Third Workshop of the Northeastern Soil Monitoring Network

 

USGS New York Water Science Center, Troy, NY

March 11-12, 2009

 

Sponsored by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

 

Agenda

 

March 11th

 

Morning Session.       Presentations of soil resampling studies

 

09:10 – 09:55              André Desaules, NABO, The Swiss National Soil Monitoring Network — Overview and experiences of the Swiss soil monitoring network over 25 years

 

09:55 – 10:40              Sandy Wilmot, Vermont Division of Forestry/Don Ross, University of Vermont — Mapping Soil Carbon in Vermont with NRCS data

 

 

11:00 – 11:45              Greg Lawrence, USGS – Resampling Soils in Northeastern Spruce Stands after 10-12 Years: Results and Methods Issues

           

 

Afternoon Session.    Information on new projects and task group reports

 

12:30 – 04:30              Nancy Burt/Brian Keel –  “Green Mountain National Forest Long-Term Ecosystem Monitoring Project”

 

                                    Bill Cannon – “The North American Geochemical Landscape Project:  Overview and results from the NE US"

 

April Melvin – “Report on the Woods Lake watershed liming study”

 

André Desaules – “Adequate data quality: Essential methodological soil monitoring challenge”

 

Discussion on a national soils survey and archive as part of the developing national climate change program (Murdoch)

 

                                    Report on the NSRC-funded Soil Resampling and Database Development/Archiving Project to begin this year (Bailey/Lawrence)

 

Long-term Soil Monitoring as part of the National Park Service’s Vital Signs Monitoring Program (Perles)

 

Introduction of the Appalachian Trail Project (Lawrence / Ellsworth)

 

Introduction of the NYSERDA Adirondack Sugar Maple Project (Lawrence)

 

Introduction of other NYSERDA projects (Watson/Lampman)

 

Introduction of the NSRC Project on the Importance of Calcium on Biodiversity in the Adirondacks (Lawrence)

 

ARS work on Dynamic Soil Properties (Villars)

 

Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) (Villars)

 

Other program or network affiliations (effect of our letter to FIA soils Riemann), what can be provided regarding soils information in the NADP report that will be written this spring (Burns)

 

Task Group Reports (Soil Monitoring Review Paper; Lab Methods Survey/Round-robin sample exchange- Ross, Bailey; Effects of sample storage-Lawence; Archiving procedures -Lawrence).

 

                                   

 4:30 – 5:30                 Continuation of our long-term objective towards spatial characterization soil change for the entire northeast?  NSRC project is a first step, what is step 2?

 

 

 

March 12th

 

Morning Session        More on the concept of a long-term objective, plus administration and funding.

 

08:30 – 12:00              Continue discussion of new tasks that support the long-term objective.

                                   

                                    Are there ideas for other activities that need funding?  Discuss how these activities would be defined and implemented, identify leadership, and plans to acquire funds. 

 

                                    Where are we with the charter, and the long-overdue creation of a website (I may finally have a solution)?  New members on the steering committee.