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Technical Soil Services, Soil Survey, & National Resource Inventory (NRI) Plan

Technical Soil Services, Soil Survey, & National Resource Inventory (NRI) Plan. “Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.” Mike Tyson. Soil Science Division Priorities. Accelerate the Soil Survey Data Join Recorrelation Initiative

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Technical Soil Services, Soil Survey, & National Resource Inventory (NRI) Plan

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  1. Technical Soil Services, Soil Survey, & National Resource Inventory (NRI) Plan “Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.” Mike Tyson

  2. Soil Science Division Priorities • Accelerate the Soil Survey Data Join Recorrelation Initiative • Continue initial soil survey mapping on all lands, including Federal lands • Strengthen technical soil services to support soil health initiatives, conservation planning and program delivery • Accelerate production of ecological site descriptions in collaboration with State technical staff and partners • Strengthen the National Cooperative Soil Survey

  3. Role of the State Soil Scientist • Provide technical soil services to other staffs and leadership to resource soil scientists • Serve as primary liaison to National Cooperative Soil Survey Partners • Serve as a member of the management teams for the soil survey regional offices serving the state • Documenting the needs for updating soil survey maps, data, and interpretations

  4. Agreements • BLM Agreement for Duchesne Soil Survey; due for completion on December 30, 2013; BLM acres are complete; database is being worked on • BLM agreement Emery Eastern Part pre-mapping and database development; is due for completion December 30, 2015; currently being worked on by Ogden MLRA Soil Survey Office • BLM Agreement for ESD Development; due for completion July 1, 2014; staff are finalizing completion of the first 30 ESDs; most of these need to be approved; Requests for Proposals are going to be sent to contractors to utilize the recently added funds • BLM Agreement for Loa-Marysvale Soil Survey; due for completion on December 1, 2013; BLM acres are complete; database is being worked on; all funds have been expended. • FS agreement for 75,000 acres in Duchesne Soil Survey Area; is due for completion September 30, 2014; a Request for Proposal will be set to contractors to utilize a portion of the balance • NPS Agreement for Zion National Park; due for completion February 1, 2016; in FY 2013 completed the work plan and started on ESD work.

  5. Utah Priorities for Flagstaff MLRA SSO • Complete McCracken Mesa project in UT643 • Review and update of miscellaneous land types in UT643 • MLRA Project for update of San Juan River corridor map units

  6. Utah Priorities for Ogden MLRA SSO • Assist Price MLRA SSO on Initial Soil Survey • Assist Price Office on completing Emery East pre-map project for BLM Agreement • Incorporate 24,000 acres of Camp Williams Soil Survey work into SSURGO surveys • Incorporate approximately 77,000 acres of soil survey (from West Beaver survey) into UT617 SSURGO

  7. Utah Priorities for Price MLRA SSO • Complete field work on the Ute & Ouray lands • Complete field work for FS Agreement in Duchesne • Complete field work for Loa-Marysvale • SSURGO certify Loa-Marysvale • Continue work on SSURGO certification for the Ute & Ouray and Duchesne • Continue work on Emery East pre-map project

  8. Utah Priorities for Richfield MLRA SSO • SSURGO Certification for Capitol Reef National Park & related deliverables • Follow up on deliverables for Hovenweep National Monument • SSURGO Certification of the Kane Area Soil Survey • Field work for Zion National Park

  9. Utah Priorities for Victorville MLRA SSO • Update miscellaneous land type map units for 65,000 acres in the Washington Area Soil Survey (for watershed modeling) • Incorporate the Pine Valley Mountain Update mapping into SSURGO for the Washington Area

  10. Technical Soil Service Projects • Annual TSS report developed for XLT • Conservation Education • Crop Insurance Cross Compliance • Farmland Protection Policy Act • NASIS Exports to the staging server • Salt Lake County Extension Service Soil Fertility Project • Soil Health Initiative • Spatial Display of Soil Climate Data • Statewide Hydric Soil Maps • Washington City Hydrologic Groups • Wetlands

  11. National Resources Inventory • Continuous Inventory – 350 segments using remote sensing • Range inventory on non-federal land – 46 segments • Range inventory on BLM land – 114 segments • Completed with a combination of NRCS staff and contractors • Can be part of the TSS delivered by the MLRA Soil Survey Offices

  12. Staff Resources for Technical Soil Services and National Resources Inventory • State Soil Scientist –1.0 FTE • State Resource Inventory Coordinator – 1.0 FTE • Area Soil Scientist in Price - 1.0 FTE • Soil Climate Analysis Network Soil Scientist – .2 FTE • MLRA Soil Survey Office Soil Scientists & Range Specialists – 10 staff (15%) 1.5 FTE • Total4.7 Full Time Equivalent Staff

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