Agenda: MO–15 MLRA Workshop
June 8–12, 2009 NRCS MO–15/State Office Auburn, AL
Monday, June 8 Travel Day
Tuesday, June 9 Moderator: Lawrence McGhee, MLRA 15–4 Soil Survey Leader Agenda 8:00–8:15 8:15–8:30 8:30–9:00 Welcome from Alabama NRCS Welcome from MO–15 & House Keeping Issues Report from NHQ: Soil Survey by MLRA Report from NSSC (via teleconference/net conference) Bill Puckett, State Conservationist Auburn, AL Charles Love, MO–15 Leader Auburn, AL Mike Golden Director, Soil Survey Division Washington, DC Craig Ditzler, National Leader for Soil Classification & Standards NSSC Lincoln, NE Sam Brown Supervisory Soil Scientist NCGC Fort Worth, TX Jon Hempel, Co-Director NGDC West Virginia, VA
9:00–9:15
9:15–9:30
Report from NCGC (via teleconference/net conference)
9:30–9:45
Report from NGDC
9:45–10:00 10:00–10:15
** BREAK ** Report from East NTC Leander Brown, Soil Scientist
MO–15 MLRA Workshop
Tuesday, June 9 (cont’d) 10:15–10:55 Function of MO Regional Office & Staff Function of MLRA SSO & Staff Function of County Subset Office & Staff Function of MO Board of Directors Function of MO Management Team Function of MO Technical Teams ** LUNCH ** Charles Love Greg Brannon Greg Brannon Bill Puckett Charles Love Scott Anderson
10:55–11:30
11:30–12:30
Moderator: Steve Depew, MLRA 15–1 Soil Survey Leader 12:30–12:50 12:50–2:35 MO–15 Technical Team Issues Project Plans, APOs, Long Range Plans, & On-Going Soil Survey Projects: • Report from SSO 15–1 • Report from SSO 15–2 • Report from SSO 15–3 • Report from SSO 15–4 • Report from SSO 15–5 • Report from SSO 15–6 • Report from SSO 15–7 • Report from SSO 15–8 • Report from SSO 15–9 • MO–15 perspective MOUs & Formal Agreements ** BREAK ** MO–15 Operating Guidelines: • MLRA implementation guide • MLRA operating procedures • Correlation, QC, QA • Field reviews, field assists, & reports • Correlation documents • Publication & manuscripts Mapping Scales & Joining Policy Adjourn for the Day Charles Love, Scott Anderson, Greg Brannon, Joe Norris, & Aaron Achen Scott Anderson
Steve Depew Chris Hatcher Jerome Langlinais Lawrence McGhee Alvin Perez Milton Martinez Jeff Deniger Howard Yamataki Jorge Lugo Scott Anderson Charles Love
2:35–3:00 3:00–3:15 3:00–4:30
4:30–5:00 5:00
Greg Brannon & Scott Anderson
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MO–15 MLRA Workshop
Wednesday, June 10 Moderator: Jeff Deniger, MLRA 15–7 Soil Survey Leader 8:00–9:30 How to Analyze & Evaluate County Subset Soil Surveys: • Florida’s procedure • MO–15 perspective & examples ** BREAK ** OSD Maintenance & Analysis: • Assignment of OSDs • How to update OSDs • Analysis using online extent map • MO–15 OSD maintenance guide Evaluation of OSD TP Sites & Benchmark Soils: • Status of MO–15 benchmark soils • Relocating OSD TP sites • How to evaluate & sample benchmark sites • Dynamic soil properties ** LUNCH ** Greg Brannon & Scott Anderson Scott Anderson & Rick Robbins
9:30–9:45 9:45–10:45
10:45–11:45
Greg Brannon, Ellis Benham, & Sofi Elrashidi
11:45– 12:45
Moderator: Milton Martinez, MLRA 15–6 Soil Survey Leader 12:45–2:15 Soil Sampling & Special Projects: • Determining sampling needs & developing plans • Sampling for lab characterization • Setting up special projects • Dynamic soil properties • Using lab data in the soil survey evaluation process ** BREAK ** NASIS: • Status & demonstration of 6.0 • Assignment of MUs & DMUs • National MLRA legend symbols • MLRA legends in NASIS Jim Fortner, Soil Scientist Lincoln, NE Ellis Benham & Sofi Elrashidi
2:15–2:30 2:30–3:30
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MO–15 MLRA Workshop
Wednesday, June 10 (cont’d) 3:30–4:30 Soil Interpretations by MLRA: How To Assess & Develop Soil Interpretations Open Discussion Subaqueous soils Adjourn for the Day Jim Fortner & Leander Brown
4:30–5:00 5:00
All Tom Weber, St. Soil Scientist
Thursday, June 11 Moderator: Jerome Langilnais, MLRA 15–3 Soil Survey Leader 8:00–8:20 8:20–8:35 8:35–9:30 Mapping National Park Land in FL Coordinated MLRA wide 37-A: Definitions for Special Symbols MO–15 NASIS: • Soil data population • Text note policy • Checking & analyzing data • Interpretations • Pedon ** BREAK ** STATSGO Maintenance & General Soil Maps MO–15 Multimedia Report: • SharePoint • Publications & manuscripts • Guidance documents • Web Soil Survey demonstration • Content management ** LUNCH ** Greg Brannon Aaron Achen, Writer/Editor Lincoln, NE Rick Robbins, Soil Scientist Greg Brannon, SDQS Scott Anderson, SDQS
9:30–9:45 9:45–10:15 10:15 –11:30
11:30–12:30
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MO–15 MLRA Workshop
Thursday, June 11 (cont’d) Moderator: Chris Hatcher, MLRA 15–2 Soil Survey Leader 12:30–1:30 1:30–2:00 2:00–2:15 2:15–3:15 Application of LIDAR for Soil Survey, TEUI, & NSGD Pilot Project Future of Digital Map Finishing and Print-On-Demand Processes ** BREAK ** GIS Issues: • Core data set management • Tracking spatial changes • Soil survey evaluation using GIS Management Team Business Meeting Possible Topics: • How should the management team be organized: One team for MO–15? One team for each technical team area? One team for each SSO? • Develop management team operating procedures. • Establish frequency & location of meetings. • Discuss management team membership. • Discuss priorities & develop “Action Register.” • Discuss database editing roles & responsibilities (NASIS User Groups). • Discuss issue of various mapping scales. • Tracking MLRA soil survey progress. Closing Remarks Joe Norris & Larry Spratling Cartographic Team Auburn, AL Chaired by Charles Love Joe Gardinski, Cartographer Huntsville, AL Charles Love & Larry Spratling
3:15–4:30
4:30
Charles Love & Bill Puckett
Friday, June 12 Travel Day
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