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The planning for PSSAC's 2011 Annual Meeting is led by David Kelley, Toby O'Geen and Randy Dahlgren. Topics will include a session on online soils tool and apps, including utilization of the USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey, the UC soils website, Google Earth, and iPhone applications. The field tour portion of the meeting will feature Yolo County soils with an emphasis on Mediterranean climate soils (duripans, salty soils, deep vertisols, acid-sulfate soils, very old well-developed soils).
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| 2011 | Davis, California | Yolo County Soils, Wetlands, Online Soil Tools and Apps, and more. Organized by David Kelley, Toby O'Geen and Randy Dahlgren. | Link to 2011 Meeting Page |
| 2010 | Davenport, Calif. (June 17-19, 2010) |
Swanton Pacific Ranch. Organized by Ron Taskey, Roberta Smith, Brian Dieterrick (Swanton Pacific Ranch manager), Tom Rice, and Mary Reed. | |
| 2009 | Yosemite National Park (Sept. 17-19, 2009) |
"Soil-Geology-Vegetation Relationships of Yosemite National Park." A Joint Meeting of PSSAC and CFSC. |
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| 2008 | San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles Areas (March 27-29, 2008) |
Soil and Wine Quality Relationships, Soil and Olive Oil production, and mercury mine remediation efforts in the Tablas Creek watershed were the topics for the 2008 Annual Meeting. | |
| 2007 | Catalina Island |
The general theme of the meeting was to expose the participants to the unique soils, landforms, geology, agriculture, land use practices, archaeology, and history on Catalina Island. Cooperating agencies are the USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Catalina Island Conservancy, and the University of Southern California Wrigley Marine Science Center. |
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| 2006 | Philadelphia, PA (July 19-15, 2006) |
18th World Congress of Soil Science | |
| 2005 | Harris Ranch, Fresno and Kings Counties |
Human modified soils and issues related to agriculture, land use, and water in the San Joaquin Valley in collaboration with NRCS and the Department of Water Resources. |
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| 2004 | Sacramento, Shasta, Modoc & Lassen Counties |
Agriculture, land use, and research issues in Northeastern California. Relationships between soils, climate and land use practices in collaboration with NRCS and University of California Extension Service. |
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| 2003 | Doubletree Hotel, Sacramento Valley and adjacent foothills |
Soil and Archaeology: Pedological and Cultural History Revealed. Soils, geomorphic surfaces and arcaeological features in collaboration with the Society for California Archaeology. |
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| 2002 | McClellan Park, Sacramento |
Remediation of soils contaminated with hazardous materials, and nutrient management on soils used for treatment of agricultural wastes |
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| 2001 | Salinas, Monterey County |
Geology, Geomorphology, Native Vegetation, Water Resources, Nitrate Management, Commercial Composting, Intensive Agriculture and Urban and Agricultural Land Use Issues |
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| 2000 | Fresno County |
San Joaquin State Soil, Foriestiere Gardens, Cal Poly SLO student projects. |
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