Investigator’s Annual Reports (IAR’s) for Crater Lake National Park

Soil Characterization for 2006 International Soil Science Society

 

Report Number: 29581

Reporting Year: 2004

Permit Number: CRLA-2004-SCI-0003

Current Status: Checked in

Date Received: Jan 05, 2005

Principal Investigator: Thor Thorson, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Portland, OR

Park-assigned Study Id. # CRLA-04016

Permit Expiration Date: Dec 31, 2004

Permit Start Date: Jun 25, 2004

Study Starting Date: Jun 25, 2004

Study Ending Date: Dec 31, 2004

Study Status: Continuing

Activity Type: Education

Subject/Discipline: Soils

Objectives: Collect and analyze soil samples for chemical and physical properities.

Findings and Status:  Soil samples were collected for laboratory analysis in June 2004. One pedon was sampled. Samples were shipped to the USDA-NRCS National Soil Survey Laboratory. A description of the soil profile was also made at the time of sample collection. Analysis should be completed in 2005. The description and laboratory analysis will be used as reference material during the site visit in 2006 for the World Congress Soil Science Pacific Northwest tour.

For this study, were one or more specimens collected and removed from the park but not destroyed during analyses? Yes

Funding provided this reporting year by NPS: 0

Funding provided this reporting year by other sources: 300

Full name of college or university:  n/a

Annual funding provided by NPS to university or college this reporting year: 0

 

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