Click here to read the bios of the 2020 NCSS Award winners ... Maggie Kidd Payne, Chad Remley, and Robert Vaughan.
Soil Color Posters for each state in the continental U.S. are available at: https://new.cloudvault.usda.gov/index.php/s/XiiqkG2DqKHbH6b. Both Powerpoint (for customization) and PDF files are included.
This video describes the von Post Humification method to determine organic soil decomposition and characteristics using the von Post Humification scale. The von Post scale is used in modeling to predict bulk density, hydraulic conductivity, and n-value in organic soils.
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What do you get when you combine 26,000 official soil series descriptions (OSD), a handful of NRCS employees, and an idea? An evolving soil color map of the continental U.S., that’s what! See more ...
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Helping People Understand Soils and Plants
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Ecosystem Dynamics Interpretive Tool (EDIT)
PLANTS Database
Dynamic Soil Properties (DSPs)
NCSS Training
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Video -- Water Movement in Soil
NRCS Websites & Additional Assistance
A list of Web-based resources for access to natural resource data collected by NRCS.
Información de NRCS en español.
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Information on Limited English Proficiency.
