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Title: Guidelines for sampling for dynamic soil properties for soil survey updates

Author
item TUGEL, ARLENE - NRCS
item WARD, JUDY - NEW MEXICO STATE UNIV
item Herrick, Jeffrey - Jeff
item BIGGAM, PETE - USDI-NATIONAL PARK SRV
item SEYBOLD, CATHY - USDI-NATIONAL PARK SRV
item REMMENGA, MARTA - NEW MEXICO STATE UNIV
item BENHAM, ELLIS - USDI-NATIONAL PARK SRV
item Bestelmeyer, Brandon
item MOORE, AMANDA - NRCS
item YOUNG, FRED - NRCS

Submitted to: Western Society of Soil Science
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/5/2006
Publication Date: 6/19/2006
Citation: Tugel, A.J., Ward, J., Herrick, J.E., Biggam, P., Seybold, C., Remmenga, M.D., Benham, E.C., Bestelmeyer, B.T., Moore, A., Young, F. 2006. Guidelines for sampling for dynamic soil properties for soil survey updates [abstract]. Western Society of Soil Science. 2006 West Regional Cooperataive Soil Survey Conference, Western Society of Soil Science Conference, Park City, Utah, June 19-23, 2006.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Dynamic soil property data can be collected during soil survey updates to add value to soil survey products and meet users’ needs. Producers and land managers need information about soil and ecosystem change in order to plan for long-term productivity, conduct monitoring and assessments and predict management effects on soil. Data collection technologies that can be used in the soil survey program are, however, not fully developed. NRCS is now developing guidelines in cooperation with the Agricultural Research Service Jornada Experimental Range, National Park Service, Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. This poster describes the steps for designing dynamic soil properties projects.