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?