Soil Survey Exhibits in Philadelphia

As part of the NRCS National Soil Survey Center's (NSSC) ongoing mission to generate awareness that the agency is the premiere source of soils information and soils knowledge in general, the NSSC recently participated at the American Planners Association's national conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For the first time, the agency was invited to give a workshop on the importance of soils and the various free online tools available at the NRCS soils Website.

Of the approximately 6,100 planners and GIS specialists including 1,300 students at the coference, more than 2,000 stopped by the NSSC booth to talk, learn, and obtain materials.  Approximately 500 got a hands-on demonstration of the on-line NRCS Web Soil Survey, Soil Data View, and Soil Data Mart tools.

Terry Aho, from the Portland Technical Center, conducted a 90 minute workshop on the various online soil applications and their capabilities.

The NSSC is also planning to participate on the same level at The Society of Landscape Architects and the National Association of Realtors national conferences.
Your contact is Linda Greene NRCS public affairs specialist, at 402-437-5879.