Ninth Annual Workshop of the
Northeastern Soil Monitoring Cooperative
USGS New York Water Science
Center, Troy, NY
March 26, 2015
Agenda
Morning
Session. Discussions on Ongoing and New
Cooperative Tasks
09:10 09:15 Publication of the paper on our interlaboratory reference sample exchange. Led by Don Ross,
UVM
09:15 10:00 Developing a recommended protocol for archiving soil, Phase 1 of a three phase process. Led by Scott Bailey, USDA Forest Service, and Don Ross, University of Vermont
10:00 10:30 Developing a plan for expanding our database to include an inventory of archivable samples plus some discussion of Phase 3, establishing an archive network. Led by Scott Bailey, USDA Forest Service
11:10 12:15 Overview of results from the soil resampling
project as a lead in to the planning of new papers such as (1) a paper on
effects of storing air-dried samples, (2) a second paper on results from the
resampling project (plus new results?), (3) a paper on soil recovery processes
and how they relate to surface water recovery, and (4) other ideas? Perhaps seek NSRC funding for some or all of
this work? Led by Greg Lawrence, USGS
Afternoon Session. Presentations on Research Results and New Programs.
1:15 1:45 Paul
Hazlett, Canadian Forest Service Bioenergy wood ash waste as a forest soil
amendment: possibilities and pitfalls.
1:45 2:15 Bill Cannon, USGS, retired
Anthropogenic alteration of soils of the northeastern U.S. viewed from a
national perspective" (not available for distribution).
2:15 2:30 Kevin Keys, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Overview of the New Soil Monitoring Program in Nova Scotia.
2:30 3:00 Jay Siemion, USGS Resampling Results from the USGS Hydrologic Benchmark Watersheds.
3:15 3:45 Andrei Lapenas, SUNY at Albany
Relationships
between NDVI and soil in the Adirondacks
3:45 4:05 Mike Antidormi, SUNY Albany/USGS Resampling Results from the South Tributary of
Buck Creek, Western Adirondacks
4:05 4:20 Steve Parisio, NYS DEC The Catskill Environmental Research & Monitoring Initiative (CERM)
4:20 4:50 Scott Bailey, USDA Forest Service "Scales of spatial variation in upper B horizon chemistry in northern hardwood forests" (not available for distribution).