Natural Resources Conservation Service

Soils

United States Department of Agriculture

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Dynamic Soil Properties Team

Overview

Dynamic soil properties (DSPs) are soil properties that change with natural and anthropogenic disturbances and stressors including agricultural and wildland management. DSPs are indicators of soil function and soil change. Information about how soils change due to management and how those changes impact soil functions are crucial to sustainable soil management on all kinds of lands.

Main photo for the Dynamic Soil Properties Team.

	Soil Survey Coordination Soil Biology and DSP Methods DSPs for Conservation Planning and Technical Soil Services
	Michael Robotham, National Soil Scientist, SPSD, Washington, DC

	Identify DSP data needs Develop standards for DSP, soil health, and soil biology data collection Assist with research into new DSP methods Integrate DSP information into corporate databases
	Fact Sheets DSPs to support conservation planning (PDF; 157 KB) DSP collection as part of Soil Survey (PDF; 75 KB) South Dakota infiltration (PDF; 153 KB) Presentations DSP and Ksat Investigation of the Benchmark Catenas of MLRA 102C - Loess Uplands (PDF; 2.9 MB) Organic Soils in Restored Wetlands (PDF; 2.7 MB) Using Ecological Site Concepts to Assess Restoration Success (PDF; 3.8 MB) Chapter 9. Soil Survey Manual Soil Change Guide National Instruction (under development)
	Soil Survey DSP Projects Science of Soil Health (#DSPs4SH) Initiative (under development)
	Soil Survey Data Interactive (under development) Data Tables Science of Soil Heath Data (under development) A project to assess the usefulness and repeatability of proposed Soil Health metrics across regions, crops and soils with cooperator agreements