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Protecting Life's Foundation

A Proposal for Recognizing Rare and Threatened Soils

^a Pine Lake Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820-4020
^b Dep. of Environmental Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154

View larger version (109K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Example candidate soils for rare or threatened status. A. Salt playa in, Death Valley N.P., CA; B. Profile of a serpentine soil (Chrome series) from Pennsylvania; C. Profile of a marl soil from West Virginia (Lappans series); D. Gilgai landform from Calaveras County, CA; E. Mima mounds from Tulare county, CA; F. Thermal spring in Juab County, UT; G. Tama series profile from Iowa; H. Monona series profile from Iowa.

View larger version (57K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Draft questionnaire to be filled out when nominating a rare or threatened soil. In addition to this questionnaire, maps showing the soil's spatial extent would be required, along with other supporting documents describing the soil's exceptional value.