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Pacific Southwest Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) Soil Survey Office, Region #2

The Pacific Southwest MLRA Office (MO-2), located in Davis, California provides quality assurance, technical guidance and support, and technology transfer to National Cooperative Soil Survey offices for parts of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and the Pacific Basin. This office is one of 17 Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) Offices serving the National Cooperative Soil Survey in the United States and it's trust territories.

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David W. Smith
MLRA Office Team Leader/State Soil Scientist
Phone: (530) 792-5640
David.Smith@ca.usda.gov

MLRA Office Staff
Contact Information	Responsibilities
Russell Almaraz GIS Soil Survey Specialist Phone: (530) 792-5665 Russell.Almaraz@ca.usda.gov	Provide GIS support for the Soil Survey Program
David Howell GIS Soil Survey Specialist Arcata Soil Survey Office 1125 16th. St., Room 219 Arcata, CA 95521 Phone: (707) 822-7133, x100 Fax: (707) 822-7131 David.Howell@ca.usda.gov	Provide GIS support for the Soil Survey Program Conduct analysis of STATSGO, SSURGO, and other geospatial datasets
Carmen Ortiz Soil Survey Publications Specialist Phone: (805) 928-9269, x 102 carmen.ortiz@ca.usda.gov	NASIS report scripting/query support Assist Project Leaders in the development of soil survey manuscripts Coordination of publication of soil soil surveys California Webmaster State eAuthentication Coordinator State SCIMS Coordinator
Kit Paris Soil Data Quality Specialist (Database) Phone: (530) 792-5634 Kit.Paris@ca.usda.gov	Soil database management National Soil Information System (NASIS) implementation and maintenance PEDON program implementation Field Office Computing System (FOCS) soils module and training Soil survey review team leader Soil correlation STATSGO data support
Susan Southard Liaison to the National Park Service Soil Data Quality Specialist Phone: (530) 792-5636 susan.southard@ca.usda.gov	National Liaison to the National Park Service Soil survey review team leader
Ed Tallyn Soil Data Quality Specialist (Correlation) Phone: (530) 792-5639 Ed.Tallyn@ca.usda.gov	MLRA Office Area-wide soil correlation leader Soil survey review team leader Soil classification Soil data quality Soil taxonomy
Nancy Whitmire Management Assistant Phone: (530) 792-5635 Nancy.Whitmire@ca.usda.gov	MLRA Office and management support Distribution of soil survey reports & soils reference materials

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