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4th IUSS Soil Classification Conference Field Tour Guidebook IUSS Soil Classification Conference Field Tour (Thursday, June 14, 2012) Buses to arrive at hotel at 7:00 am; begin loading buses at 7:15 am; buses depart hotel at 7:30 am Ken Scheffe will coordinate overall tour logistics. Route for the Thursday Tour Start at Holiday Inn Downtown, Lincoln, NE (F) B – Stop 2 - Hitchcock Nature Center, Honey Creek, IA arrive at 9:00 am (Sites 2a, 2b, and 2c) C – Stop 3 - Closed Sarpy County Landfill, Bellevue, NE arrive at 1:30 pm (Sites 3a and 3b) D – Stop 4- Chalco Hills Recreation Area, Omaha, NE arrive at 3:30 pm (Sites 4a and 4b) E – Mahoney State Park, Platte River, NE arrive at 5:30 pm F – Holiday Inn Downtown, Lincoln, NE arrive 8:30 pm (?) 56
4th IUSS Soil Classification Conference Field Tour Guidebook Stop 2 - Hitchcock Nature Center • Unload buses and walk to the Hitchcock Nature Center, Loess Hills Lodge. Congregate at the lodge at 9:00AM. • Very brief orientation by Ken regarding tour activities at the nature center for that day (5 minutes) • Welcome and overview by ChadBGraeve, Natural Resource Specialist (10 minutes) • Geomorphic orientation to the Loess Hills and Missouri River Valley by Doug Wysocki (10 minutes) • Overview of the soils of the Loess Hills by Richard Lensch, retired NRCS soil scientist (10 minutes) • Participants welcome to view the displays and center, go up to the overlook, take photos, etc. • At 9:45AM, reconvene at the tables/displays where soil cores on display (2 nd Site 2B Site 2c Site 2a level) Site 2a - Soils of the Missouri River Floodplain –Onawa Series soil cores (Pit boss – Shawn McVey) • Overview of the soil cores by Shawn McVey (5 minutes) • Participant Examination and photographs of soil cores (3) – 15 minutes • Discussion of lab data and soil classification (Soil Taxonomy and WRB) - Joe Chiaretti– (10 minutes or more) Site 2b – Soils of the Loess Hills, Monona Series, north exposure Mollisols (Pit boss- Dan Pulido) • Overview of the site and series – Dan Pulido • Photos of the profile – 10 minutes • Pick and poke in the pit – 30 minutes • Discussion of lab data and soil classification (Soil Taxonomy and WRB) - Joe Chiaretti– (5 minutes) Site 2c –South exposure Inceptisols (Pit boss – Dan Pulido) • Very brief discussion of exposure (description, no lab data) - Dan Pulido – (5 minutes) • Discussion of mollic vs. non-mollic as function of aspect/exposure – Joe Chiaretti – (5 minutes) • Return to Visitor’s Center- 11:30AM Lunch Break at Visitors Center) - provided by University of Nebraska - Lincoln- 11:30AM - 12:30PM • Load buses and depart Hitchcock Nature Center 12:30PM • Travel to closed Sarpy County landfill site with arrival at 1:00PM (26 miles, 0:34 travel time) 57
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