Sixth Workshop of the Northeastern Soil Monitoring Cooperative

USGS New York Water Science Center, Troy, NY

March 13, 2012

 

Agenda

 

 

09:00 – 09:10              Welcome, Introduction

 

Morning Session.       Presentations Related to Long-Term Soil Change

 

09:10 – 09:35              Bill Cannon, U.S. Geological Survey    Completion of the Conterminous U.S. Geochemical Landscapes Project"

 

09:35 – 10:00              Craig Brown, U.S. Geological Survey    " Soil Parent Material Relationship -- geochemistry of C-horizon Soils in Connecticut"

 

10:00 – 10:25              Jay Siemion, U.S. Geological Survey    " Using Regional Stream and Soil Surveys to Study the Effects of Acid Deposition on the Catskill Mountains "

 

10:25 – 10:40              Break

 

10:40 – 11:05              Greg Lawrence, U.S. Geological Survey    " Early Indications of Soil Recovery from Acidic Deposition in U.S. Red Spruce Forests"

 

11:05 – 11:30              Don Ross, University of Vermont – “Early Results of the 200-Year Resampling Study

 

11:30 – 11:55              Doug Burns, U.S. Geological Survey Soil Hg investigations in the central Adirondacks

 

11:55 – 12:45              Lunch on site.

 

Afternoon Session.    Talks on operational aspects of  soil change monitoring, reports on soil networks, ongoing projects and task group updates

 

12:45 – 01:10              Carrie Rose Levine, Ruth Yanai, SUNY ESF –  Quantifying Uncertainty in Ecosystem Studies (QUEST)

 

1:10 – 1:25                  Rock Ouimet, Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources, Laval University – Methodology on long-term monitoring of forest soils in QC

 

1:25 – 1:40                  Mike McHale, U.S. Geological Survey New soil monitoring component in the USGS Hydrologic Benchmark Network

 

1:40 – 1:55                  Rich Hallett, USDA Forest Service – Urban Forestry and Soils in New York City

 

1:55 – 2:15                  Break

 

2:15 – 2:45                  Hobie Perry, USDA Forest Service – WEBINAR:  FIA soils, information and discussion on program approaches and results

 

2:45 – 3:15                  Results from the NERC (Northeastern Research Cooperative ) Project on Soil Resampling in the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada
Paul Hazlett, Ontario
Scott Bailey, Vermont, New Hampshire

 

3:15 – 3:35                  Scott Bailey, USDA Forest Service – Presentation on the NERC Soil Database Development Project

 

3:35 – 3:50                  Julieann Van Nest, New York State Museum – Overview of soil collection procedures being used at the Museum

 

3:50 – 4:05                  Greg Lampman, NYSERDA – overview of EMEP programs and projects and the evaluation of long-term environmental monitoring strategies for New York

 

4:05 – 4:20                  Other new projects to introduce or topics to discuss?

                                                                      
Task Group Reports (Soil Monitoring Review Paper Lawrence; Lab Methods Survey/Round-robin sample exchange- Ross, Bailey; Effects of sample storage-Lawrence; Archiving procedures and establishment of the New York State Museum Soil Archive Lawrence).