Peer support

Soil scientist salaries start at about $40,000 in the private sector. However, there are tremendous regional variations.

Try this new Google tool:

Go to http://www.google.com/squared and type in 'wetland soil' then
in the first two boxes type in 'riparian' and 'palustrine', Hit Return.

At the bottom of the 2nd column click on the 'Add next 10 items' link.

Play around. Kind of fun to see what turns up.

Many of the soils in Southcentral Alaska, west of Cook Inlet, are derived from volcanic ash parent material. Development projects in the region will rely upon wetland delineation for permitting, but evidence of observed soil characteristics that meet the regulatory standards for wetland soils (those with anaerobic conditions) may not be readily measurable or observable in soils of volcanic ash-derived parent material. These soils, when saturated, frequently present few or no observable hydric soil features as described in the USACE Alaska Supplement of the Wetland Delineation Manual.

That's a great question. (Source) Does it apply to soil scientists?

Zotero is a free piece of software that lives in your Firefox browser, helping you to 'collect, manage and cite your research sources' in all sorts of beautiful ways. Zotero is easily one of the best bibliographic managers out there. I am trying to make it work for my soil and wetland project reference lists.

Join the new NSCSS Facebook Group.

Our NRCS State Soil Scientists has been given the support they need to include NSCSS members on the USDA-NRCS roster of cooperating soil scientists. The state cooperator roster promotes closer communication and is used to deliver critical technical updates and announce meeting, training and job opportunities. That is good news for the soil science profession as a whole and especially good news for the lone soil scientist.