SSSSNE Soil Links
The following are some helpful links to soil resources, SSSSNE does not endorse or recieve any advertising for these links, to add, report dead link, or general inquiries send email to soils@cox.net
Soil | Equipment | Geology | Educational | Enviro | Maps/GIS
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Field Guide For Describing Soils - Excellent PDF document for describing soils - Version 3 released 2012.
Field Indicators for Identifying Hydric Soils in New England (Version 4 - NEW)
Gloassary of Soil Terms (nesoil) | Glossary of Soil Terms (SSSA)
NEsoil.com - Soil and Soil Survey Info for New England
Official Soil Series Descriptions - Need information about a soil series?
Society of Soil Scientist of Northern New England
Society of Soil Scientist of Southern New England
Soil Quality / Soil Health - USDA-NRCS
Soil Science Society of America
Soil Survey Manual - Complete information about soil survey and describing soils (Chapter 3).
Soil and Water Conservation Society, Southern New England
Rhode Island NRCS Soils Homepage
Connecticut NRCS Soils Homepage
URI Department of Natural Resources Science
- Soil Survey Equipment
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Bug Shirt - Keeps those mosquitoes and other pests from biting!
Soil Temperature Loggers - Pendant loggers
Dutch Augers - One Piece Combo 7 cm blade recommended!
Odyssey - low cost water table loggers.
IRIS Tube - Indicator of Reduction in Soils
- Geology Link
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Building the Northern Appalachian Mountains and New England - Geological Histroy of Jamestown, RI
Geology and Formation of New England
Geology Wing Entrance (Geologic Time & Plate Tectonics)
- Educational Links
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Geological Society of America - Education and Teacher Resources (K-12 Lesson Plans)
Geology and the Formation of New England - From Memorial Hall Museum (5-6th grade)
Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom
National Soil Survey Center Soil Education Page
Soil-net - - Soil-Net.com is a free and compelling environmental Internet resource for Key Stages 1-4 providing teachers and students extensive curriculum-based information about soil.
Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists
Current Water Resource Conditions (USGS)
Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists
Mass. Department of Environmental Protection
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Natural Resources Defense Council - The Earth's Best Defense
NE Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission
Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds - EPA
Rhode Island Cooperative Extension (RI GIS data available for download)
Rhode Island Forest Conservators Organization
URI Onsite Wastewater Training Center
Connecticut Geographic Information Center
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - 6,480 online maps!
Google Earth - Dowload the free program and view the world! After installing check out the soil observation points file from Nesoil
Historic USGS Maps of New England (RI has these Geo-referenced for use on a GIS email for info)
Historical Soil Maps of the U.S. (University of Alabama)
Massachusetts Geographic Information System
Bing Maps - Birds eye imagery for all of Rhode Island!
The National Atlas of the United States of America
National Geographic Map Machine
USDA:NRCS:Geospatial Data Gateway - Digital Soil Data, Ortho Imagery, USGS Topographic Maps, Hydrology.
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