NRCS Soils Information
The soils references and information formerly available from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) State of New Hampshire website is temporarily unavailable. In the interim the Society of Soil Scientists […]
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SITE SPECIFIC SOIL MAPPING STANDARDS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT- UPDATED
The revised and updated Site Specific Soil Mapping Standards are now available https://sssnne.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/site-specific-soil-mapping-standards-for-new-hampshire-and-vermont-version-7.0-july-2021.pdf
FIELD INDICATORS OF HYDRIC SOILS IN THE UNITED STATES-VERSION 8.2 (2018)
Field Indicators of Hydric Soil Indicators in the United States for use in Region LRR R. Updated July 7, 2021 and available https://sssnne.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/field-indicators-version-8.2-2018-2021-update.pdf
2019 MAINE ENVIROTHON & NATIONAL ENVIROTHON- SPRUCE MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL
SSSNNE once again was a financial sponsor of the Maine State Envirothon. At the State Competition on May 31st the Spruce Mt teams took 1st and 2nd place with the Belfast High School […]
Advanced Notice of the Hydric Soil Indicator TA6 Mesic Spodic being approved as A17 by the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils
This serves as an Advanced Notice of the Hydric Soil Indicator TA6 Mesic Spodic being approved as A17 by the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils. Based on communications between […]
Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils Version 3- Available for Free
The official Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils Version 3 – National Soil Survey Center/NRCS publication (2012) is available for download for free at the following link: https://nrcspad.sc.egov.usda.gov/DistributionCenter/product.aspx?ProductID=991 .
Maine Environthon representative places 6th at 2018 National Conservation Foundation (NCF) North American Envirothon
The Spruce Mountain High School Envirothon team was able to represent Maine at the 2018 National Conservation Foundation (NCF) North American Envirothon in Pocatello, Idaho. The group from Jay, Maine […]
The “Field Companion” for – Field Indicators for Identifying Hydric Soils in New England- Version 4, June 2018, New England Hydric Soils Technical Committee- Available for Order
The SSSNNE now has available for purchase hard copies of the “Field Companion” for publication “Field Indicators for Identifying Hydric Soils in New England- Version 4, June 2018, New England […]
NH Soils Matter Conference- April 4, 2018
The NH Soils Matter Conference was held on April 4, 2018 in Concord, NH. A summary of the conference is provided here NH Soils Matter Conference- April 4, 2018 .
SSSNNE Special Publications No. 1 and No. 3 – Updated
At long last the SSSNNE Special Publications No. 1- High Intensity Soil Mapping Standards for New Hampshire and No. 3- Site Specific Soil Mapping Standards for New Hampshire and Vermont […]
Society of Soil Scientists of Northern New England 