Beyond T Expert Consultation
Expert Consultation Presentations
The expert consultation convened by SWCS opened with presentations on the development and characteristics of the Soil Conditioning Index and the Soil Management Assessment Framework. Links to those presentations are provided below.
Lee Norfleet, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service—Soil Conditioning Index
Doug Karlen, USDA Agricultural Research Service—Soil Management Assessment Framework
Susan Andrews, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service—Soil Quality Tool; Additional Applications
Expert Consultation Participants
Carolyn Adams, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Susan Andrews, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Craig Cox, Soil and Water Conservation Society
Doug Karlen, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Sue Ann Lynes, Soil and Water Conservation Society
Lee Norfleet, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Michelle Wander, University of Illinois
Brian Wienhold, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Ted Zobeck, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Reviewers: Dave Lightle and Norm Widman, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; John Kruse, Georgia Pacific Corporation
Background for Expert Consultation
Investigation of Soil Conditioning Index Values For Southern High Plains Agroecosystems
Ted M. Zobeck, James Crownover, Monty Dollar, R. Scott Van Pelt, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Kevin F. Bronson, Dan R. Upchurch
Carbon and Nitrogen Pools of Southern High Plains Cropland and Grassland Soils
Kevin F. Bronson, Ted M. Zobeck, Teresita T. Chua, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, R. Scott van Pelt, and J. D. Booker
Simulating Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Cotton Production Systems with EPIC and the Soil Conditioning Index in the Southeastern USA
Deborah A. Abrahamson, M. Lee Norfleet, Hector J. Causarano, Jimmy R. Williams, Joey N. Shaw, and Alan J. Franzluebbers
The Soil Management Assessment Framework: A Quantitative Soil Quality Evaluation Method
Susan S. Andrews, Douglas L. Karlen, and Cynthia A. Cambardella
Soil Management Assessment Framework Web Site
http://soilquality.sustainability.uiuc.edu/
Username: reviewer
Password: soilquality
At the first page you can click directly on the link "The Soil Quality Index Tool" to get to SMAF.
OR, if you would like some background information first, click on "The Soil Quality Pages", then 'How can I assess SQ ?", and finally "description" for #2 SQ index on the right hand side of the list of tools.
You can go straight to SMAF (Index) from the description page. (Because the site is password protected, I can't give the URL to go straight to the description.)
Soil Quality Assessment in the South Fork Watershed
Douglas L. Karlen
The Soil Management Assessment Framework: Potential Applications for NRCS
Susan S. Andrews
NRCS Soil Quality Tool: Overview (April 25, 2007)
Susan S. Andrews
