Quote for Thought
"NASIS is in a state of flux"
Ronald Collman (March 3,
2010)
Announcement Contents
Updated 6/21/10
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click hyperlink below)
ISCA
on Facebook
ISCA
Publishes “Understanding
Soils” Brochure
11th
Edition of Keys to Soil Taxonomy
2010 Fall Meeting Announcement
– Date Change!
National Cooperative Soil Survey News
– May 2010 NEW!
From
the Surface Down – 2nd Edition now available!
ISCA on
Facebook: ISCA is
now on Facebook. Come and be our friend. Post messages, questions, upload photos and
interact with your fellow ISCA members!
Go to Facebook.com and login.
Search for the group Illinois Soil Classifiers Association. We’re there!
If you don’t have a Facebook account, now you have a reason to set one
up. It’s easy. See you there.
ISCA Publishes
“Understanding Soils” Brochure: A new
brochure titled “Illinois
– Understanding Soils” was published by ISCA in cooperation with the
Natural Resources Conservation Service in March 2010. This brochure provides an excellent synopsis
of the soil forming factors, processes involved in soil formation and the major
properties and features of soil. Click
on the link above for a pdf version.
These brochures are great for teachers, farmers, homeowners and others
who want a more in-depth understanding of soils. Contact Roger Windhorn in Champaign, Jennifer
Wollenweber in Aurora, or Mark Bramstedt in Watseka if you desire a quantity of
these brochures to hand to your clients.
The
11th Edition of the Keys to Soil Taxonomy
as well as a summary of all changes for this new version of the Keys is
available at: http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/tax_keys/ . The Keys are in PDF
format and suitable for download and printing locally.
2010 ISCA Fall
Meeting – Date
Change! The new date is October 27 & 28,
2010 to avoid conflict with the Central States Forest Soils Workshop. The Fall Meeting will be in the Quincy area
and will be a joint session with Iowa and Missouri soil classifiers. Save the date and watch for more details.