Soils Information for Natural Resource Assessment and Management

A Symposium

This symposium was presented at the Missouri Natural Resources Conference, 1/30-2/1/2002 at Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach.  It was designed to appeal to a broad spectrum of natural resource professionals.  The symposium was moderated by Dennis Potter, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service State Soil Scientist for Missouri.  Fred Young organized and edited the material for this Web publication.

The ten, 20-minute presentations were as follows:

• The role of soil science in natural resource management
  David Hammer, University of Missouri-Columbia

• Soil - a key component in forest management planning
  John Dwyer, University of Missouri-Columbia

• Soil-landscape information needed for understanding the ecology and management of forest vegetation in the Missouri Ozarks
  John Kabrick, Missouri Department of Conservation

• The importance of geomorphic setting and soils in understanding conservation opportunities for wetland wildlife
  Mickey Heitmeyer and Leigh Fredrickson, University of Missouri-Columbia

• Wetland pland management:  the importance of soil textural diversity in selecting management strategies for plant structure and food production
  Leigh Fredrickson and Mickey Heitmeyer, University of Missouri-Columbia

• Soils in environmental protection and enhancement
  Alice Geller, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

• Using soils information to help farmers:  what we do, what we don't, what we should and what we could
  John Turner, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Using GIS to modernize the Missouri soil survey
  Bryan Mayhan, Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems

• Cybersoils:  new tools for using soil surveys in the digital age
  Caryl Radatz, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service and Bryan Mayhan, Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems

• Missouri soil survey for the rest of the century:  how the "modernization" phase will serve natural resource professionals
  Fred Young, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
   

For information about the Missouri Natural Resources Conference, go to www.mnrc.org

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