Erosion Control

EPA’s rule on controlling stormwater runoff on construction sites went into effect this month. The rule marks the first time the EPA has imposed national monitoring requirements and enforceable numeric limitations on stormwater discharge from jobsites.

Although the term soft engineering is not currently used extensively, it is replacing "bioengineering" as the preferred term to describe the engineering use of living plants to prevent shoreline and stream bank scour and such. "Soft engineering" has gone international (UK, USA, Canada). It is an instantly recognizeable term, implicitly going beyond hard engineering to embrace the non-engineering aspects of plants and soil...

I found an interesting and informative article about global phosphorus reserves and conservation in Scientific American:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=phosphorus-a-looming-cr...

Morocco is the Saudi Arabia of phosphorus? Reserves in North Carolina?

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is seeking proposals to provide technical assistance pertaining to soil science, hydrology, engineering, fluvial and hillslope geomorphology, wetland science, and botany. Those selected would be contracted through a 2 year master services agreement, from which task orders would be issued on an as needed basis.

Preventing erosion, and detaining sediment during development is critical.

Mirrored from the NSCSS Job Opportunities page.

Job Opportunities

These are in the private sector and make specific mention related to soil science. They are current in that they get pulled when the job closes or the link disappears.

If you need some graphics to beef up your soils presentation, UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Environmental Knowledge for Change has some classics, and the source data is exceptionally well referenced:

• Soil Degradation - 1997 - map
• Agriculture land use distribution - croplands and pasture land - 2003 - map
  

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