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Sunday, June 19, 2016
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Travel day
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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Registration– Desk in Lobby
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Monday, June 20, 2016
Moderator - Lawrence McGhee, State Soil Scientist, Alabama
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8:00 am – 10:00 am
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Registration– Desk in Lobby
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10:00 am – 10:15 am
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Welcome to Caribbean Area – Edwin Almodóvar, Director NRCS Caribbean Area
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10:15 am – 10:30 am
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Welcome, Introduction of NCSS Conference Members, Overview of Meeting - Dr. Miguel Muñoz, NRCS Liaison, UPRM; Agro. Manuel Matos, MLRA Soil Survey Leader, USDA NRCS
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10:30 am – 10:45 am
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Welcome to the Southern Regional National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference – Dr. Myrna Comas, Secretary, Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture
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10:45 am – 11:00 am
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Welcome to the Southern Regional National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference – Dr. John Fernández Van Cleve, Chancellor, UPRM
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11:00 am – 11:15 am
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Welcome to the Southern Regional National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference – Dr. Raúl Macchiavelli, Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences - UPRM
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11:15 am – 11:30 pm
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Welcome to the Southern Regional National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference – Dr. Michael Robotham, National Leader for Technical Soil Services (for Dr. David Lindbo, SSD Director)
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11:30 am – 1:00 pm
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Lunch (on your own)
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1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
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USDA Caribbean Climate Hub: Addressing Climate Change, Agriculture and Forestry in Puerto Rico –
William A. Gould, Isabel K. Parés, Stephen J. Fain, Kathleen McGinley and Nora Álvarez,US Forest Service
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1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
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Climate Effects on Agricultural Production and Water Management – Eric Harmsen, Agricultural Engineering and Biosystems Department, UPRM
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2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
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Improving Soil Health on Working Lands and the Role of NRCS – Dennis Chessman, Southeast Regional Team Leader, NRCS Soil Health Division
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2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
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SSD Soil Standards Branch Presentation - Jennifer Mason, NRCS, MLRA Leader (for Ken Scheffe)
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2:45 pm – 3:00 pm
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New Initiatives in Soil Interpretation - Linda Scheffe, NRCS Interpretations Branch (for Maxine Levin);Maxine Levin, Bob Dobos, Cathy Seybold, Susan Southard and Steve Peaslee
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3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
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Provisional Ecological Sites Initiatives – Greg Taylor, Senior Regional Soil Scientist, Soil Survey Region 3 (for Joel Brown)
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3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
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Break
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3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
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Panel Discussion with Regional Directors – Regional Issues and Priorities – Charles Love, SSR 7 Auburn, AL – Chair
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4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
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Panel Discussion with State Soil Scientists – Delaney Johnson (MS) and Edgar Mersiovsky (AR) – Co Chairs
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5:15 pm – 6:00 pm
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University Partners' Group Meeting
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6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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Social Mixer and Office/Organization Highlights
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Moderator – Kamara Holmes, State Soil Scientist, South Carolina
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7:00 am – 8:00 am
8:00 am – 8:10 am
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Breakfast
Announcements for the Day
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8:10 am – 8:40 am
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Geology and Tectonic History of Puerto Rico– Hernán Santos, Geology Department, UPRM
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8:40 am – 9:10 am
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Soils of Puerto Rico: A Diverse and Valuable Natural Resource – Miguel A. Muñoz, Víctor Snyder, UPRM and Manuel Matos, MLRA Soil Survey Leader, USDA NRCS
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9:10 am – 9:25 am
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USDA NRCS Caribbean Area Collaborative Efforts Towards Soil Health – Edwin Más, Plant Material Specialist, USDA NRCS Caribbean Area; Carlos Ortiz, UPRM
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9:25 am – 9:55 am
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Water Bodies of Puerto Rico: Distribution, Uses and Constraints – Gustavo Martínez, Agro Environmental Sciences Department, UPRM
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9:55 am – 10:15 am
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Break
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10:15 am – 10:30 am
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Neon Projects Within the Mid-Atlantic and Caribbean Region – Greg Taylor
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10:30 am – 10:45 am
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Deadwood, Soil Biota and Nutrient Dynamics in Tropical Forests: A Review of Case Studies from Puerto Rico – Grizelle González, R&D Unit, USDA Forest Service
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10:45 am – 11:00 am
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NRCS Soil Science Division International Activities in the Caribbean and Latin America, Michael Robotham, National Leader for Technical Soil Services (for Thomas Reinsch)
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11:00 am – 11:15 am
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Soil Taxonomy in Haiti – Jocelyn Louissaint, Soil Scientist, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (FAMV), Damien Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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11:15 am – 11:30 m
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Haiti Pilot Soil Survey – Manuel Matos, MLRA Soil Survey Leader, USDA NRCS
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11:30 m – 1:00 pm
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Lunch (on your own)
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1:00 pm – 1:10 pm
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Conference Logistics for Committee Meetings - Michael Robotham
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1:10 pm – 3:00 pm
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Committee Meetings: Soil Taxonomy and Standards, Research Priorities, New Technology, Soil Interpretations and Ecological Sites
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3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
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Break
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3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
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Committee Meetings and Consulting Soil Scientists Forum
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4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
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Committee Leaders Finalize Reports
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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Tour of UPRM Campus
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016
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Field Trip
6:00 am – 7:00 am
7:00 am – 8:30 am
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Breakfast
Travel from Hotel to the Maricao State Forest (30 miles)
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8:30 am – 10:00 am
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Introduction to the Puerto Rican Parrot Initiative and Provisional Ecological Sites of the Maricao State Forest. Serpentinite Soils Series; Using ArcSIE to Predict Soil Components in Serpentine Controlled Landscape; Oxisols (Nipe, Cerro Gordo and Rosario), Mollisols (La Taína and El Cacique)
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10:00 am – 11:00 am
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Travel to the Guánica Dry Forest (25 miles)
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11:00 am – 12:15 pm
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Guánica Dry Forest and National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) in the Caribbean Area. Aridisols (La Covana, Altamira series). Hike to the NEON Site in the Guánica Dry Forest
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12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
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Travel to the Lajas Agricultural Experiment Station (18 miles)
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
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Lunch at Lajas Agricultural Experiment Station
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2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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Lajas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Facilities, Soil Health Management Systems in Tropical Soils. Soil Pits of Vertisols (Fraternidad Series) and Ultisols (Mariana Series)
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3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
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Travel to Pineapple Farm (2 miles)
Pineapple Farm, Production and Applied Conservation Practices
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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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Travel to the Cabo Rojo Lighthouse. Historic Sea Salt Production (15.5 miles)
Cabo Rojo Lighthouse, Coastal Restorations Initiatives, and a Visit to the Center of Climate Change and Environmental Education.
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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
7:00 pm
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Travel to Hotel
Dinner (on your own)
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Thursday, June 23, 2016
Moderator – Alan Stahnke, State Soil Scientist, Texas
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7:00 am – 8:00 am
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Breakfast
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8:00 am – 8:15 am
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NRCS Partners and Cooperators: Forging Collaboration Through Wildlife Habitat Soil Interpretations- Tom Weber, NRCS, FL; Dee C. Pederson, NRCS, GA; Rick Robbins, NRCS FL; Bob Dobos, NRCS; Jodie Smithem, USFWS
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8:15 am – 8:30 am
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Water Conservation Area / FL615 Provisional Ecological Sites Descriptions – Martin Figueroa, USDA NRCS
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8:30 am – 8:45 am
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Research on Soil Microbial Communities and Enzymatic Activity in Tropical Soils in Puerto Rico – David Sotomayor, UPRM; Verónica Acosta-Martínez and José Amador
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8:45 am – 9:00 am
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Validation of Soil Survey Estimates of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Atterberg Limits for Major Puerto Rican Soils – Víctor Snyder, Fernando Julia and Miguel Vázquez, UPRM,
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9:00 am – 9:15 am
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Break
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9:15 am – 9:30 am
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Soil Hydraulic Property Estimation in Forest and Grass Catenas of MLRA 120 – Trinity Baker, Tanja N. Williamson and Brad D. Lee, University of Kentucky
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9:30 am – 9:45 am
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Evaluation of Soil Climate Analysis Network’s Soil Moisture Data Accuracy Across Texas - Julieta Collazo, Yohannes Yimam, Cristine Morgan and Haly Neely, Texas A & M University
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9:45 am – 10:00 am
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Effects of Salinity on Soils along the Gulf Coast as a Result of Hurricane Sea Water Inundation– J. Wes Tuttle
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10:00 am – 10:15 am
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Earthworm Mediated Carbon Storage in Soils Through Aggregation – Yaniria Sánchez de León, UPRM; Miquel González-Meler, Julie D. Jastrow, Javier Lugo-Pérez and David H. Wise
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10:15 am – 12:15 pm
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Posters Session
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12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
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Lunch (on your own)
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1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
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Present and Future of the NCSS – Dr. David Lindbo, SSD Director (Presentation and Discussion)
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3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
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SBAAG Reports
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3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
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Break
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3:30 pm – 5:15 pm
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Committee Reports and Business Meeting
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5:15 pm – 5:30 pm
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Closing Comments and Announcement of Next National and South Regional Conferences
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6:00 pm
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Conference Closing and Banquet
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Friday, June 24, 2016
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