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2007 NCSS National Conference Agenda

“Soil Survey — Future Directions in Soil Health and Supporting Productive Lands”

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Sunday, June 3, 2007
Monday, June 4, 2007
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Friday, June 8, 2007

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Sunday, June 3, 2007

Time	Activity	Location
5:00PM - 7:00PM	Registration	Hotel Foyer Best Western Inn on the Park
1:00PM - 5:00PM	Meeting of NCERA 3	Lowell Hall Lower Lounge 610 Langdon Street
5:00PM - 6:00PM	Meeting of NCSS Steering Team — coordination and assignments	Lowell Hall B1A 610 Langdon Street

Monday, June 4, 2007

Time	Activity	Location
7:30AM - 8:00AM	Registration	Hotel Foyer Best Western Inn on the Park
8:00AM - 8:00PM	Field Trip — Southwest Wisconsin Soil Landscapes Tour (full day) Cost included in registration; must be pre-registered Lunch and dinner included $60.00 per guest Content: Soils, geology, forestry, ecology, and hydro geology of the Driftless Region	Bus meets participants at hotel entrance

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Time	Activity	Location/Presenters
7:30AM - 1:00PM	Registration	Foyer of the Pyle Center University of Wisconsin 702 Langdon Street
7:15AM - 8:00AM	Continental Breakfast	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)
8:00AM	General Session Smithsonian Soils Exhibit Video (this low-resolution version links from the webpage https://www.soils.org/smithsonian/dvd.html)	Convene in Ballroom Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Moderators: Cindy Stiles, University of Wisconsin Don Fehrenbacher, NRCS
8:00AM - 8:15AM	Welcome to Wisconsin	Patricia Leavenworth, Wisconsin State Conservationist, NRCS
8:15AM - 8:45AM	Welcome (PDF; 2.4 MB) Introduction of NCSS Conference Members	Steve Ventura and Kevin McSweeney, UWI Chair of Soil Science Department and Director of UWI Arboretum
8:45AM - 9:15AM	“The U.S. Soil Survey — Soil Health, Productive Lands — Our Tool for the Future” Text (DOC; 45 KB)	Arlen Lancaster, Chief, NRCS
9:15AM - 9:45AM	“Challenges to the Soil Survey: Applications and Delivery of Soil Information in an Ecological Context — Healthy Soils and Productive Lands” (PDF; 2.4 MB)	Paul M. Stockinger, Eastern Region, USFS
9:45AM - 10:00AM	Open discussion with NRCS and USFS Leadership
10:00AM - 10:30AM	Break	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)
10:30AM	General Session	Reconvene in Ballroom Pyle Center (Room 325/326)
10:30AM - 10:55AM	“Planning the New Soil Survey — Building on Technology” (PDF; 1.4 MB) Text (DOC; 2.2 MB)	Micheal Golden, Director, Soil Survey Division, NRCS
10:55AM - 11:15AM	Digital Soil Mapping — Future Directions (PPT; 10.6 MB)	Florence Carre, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
11:15AM - 11:45AM	Panel Regional Conferences — Highlights and Recommendations Northeast (PDF; 1.0 MB) Text (DOC; 36 KB) West (PDF; 895 KB) South (PDF; 48 KB) North Central (PDF; 560 KB) Text (DOC; 426 KB)	Kip Kolesinkas (NE); Jeff Bruggink (W); Karl Hipple (S); Cleveland Watts, David Hopkins (NC)
11:45AM - 12:00PM	Conference Logistics for Committee Meetings	Maxine Levin, NRCS
12:00PM - 1:00PM	Lunch (on your own)
1:00PM - 2:00PM	Committee Meetings
	New Technology and Research Agenda Forum 1:00-1:05 — Introduction by Co-Chairs 1:05-1:15 — CSREES National Research Initiative Soils by Nancy Cavallaro (PDF; 1.6 MB) 1:15-1:30 — Using CESUs for Soil Survey Research - Highlights of Projects by Jon Hempel (PDF; 474 KB) 1:30-1:45 — Western Regional Soil Survey Project by Toby O’Geen (PDF; 1.1 MB) 1:45-2:00 — Review of NCSS Soil Survey Lab / Investigations Update by Dave Hammer (PDF; 78 KB)	Pyle Center (Room 325/326) New Technology: Pete Biggam, NPS Jon Hempel, NGDC, NRCS Research Agenda: David Hammer, NSSC, NRCS Nancy Cavallaro, CSREES, Soils
	NCSS Standards Micaceous Soils Proposal by Tom Reedy and John Kelley (PDF; 455 KB)	Pyle Center (Room 225) Craig Ditzler, NSSC, NRCS Duane Lammers, USFS Tom Hahn, NRCS
	NCSS Interpretations Open discussion and address committee charges	Pyle Center (Room 213) Karl Hipple, NSSC, NRCS Chris Smith, NRCS Technical Services
	Ecological Principles in Soil Survey Open discussion and address committee charges	Pyle Center (Room 309) Curtis Talbot, NSSC, NRCS Randy Davis, USFS, Washington, DC
2:00PM - 3:00PM	Committee Meetings
	NCSS Interpretations Forum 2:00-2:05 — Introduction 2:05-2:20 — Urban/Suburban Interpretation Activities by Dr. Joyce Scheyer (PDF; 1.4 MB) 2:20-2:35 — Dynamic Soil Properties and Dynamic Land Uses: The Need for Dynamic Soil Interpretations by Randy Miles (PPT; 6.1 MB) 2:35-2:50 — National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (NCCPI) by Bob Dobos (PDF; 98 KB) 2:50-3:00 — Discussion	Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Karl Hipple, NSSC, NRCS Chris Smith, NRCS Technical Services
	New Technology Discussion of speakers and committee business	Pyle Center (Room 213) Pete Biggam, NPS Jon Hempel, NGDC, NRCS
	NCSS Standards Subaqueous Soils Taxonomy Proposal by Mark Stolt (PDF; 87 KB)	Pyle Center (Room 225) Craig Ditzler, NSSC, NRCS Duane Lammers, USFS Tom Hahn, NRCS
	Research Agenda Overview of NSSC and SSL Soil chemistry and heavy metals projects Open file reports	Pyle Center (Room 309) David Hammer, NSSC, NRCS Nancy Cavallaro, CSREES, Soils
3:00PM - 3:30PM	Break	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)
3:30PM	General Session	Reconvene in Ballroom Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Moderator: Joe McCloskey, NRCS
3:30PM - 5:00PM	Special Reports (Interpretations Committee and Standards Committee) 3:30-3:50 — Soil Survey Objectives and Pilot Projects for Measuring Soil Change by Arlene Tugel (PDF; 600 KB) Text (DOC; 195 KB) 3:50-4:10 — Subaqueous Soil Mapping Report by Mark Stolt (PDF; 2.4 MB) Special Reports (Research Agenda Committee) 4:10-4:30 — Benchmark Soils Initiative by David Hammer (PDF; 1.5 MB) 4:30-5:00 — Watershed Studies (Hydropedology) by Jimmy Richardson and Henry Lin (PPT; 61.2 MB)
5:15PM - 6:30PM	Digital Soil Mapping Working Group Business Meeting	Pyle Center (Room 225)
6:00PM - 8:00PM	Reception Computer Demos and Posters	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Time	Activity	Location/Presenters
7:15AM - 8:00AM	Continental Breakfast	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)
7:30AM - 10:00AM	Committee Meetings
	New Technology and Research Agenda Forum 7:30-7:35 — Introduction 7:35-8:00 — Gypsum Chemistry and Soil Mapping Case Studies in NM, CA, and TX by Susan Casby Horton and Tom Reinsch Text (DOC; 50 KB) 8:00-8:15 — SEM Tool by Brian Bills (PDF; 325 KB) Text (789 KB) 8:15-8:40 — Purposeful Sampling, DEM Neighborhood Size Area by A-Xing Zhu and Jim Burt (PPT; 4.6 MB) Text (44 KB) 8:40-9:05 — Legacy Soil Data Use in Digital Soil Mapping by Florence Carre (PPT; 12.5 MB) 9:05-9:30 — Using Scientific Visualization to Represent Soil Hydrology Dynamics by Jay Bell and Holly S. Dolliver (PDF; 4.1 MB) 9:30-9:45 — Digital Soil Mapping Initiatives by Amanda Moore (PDF; 2.8 MB) Text (DOC; 787 KB) 9:45-10:00 — Discussion and questions	Pyle Center (Room 325/326) New Technology: Pete Biggam, NPS Jon Hempel, NGDC, NRCS Research Agenda: David Hammer, NSSC, NRCS Nancy Cavallaro, CSREES, Soils
	Future of Soil Survey 7:30-8:00 — Open discussion 8:00-8:10 — General discussion by Maxine Levin (PDF; 425 KB) Text (DOC; 79 KB) 8:10-8:20 — Missouri’s Phase I Approach by Dennis Potter (PDF; 596 KB) 8:20-8:30 — Backing Up to Look Forward and Revise the Map by Ronald D. Taskey (PPT; 2.2 MB) Text (DOC; 42 KB) 8:30-8:40 — Soil Carbon Assessment Tools: The Need for Field Validation by Charles Kome (PDF; 388 KB) Text (DOC; 24 KB) 8:40-8:50 — The Challenge of Retaining Non-Federal Funding to Utilize and Improve Available Data by Tim Gerber 8:50-9:00 — Future Soil Survey Data, Users, and Producers by Mike Konen (PDF; 7.0 MB) Text (DOC; 31 KB) 9:00-9:10 — The Future Soil Science Students by Nick Balster (PPT; 502 KB) Text (DOC; 31 KB) 9:10-10:00 — Open discussion	Pyle Center (Room 309) Phillip Owens, Purdue University, IN
	NCSS Interpretations Address committee charges	Pyle Center (Room 213) Karl Hipple, NSSC, NRCS Chris Smith, NRCS Technical Services
	Water Movement and Water Table Monitoring in Soil Survey 8:00-8:30 — Sharkey Soil Project - Results and Next Steps by Craig Ditzler (PDF; 19 KB) 8:30-9:30 — Entering Well Data into NASIS by Henry Ferguson (PDF; 8 KB) Text (DOC; 27 KB) 9:30-10:00 — Piezometers and Monitoring Wells by Steve Sprecher (PDF; 1.1 MB) Text (DOC; 102 KB)	Pyle Center (Room 111) Henry Lin, Penn State Univ. Steven Sprecher, NRCS
10:00AM - 10:30AM	Break	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)
10:30AM - 12:00PM	Committee Meetings
	Future of Soil Survey Forum 10:30-10:40 — The Future Directions of Soil Survey Committee Summary by Phillip Owens (PDF; 1.4 MB) 10:40-11:10 — Soil Spectroscopy for Rapid and Cost-Effective Soil Mapping Across Larger Landscapes by Sabine Grunwald (PPT; 13.9 MB) 11:10-11:25 — University Involvement in the NCSS: The Southeastern Perspective by Larry West (PDF; 203 KB) Text (DOC; 38 KB) 11:25-11:40 — Improved Outreach Strategies to Direct the Future of Soil Survey by Toby O’Geen (PDF; 1.4 MB) Text (DOC; 35 KB) 11:40-12:00 — Soil and Water: Future of Soil Survey by Jim Richardson (PDF; 1.2 MB)	Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Phillip Owens, Purdue University, IN
	NCSS Interpretations Committee business and open discussion	Pyle Center (Room 213) Karl Hipple, NSSC, NRCS Chris Smith, NRCS Technical Services
	Ecological Principles in Soil Survey Committee business and open discussion Finalize report	Pyle Center (Room 309) Curtis Talbot, NSSC, NRCS Randy Davis, USFS, Washington, DC
	Water Movement and Water Table Monitoring in Soil Survey 10:30-11:00 — KSAT Report from Cathy Seybold by Steve Sprecher (PDF; 23 KB) Text (DOC; 64 KB) 11:00-11:15 — Wet Soil Monitoring Studies by Steve Sprecher 11:15-11:30 — Highlights of Hydropedology Research Through NRCS by Jon Hempel (PDF; 82 KB) 11:30-12:00 — Committee business and open discussion on recommendations; finalize report	Pyle Center (Room 111) Henry Lin, Penn State Univ. Steven Sprecher, NRCS
12:00PM - 1:00PM	Lunch (on your own) Water Movement and Water Table Monitoring in Soil Survey (Room 111) will continue through lunch
1:00PM - 2:00PM	Ecological Principles Forum 1:00-1:05 — Introduction 1:05-1:15 — Dynamic Soil Properties’ Influence on Ecological Processes by Arlene Tugel (PDF; 469 KB) 1:15-1:25 — Progress Report on the Interagency Ecological Site Description Manual by Sherm Karl (PDF; 1.9 MB) Text (DOC; 25 KB) 1:30-1:40 — Development of the Ecological Subregions: Sections and Subsections of the Conterminous United States by Dave Cleland (PDF; 1.4 MB) Text (DOC; 31 KB) 1:40-1:50 — How the National Hierarchical Ecological Framework is Being Used in the USFS by Greg Nowacki 1:50-2:00 — Discussion	Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Curtis Talbot, NSSC, NRCS Randy Davis, USFS, Washington, DC
2:00PM - 3:00PM	Water Movement and Water Table Monitoring in Soil Survey Forum 2:00-2:20 — Identifying High Infiltration and Ground Water Recharge Areas in Dane County, Wisconsin - an Integrated Field/GIS Study by Cynthia Stiles (PDF; 2.2 MB) Text (DOC; 27 KB) 2:20-2:40 — In-Situ Measurements of Infiltration by Accounting for the Role of Management Practices by Papanicolaou and Burras (PDF; 4.1 MB) 2:40-3:00 — Ksat Research and Research Needs by Larry West (PDF; 934 KB) Text (DOC; 43 KB)	Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Henry Lin, Penn State Univ. Steven Sprecher, NRCS
1:00PM - 3:00PM	Committee Meetings
	Research Agenda Committee business Finalize report	Pyle Center (Room 309) David Hammer, NSSC, NRCS Nancy Cavallaro, CSREES, Soils
	New Technology Committee business Finalize report	Pyle Center (Room 213) Pete Biggam, NPS Jon Hempel, NGDC, NRCS
	NCSS Standards 1:00-2:00 — Anthropogenic Deviate Discussion by Neil Smeck 2:00-3:00 — Open discussion	Pyle Center (Room 111) Craig Ditzler, NSSC, NRCS Duane Lammers, USFS Tom Hahn, NRCS
3:00PM - 3:30PM	Break	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)
3:30PM - 4:30PM	General Session	Reconvene in Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Moderator: Edward Griffin, NRCS, TX
3:30PM - 4:30PM	User Perspective Partnership Panel 3:30-4:00 — National Association of State Conservation Agencies (NASCA) - Partnership in Soil Survey with State Government by Tim Gerber (PDF; 1.2 MB) Text (DOC; 28 KB) 4:00-4:30 — Facilitating Soils Curricula at Hispanic and Tribal Institutions by Irma Lawrence (PDF; 183 KB)
3:30PM - 6:00PM	Meeting of NCER3	Pyle Center (Room 111) Mickey Ransom, Kansas State Univ. Terry Cooper, Univ. of Minnesota
6:00PM - 9:00PM	Conference Committee Meetings — continue as needed to complete reports	Pyle Center (Rooms 213 and 309 available)

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Time	Activity	Location/Presenters
7:15AM - 8:00AM	Continental Breakfast	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)
7:30AM - 8:30AM	Strategic Planning for the Future of NCSS — Breakout Session for University Representatives	Pyle Center (Room 112)
7:30AM - 8:30AM	Strategic Planning for the Future of NCSS — Breakout Session for Agency Representatives and Private Sector and Consulting Soil Scientists	Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Ken Lubich, NRCS
8:30AM	General Session	Reconvene in Ballroom Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Moderator: Maxine Levin, NRCS
8:30AM - 8:35AM	Introductions of International Guests	Maxine Levin, NRCS
8:35AM - 8:50AM	U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Soils Initiative Text (DOC; 53 KB)	Bill Puckett, NRCS
8:50AM - 9:10AM	GlobalSoilMap.net Project (PDF; 155 KB)	Jon Hempel, NGDC, NRCS
9:10AM - 10:00AM	International Special Report (Soil Information Upgrade and Delivery) (PDF; 2.3 MB) Text (DOC; 53 KB)	Scott Smith, National Study Leader, Soil Inventory, Agri-Food Canada
10:00AM - 10:30AM	Break	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)
10:30AM	General Session	Reconvene in Ballroom Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Moderator: Jesse Turk, NRCS, WI
10:30AM - 10:50AM	Report from Research Agenda Standing Committee (PDF; 69 KB) Text (DOC; 35 KB)	David Hammer, NSSC, NRCS Nancy Cavallaro, CSREES, Soils
10:50AM - 11:10AM	Report from NCSS Standards Standing Committee (PDF; 33 KB) Text (DOC; 27 KB) Mica Research Team (DOC; 81 KB)	Craig Ditzler, NSSC, NRCS
11:10AM - 11:30AM	Report from New Technology Standing Committee (PDF; 117 KB) Text (DOC; 118 KB)	Jon Hempel, NGDC, NRCS Pete Biggam, NPS
11:30AM - 1:30PM	Banquet with Speaker “Losing Ground, Saving Soil?” by Dr. John M. Norman (PPT; 23.6 MB) NCSS Awards by Micheal Golden	Pyle Center (Alumni Lounge) Moderator: Jesse Turk, NRCS, WI
1:30PM	General Session	Reconvene in Ballroom Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Moderator: Chris Smith, NRCS
1:30PM - 1:50PM	Report and Recommendations on Progress of Federal Lands Advisory Group — Initial Soil Survey Plan 2007-2011 (PDF; 1.4 MB) Text (DOC; 344 KB)	Pete Biggam, FLAG Chair
1:50PM - 2:15PM	Report from Interpretations Committee (PDF; 111 KB) Text (DOC; 68 KB)	Karl Hipple, NSSC, NRCS
2:15PM - 2:40PM	Report from Ecological Principles Committee (PDF; 14 KB) Text (DOC; 33 KB)	Curtis Talbot, NSSC, NRCS Randy Davis, USFS, Washington, DC
2:40PM - 3:00PM	Report from Water Movement and Water Table Monitoring Committee Text (DOC; 84 KB)	Henry Lin, Penn State Univ. Steven Sprecher, NRCS
3:00PM - 3:30PM	Break	Pyle Center AT&T Lounge (Room 106)
3:30PM	General Session	Reconvene in Ballroom Pyle Center (Room 325/326) Moderator: Maxine Levin, NRCS
3:30PM - 4:00PM	Report from the Future of Soil Survey Committee (PDF; 79 KB) Text (DOC; 49 KB)	Phillip Owens, Purdue University, IN
4:00PM - 4:30PM	Business Meeting	Entire Group
4:30PM - 5:00PM	Closing Remarks Review of Action Register Announcement of Next National and Regional NCSS Conferences Where Do We Go From Here?	Micheal Golden, Director, Soil Survey Division, NRCS

Friday, June 8, 2007

Time	Activity	Location/Presenters
8:00AM - 10:00AM	Steering Team Meeting (continental breakfast) Finalize recommendations and confirm changes or additions to Bylaws; participants submit reports for proceedings; finalize expenses and receipts	Pyle Center (Room 220)
8:00AM - 12:00PM	NRCS Agency Business Meeting for MLRA Leaders and State Soil Scientists (continental breakfast) 8:00-8:10 — Opening Remarks by Bill Puckett 8:10-8:45 — Overview and Feedback by Chris Smith 8:45-9:15 — MLRA Restructuring and Initial Soil Survey - Overview and Feedback by Jon Gerken 9:15-9:30 — Break 9:30-10:00 — NGDC Special Projects and Procedures to Apply by Jon Hempel and Dave Hammer 10:00-11:30 — Open discussion and questions with Director and Deputy Chief	Pyle Center Distance Education (Room 335)

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