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NRCS Soil Quality / Soil Health Contacts
The NRCS is committed to acquiring, developing and transferring soil quality
information and technology. Soil quality / soil health conservation planning, technical
assistance, and technology development contacts are listed below. Contact the
webmaster for assistance with
content available at this site.
- The National Soil Health and Sustainability Team located at
the
East National Technology Support Center
in Greensboro, NC, specializes in technology transfer and training to improve
soil health, productivity, and air and water quality. The interdisciplinary
staff conducts soil health training for NRCS employees, conservation partners, farm groups,
and producers; develops educational materials and demonstrations to highlight conservation practices that improve soil
health; and works with
state soil quality/soil health specialists to incorporate soil health concepts into
conservation planning and programs. This staff coordinates and instructs "Soil
Health and Sustainability for Field Staff" training offered by the NRCS National Employee
Development Center (NRCS-NEDC-000050).
- The National Soil Quality and Ecosystems Branch located at
the National Soil Survey
Center in Lincoln, NE, specializes in technology development and
technical assistance for soil quality assessment and inventory. The
interdisciplinary staff develops new tools and decision support aids for
assessment; interpretations of dynamic soil properties; standards for
inventory; new methods for field recording; as well as innovative data
storage and retrieval systems. This staff offers training and assistance for
in-field soil quality assessment, dynamic soil properties inventory,
ecological site description (ESD) development and related topics upon
request.
National Soil Health
and Sustainability Team - Greensboro, NC (Address/Phone Information)
Name |
Title |
Phone |
Soil Quality Specialty Area |
David Lamm |
Team Leader
Natural Resources Specialist |
336-370-3339
336-339-6246 (cell) |
team leadership, sustainable soil management for
organic and specialty farms, integration of soil quality resource
concerns with conservation practice standards, conservation programs, and payment schedules |
Ray Archuleta |
Conservation Agronomist |
336-370-3360
336-404-7443 (cell) |
soil biology/ecology, diversity approaches for agroecosystem
sustainability,
soil quality concepts, demonstrations and test kit training
applicable to field staff
and producers |
Leander Brown |
Soil Scientist |
336-370-3335
336-404-7936 (cell) |
soil quality education and outreach |
Vacant |
Agronomist |
336-370-3365
336-404-0151 (cell) |
sustainable soil management for cropland,
cropping systems, crop rotation, cover crop, and
conservation tillage practices, Revised
Universal Soil Loss Equation 2 (RUSLE2), Soil
Conditioning Index (SCI) |
Dr. Holli Kuykendall |
Ecologist |
336-370-3341
336-404-4005 (cell) |
webmaster, soil quality indicators, publications, graphics, online training resources,
National
Employee Development Center (NEDC) soil quality training
technical coordinator |
Steve Woodruff |
Agronomist |
336-370-3370
336-339-6258 (cell) |
sustainable soil management for cropland and pasture, Forage Suitability Groups (FSGs),
prescribed grazing system and rainfall simulator demonstrations |
Tracy Briscoe |
Administrative Assistant |
336-370-3332 |
administrative support |
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National
Soil Quality and Ecosystems Branch - Lincoln, NE (Address/Phone Information)
Name |
Title |
Phone |
Soil Quality Specialty Area |
Dr. Susan Andrews |
National Leader |
402-437-5687
402-617-9774 (cell) |
soil biology/ecology, agroecosystem
sustainability, indicator selection/interpretation,
decision tool development and validation, test kit development and
training |
Craig Busskohl |
Forester |
402-437-5316
402-318-1152 (cell) |
forest soil health, forest management and disturbance,
Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs),
forest soil interpretations |
Dr. Faustin Iyamuremye |
Soil Scientist |
402-437-5423 |
soil quality, soil biology, soil carbon, soil
quality indicator assessment and interpretation, cropping systems |
Mike Kucera |
Agronomist |
402-437-4133
402-318-1145 (cell) |
sustainable soil management for crop and pasture, forage suitability
groups, Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs),
agronomic soil interpretations |
Curtis Talbot |
Range Management Specialist |
402-437-4176
402-802-0441 (cell) |
rangeland health, dynamic soil properties,
Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs),
range soil interpretations |
Dr. Skye Wills |
Soil Scientist – Dynamic Soil Properties |
402-437-5310
402-314-5659 (cell) |
dynamic soil properties; indicator selection; data analysis and
storage; test kits; Rapid Carbon Assessment; crop, range, and subaqueous
soils |
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