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Ag Consultant (Fresno, CA) Dellavalle

NDellavalle — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:36:50 +0000

Dellavalle Laboratory, Inc. Job Opening. Full time ag consultants. Prefer 5 yrs experience, BS or MS in Soil or Crop Science.

Virginia: Soil Science Licensing Bill Passed

NGray — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:32:17 +0000

Virginia House Bill 1734 seeking Licensure of Soil Scientists PASSED on 20 Jan 2011! This is a big moment and let us hope that the Senate approves it next week. Keep your augers crossed...

reWealth via Storm Cunningham

PSmall — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:12:10 +0000

Creating wealth though restorative development. The future for soil science consulting.

Western Forestry and Conservation Workshops (submitted by Richard Zabel)

SPaDelford — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:54:26 +0000

Fifth PNW Native Plant Conference

December 7-9, 2010 Portland OR

Streambank Soil Bioengineering: How to Build & Install Vegetative Structures for Reducing Streambank Erosion

February 23-24, 2011 Portland, OR and
March 9-10, 2011 Spokane, WA

Insurance for Environmental Professionals

PSmall — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:30:21 +0000

A lot has changed in the insurance industry since we launched NSCSS' member group coverage in 2004. There are more choices now.

Plants take up drugs, antibacterials from biosolids used as fertilizers

PSmall — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:47:06 +0000

Research demonstrates that chemical contaminants found in wastewater and sewage sludge (aka biosolids) may accumulate in plants. (EHN Source)

Biochar Offsets

PSmall — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:16:18 +0000

I have been producing small quantities of biochar at home and using it in my compost. My equipment is relatively low tech, but my process is reasonably efficient. Those who care deeply about the implications of rising atmospheric CO₂ will invariably ask, can biochar produced in such a low tech system offset the carbon produced by the fire used to create the biochar in the first place? The answer can be decidedly yes even when efficiency is low if you keep it simple.

How To Make Charcoal by Gary Gilmore

PSmall — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:14:44 +0000

Editor's note:

Gary gave me the go-ahead to use his article and I am glad to take the opportunity. A slightly different version of the article, with some informative illustrations, is posted at http://www.puffergas.com/historic/rules/rules.html. I am happily relying on Gary's design myself. It works great.

Wetlands delineation in soils with permafrost

LLynn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:42:28 +0000

Wetland delineation in permafrost soils presents a unique challange. Right now I am in Interior Alaska, northeast of Fairbanks conducting a wetland delineation in black spruce (picea mariana) forests underlain by permafrost. One of the trickiest parts of deciphering the wetland soil features is understanding the seasonal timing in relation to the permafrost depth. When I visited this site in mid-May, the seasonal frost was still at 8" below the surface. Now we are running into season frost and/or permafrost at 16" or so.