Study areas:

SOILS - resources

Following is a list of suggested web sites:

— NRCS: http://soils.usda.gov/education/resources/k_12/

— Soil Quality Institute: http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/

— Dirt: Secrets in the Soil: http://extension.usu.edu/aitc/resources/elementary/soils.html

— National Science & Technology Center:
http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/index.html

— Soil & Water Conservation Society: http://www.swcs.org/t_resources.htm

— Conservation Technology Information Center: http://www.ctic.purdue.edu

— NASA Lab for Terrestrial Physics:
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/links.htm

— Soil Texture by Feel Flow Chart:
http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/watershed/beaver/soiltexture.html or
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/tbf/tbfguide.htm

— From the Surface Down: An Introduction to Soil Surveys for Agronomic Use, by William Broderson, USDA-NRCS:
http://outreach.missouri.edu/mowin/Training2003/Trainingturf/surdown.pdf

Following is a list of suggested reference materials:

— Soil surveys for your area are available at your local NRCS office.

— Soil Erosion by Wind, USDA-NRCS, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 555

— Soil Erosion by Water, USDA-NRCS, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 531

— Conserving Soil, available from NACD, reprinted with permission of the NRCS

— County Soil Survey Reports - USDA-NRCS (Available from many of Utah's NRCS field offices)


— Utah Science, Vol. 59, No. 1, Fall 1998, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4845, available on-line at: http://www.agx.usu.edu/agx/utah_sci_frameset.html. Click on Vol. 58.4 98.
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— Soil Biology Primer, USDA-NRCS, Bulletin PA-1637, or pick up a copy at your local NRCS office.