil Scientist, Federal Lands Advisory Group
o Lauren Brase, Education Specialist, American Geosciences Institute, Cincinnati, OH
o Jen Moore, Research Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS
o Andy Gallagher, Consulting Soil Scientist, Corvallis, OR
Wednesday, June 25 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. CT: Featured Presentations
These presentations were selected because they focus on collaboration, the theme of the conference.
o Nora Pearson, NRCS-University Partnerships for Urban Soil Survey
o Francine Lheritier, Forward Together: Making Dynamic Soil Properties Work for You
o Yiyu Xing, Public Data Infrastructure and Agricultural Development: Historical Evidence from Soil Mapping
o Greg Taylor, Coastal Zone Soil Survey – A Guidebook to Building Partnerships
o Alicia Leytem, The Importance of Soil Science Societies in the United States of America
o Curtis Monger, Partnerships: the Global Importance of Soil Taxonomy
What About Lightning Talks, Poster Sessions, and More Oral Presentations?
Don't forget to visit the "Showcases" section of Whova at your leisure to view these amazing features!
View a General Agenda
All times are in the CENTRAL TIME ZONE. Agenda subject to change.
2025 NCSS Awardees
Co-Hosts
Jericho Winter
State Soil Scientist
(p) 503-414-3231
(e) Jericho.winter@usda.gov
Ron Reuter
Oregon State University
(p) 541-737-5703
(e) ron.reuter@oregonstate.edu
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