Transcript of ENVIROTHON SOILS STATION INTENT AND PURPOSE (you might want to sit up close for these) 1.
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- ENVIROTHON SOILS STATION INTENT AND PURPOSE (you might want to
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- SOIL FORMATION SOIL FORMATION LANDFORM gullies, hills, mtns,
CLIMATE freezing, thawing ORGANICS life cycles PARENT MATERIAL
mineral sources TIME long time, eons, mega yrs. 2
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- Biologial Diversity is Essential 3
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- Diversity in different Ecosystems 4
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- Where are the most fertile soils? National Geographic,
September 2008 5
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- ARABLE PART of the EARTH 6
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- PARTICLE SIZE 9
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- Soil Color 10
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- STRUCTURE 13
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- Web Soil Survey 14
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- Soil Survey Program Web Soil Survey 19
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- Soil Survey Program Web Soil Survey Requires only a computer
with (fast) internet connection to use No signups/passwords/email
addresses required Maps made without specialized software,
instantly Robust analysis capabilities without specialized software
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- 94% of the country has been mapped 96% of private land has been
mapped Utah has about 3 million acres of private land left to be
surveyed Soil Survey Program Web Soil Survey-Data Availability
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- Soil Survey Program Web Soil Survey Low
Tech.--------------------Most People----------------------High
Tech. 22
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- Soil Survey Program Web Soil Survey EASY TO USE... just 3
steps: 1) Define 2) View/Explore 3) Check Out
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/ 23
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- Area of Interest 24
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- EXAMPLE SOIL MAP 25
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- Building Materials Map 26
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- Building Materials Ratings 27
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- Eight Capability Classes 28
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- WHY ALL THE FUSS? FUSS? 29
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- Factors that affect erosion Slope Texture Cover Climate (rain
and runoff) Temperatures Wind Types of Erosion Splash Zone Rill
erosion Gully erosion Wind erosion Sheet erosion Streambank erosion
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- Erosion Control Contour Planting: plant crops around the curve
of a hill rather than up and down the hill. Terraces: wide ridges
that go around a hill to prevent water from rushing down the hill
too fast. Forest and Grass Areas: keep steep hillsides in trees or
grass rather than clear for cropland. Grassed Waterways: plant
grass and dont plow low areas in a field where water usually runs.
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- Erosion Control Windbreak: rows of trees planted to slow down
the wind and prevent soils from blowing Cover Crop: a crop planted
between harvests reduces soil erosion and replenishes the soil with
nutrients and organic matter Conservation Tillage Crop Rotation:
rotate the type of crop planted so that the nutrients are not
depleted http://www.dubuqueswcd.org/page5.html Sustainable
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- QUESTIONS Ray.grow@ut.usda.gov 801 524-4253 33