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Management of Soil Survey
by MLRA
Wetland Identification: FSA
Phase I Basic Concepts
Wetland Identification: FSA
Phase II: Application Basic
Wetlands
Identification& Delineation Course-Regulatory IV
Correlation &Management of MLRA Soil Surveys
Soil Correlation
Digital Soil Survey Mapping and Updating
Soil Mechanics, Properties and Interpretations
Basic Photo Interpretations –Remote Sensing
Map Compilation-Traditions Mylar Layers
Soil Laboratory Data and
Procedures
Water Quality Training
Saline and Sodic Soils
Soil Technology-Programs
and Applications
Soil Technology-Measurement and Data Evaluation
SSURGO Training
NASIS
Cultural Resource Training
ARCGIS 10.1
Microsoft-Word, Excel, PowerPoint
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Acting MLRA Soil Survey
Project Leader for the Tucson MLRA Office.
Field Soil Scientist 21 years
and Soil Survey Project Leader 9 years
in the Southern Arizona Basin and Range Province, currently mapped 2.5 million
acres to date.
Certified to conduct Wetland
and Hydric soils determinations
Lead Coordinator for
multiyear, multiagency Initial Soil Survey of Kofa Area, AZ, Parts of La Paz
and Yuma counties (AZ657) involving federal, state and private lands on 3,806,931
acres
Developed 5 year Summer Cover
Crops trail plan for the Plant Materials Center. Preformed yearly site evaluation,
pedon descriptions, chemical and carbon analysis.
Coordiate and conduct Soil Survey activities on BLM allotments for Soil
Survey of Kofa Area, AZ, of Parts of La
Paz and Yuma counties (AZ657). Provide
current ecological site and soils information to help plan and manage land for
multiple use and protection and restoration of natural resources.
Prioritisted, Evalute,
Submit, Soil Survey Data Join Recorrelation (SDJR)
Review, Develop, submit
SDJR’s and Project Plans for long-range plan
Tucson Soil Office has
continuily meets or exceeds it mapping goals
yearly basis
Evaluate, analyze, and organize
the collection of data: soil descriptions, transects, notes,
conducting laboratory analysis, particle
size class, pH's, calcimeters, carbon content and EC’s to determine the proper
classification of soils using Soil Taxonomy.
Collections helps determine our quality
assurance for soil correlation and keeps us within our NRCS specifications and
standards as outlined in technical references of the National Cooperative Soil
Survey (NCSS). Develop spreadsheets for the survey office as a tracking device
for the organization of this data.
Utilize ARCGIS, Google Earth,
GPS, Color IR, and landscape and elevation modeling to enhance the efficiency
of soil mapping and to develop with some predictability soil landscape
relationships to identify soil properties on complex terrains to perform our
soil mapping at an order of two or more detailed levels.
Coordinate and conduct
progress field reviews, soil assists and range assists while collaborating with
the MLRA Project Leader, Soil Scientists and Rangeland Management Specialist,
BLM specialist in reviewing soil interpretations and in modifying and
maintaining quality control. This process allows for a quick update to the soil
survey legend.
Supervised and manage 2
to 3 full time employees. Leads discussions
at monthly staff meetings to review and update activities and leave status with
staff and MLRA leader. Reports progress, documentation, and leave status, to
MLRA Leader in timely manner. Review and certifies time sheets, training, IDP’s
performance plans and scheduling.
Coordination
and review with Rangeland Management Specialist to document soil-plant
relationships, community production and composition information for ESD updates
and correlation of ecological sites for entry into data map unit tables in
NASIS
Conduct quality control
review of field staff every 2 to 3 months and to ensure survey is being
progressively digitized and correlated for map unit approval.
Provide staff with guidance
on reports, queries, spreadsheets, and calculations needed for proper data base
management of the National Soil Information System (NASIS).
Utilizing GPS Garmin and
ARCMAP to plot soil and site date
collection of points for evaluating the composition of map unit design and the
line placement of digitized polygons. Reviewing attribute data for
inconsistencies and consistence’s within the soil survey utilizing the join and
relates method within ARCMAP.
Collaborate with the MO-Region
8 Soil Data Quality Specialist (Nasis) Manager to look for Nasis inconsistencies.
Collaborate and review with Region 8 GIS Specialist to
look for inconsistencies on soil digitize work. By utilizing new technologies,
training, and quality assurance techniques
Courteous and professional in
my working relationships and interactions with staff, other disciplines, office visitors in manner
that consistently demonstrate fairness, respect, and cooperation which results
in an atmosphere of team building and information sharing.
Promotes maximizing
efficiencies in soil survey projects by utilizing available technology and
encouraging the development of new technologies and techniques. Uses and
promotes use of computer and automation technology to share, analyze, summarize
and manage data, develop manuscripts, and develop and maintain databases. Utilize
Nasis reports and queries, MUG report, pivot tables, spatial editor, GPS
Garmin, join and relates method.
Run reports and queries in
NASIS to review existing interpretations for inaccuracies due to data errors or
deficiencies in the interpretive criteria and for developing soil intreptations
for new or unique uses.
Conducts soil investigations
within assigned areas to support research and special projects and provide the
leadership and coordinates activities in planning and conducting special
studies, data gathering necessary for the development and refinement of soil
survey interpretations:
Site
evaluation and pedon description for
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) core site on the Santa Rita
Experimental Range in Southern Arizona. Establishment of Core site for
gathering long- term data on ecological responses of the biosphere to changes
in land use and climate.
Soil
data collections of benchmark soils in Aridic Ustic Soil Moisture Regime within
MLRA 38 and MLRA 40 to evaluate soil classification and interpretations.
Implemented
preliminary field soil tests to find the most model sites of gypsum affected
soils for a soil characterization by the National Technical Soil Center. These
sites helped determine the gypsum content, soil classification, physical
properties and interpretative criteria for developing unique soil
interpretations for gypsum.
Coordinates and communicates
technical functions of soil survey activities, including technical soil
services, with the Arizona State Soil Scientist, NCSS Cooperators, Field
offices, Districts, other Survey Leaders, Project Leaders, MLRA offices and
with other technology teams to ensure soil surveys meets customer’s needs.
These offices may be within the state as well as across state boundaries
Technical Soil Services
activities include supporting field offices in southern Arizona, soils training
from farm bill request mapping, Hel determinations, presentations for NRCD
workshops and FFA activities and maintaining the Field Office Tech Guides. Keeps
field offices and external customers up to date on the latest soil technologies
by showing them how to use the Web Soil Survey.
Create reports,
interpretations, and interpretative tables and soils maps from Nasis, ArcGIS
and Web Soil Survey to provide soil information to our customers:
Provides soils information to
ARS personal, Nature Conservancy, Engineering firms on an as needed basis via
ARCGIS maps, MUG reports, and Web Soil Survey from telephone conservations,
emailing and personal interactions with customers. Provide technical guidance
on NRI and soils information to USDA-ARS scientists
Acquired the ability to communicate in writing
through actually writing technical and non-technical articles dealing with
soils and soil surveys. I prepare technical reports for field offices on
requested soil mapping areas. I have written reports for engineering firms and
private consultants concerning soil interpretations and technical data for
planning needs and purposes.
Accomplishments
Member of the 1,000,000 acre goals mapper
2013 Completed interim report
for Crowder-Weisser BLM allotment. Completed 238,870 acres.
2012--Yuma Proving Grounds
Oversight and Review Evaluate mapping from 1987, 1992, QA joins, data collections,
transects and map unit design.
2011--Assisted
with interim report for the University of Arizona Campbell avenue farm, 20
pedon descriptions, preform QA of soils information
2011-2012--Rapid Carbon Assessment Project--Region MO-8 Phoenix.
Lead
Office--Warehouse storage of samples and data processing. Provided Oversight,
Quality control Provide training to two SCEP students on processing carbon
samples: VNIR spectrometer use, laboratory preparation, logging data, preparing
samples, uploading data
2010—Detailed to Chinle Soil Survey( AZ713) to assist the Flagstaff Soil Survey Office to obtain documentation for
completion soil survey to meet NCCS
standards.
2008—Detailed and completed
interim report on 374,000 acres of order two farmland mapping on state and
private lands within Soil survey of Kofa Area, AZ, Parts of La Paz and Yuma
counties (AZ657).
2008—Detailed to San Carlos
Indian Reservation(AZ675)
2007- 2010 Completed, published
and technical edits to 3 Soil Surveys:
Soil
Survey Graham County, AZ, Southwestern Part (AZ673)----2010
Survey
of Eastern Pinal and Gila Counties, Arizona (AZ661)----- 2008.
Soil
Survey of Cochise County, Arizona, Northwestern Part (AZ666)---2007
Develop the yearly plan of
operation and workload analysis for the office.
Coordinate team meetings to
report progress, concepts, mapping techniques or other problems that may
arise. Evaluate, discuss, and analyze
soil data and interpretations for incorporation into the soil survey
manuscripts.
Provide training to NRCS
staff and others on the evaluation and proper use of soil resources and the
application of soil survey information.
This includes soils training to new employees on an as needed basis for
their employee development plans, (rangeland management specialist and soil
conservationist). I interact with other team disciplines within NRCS to answer
their questions, concerns, and needs to produce a better quality soil survey. I
work closely with rangeland management specialist to coordinate their
ecological site descriptions to our map unit design concepts.
Provide updated soil
technologies to NRCS field offices, Conservation Districts, and external
customers on the use of Web Soil Survey.
Technical Soil Services
activities include supporting field offices in southern Arizona, from farm bill
request mapping, Hel determinations, presentations for NRCD workshops and FFA
activities and maintaining the Field Office Tech Guides. I participate in
developing and maintaining a viable education program throughout Southern
Arizona. This includes assisting in the
educational activities of local schools to promote interest in soils and
natural resources. Conservation District Board meetings in Southern Arizona
Trained one new employee and five
summer soils interns in all aspects of the NCSS program. Provided instruction on how to evaluate,
analyze, and organize the collection of soils data to meet NCSS standards and
the proper soil classification. This includes ensuring that the collection of
data, 232's, notes, and transects is incorporated into the MUD's and
TUD's. The interns learn to write new
OSD's and soil interpretation records. I also provide instruction on how to
utilize infra-red color photography when designing map unit concepts in field and
applying these principals to map compilation.
Three interns have become
employed with AZ NRCS, one with California NRCS, and one with a laboratory in
North Dakota.
Accomplishments
Developed, coordinated,
implemented guidelines and techniques for aridic ustic soil moisture regime in Southern
Arizona.
Collected, documented, and
wrote soil descriptions in support for a proposal to the classification staff
for the addition of a new Petronodic subgroup to be added to the Aridisols.
This proposal was later incorporated into Soil Taxonomy.
1993-2005 Completed, published
and technical edits to 2 Soil Surveys and 3 interim reports:
Soil Survey of Cochise
County, Arizona, Northwestern Part (AZ666) 2005
Cochise
County, AZ, Douglas-Tombstone Part (AZ671) completed 2000,
Tohono
O’odham Nation, AZ, Parts of Maricopa, Pima and Pinal Counties (AZ703)
completed 1993,
Completed the soil
survey interim report for the Ft. Huachuca Army Base
Detailed to Barry Goldwater
Bombing Range to complete soil mapping project.
Analyzed 350 samples for particle size analysis, calcimeters,
EC’s, and testing for the presence of gypsum.
Organized and prepared a soils tour for Nature
Conservancy and BLM on the Three-Links Ranch. This included collaboration with
geomorphologist, biologist and hydrologist on the interpretation of a soil
survey in relationship to soil landscapes, geomorphology, and the hydrology of
San Pedro River.
Organized a soils tour to
the Walnut Gulch Experimental Station. This included representatives from NRCS,
FS, BIA, BLM, and University of Arizona professors to discuss soils in relation
to the position of landscape and how soil taxonomy related to those changes.
Wrote newspaper articles
and develop a soil survey pamphlet for the Tohono O'dham Indian Nation for the
awareness of soil surveys.
Conducted a “Last Acre
Ceremony” for the Tohono O'dham Nation, BIA, and Tribal Council. Presentation
on soil landscapes and soil types.
Soils presentation and
demonstrations Tohono O'dham Youth Range
Day.
Guest lecturer for the Universit of Arizona
Soils club. Career opportunities and
basic job duties of a soil scientist.
Guest speaker for the
seminar, "Living in the Desert", through the University of Arizona
Librarians Association. My lecture was
on soils and the use of soil survey manuals.
participate in special
projects with cooperating ranchers to develop hands on
Training for students to
learn about delineating watershed and soil boundaries.
Entry
level soil scientist with basic training in soil science. Develop skills, concepts and tools available to process to become a soil
survey mapper.
Project
member on soil survey of the Tohono O’odham Nation, AZ, Parts of Maricopa, Pima
and Pinal Counties (AZ703).
Soil
Survey Project Leader trained me on how to evaluate, analyze, and organize the
collection of soils data to meet NCSS standards and the proper soil
classification. This includes ensuring that the collection of data, 232's,
notes, and transects is incorporated into the MUD's and TUD's. Learned to write new OSD's and soil interpretation
records. Learned instruction on how to utilize infra-red color photography when
designing map unit concepts and applying these principals to map compilation.
Wrote newspaper articles
and helped develop a soil survey pamphlet for the Tohono O'dham Indian Nation
for the awareness of soil surveys. I conducted a “Last Acre Ceremony” for the
Tohono O'dham Nation, BIA, and Tribal Council. This included a 20-minute slide
presentation on soil landscapes and soil types.
I also attended the Tohono O'dham Youth Range Day to give a soils presentation
and demonstrations.
Computer
applications in UNIX and DOS on spreadsheets, MS word and pedon program
Honors, Awards,
Accomplishments, other
Outstanding
Performance----1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002
Superior
Performance---------1988, 1990, 1999, 2003-2005, 2007-2008, 2011, 2013
1992--Employee Suggestion Spot Award regarding helpful
hints and codes for the Pedon Program in making the new version a better
product for use nationwide.
1995--Spot Award working as a
soils team, completing the map compilation project earning $45,000 for Arizona
for digitized soils surveys.
1996 and 1998 Outstanding
Performance awarded Quality Step Increase
1999--Special Act or Service award for extra effort as soil
judge at National Collegiate Soils Contest at University of Arizona
Performance Bonus and Individual Cash Awards from $400 to $1000
1990-1991
1997-1999
2001-2005
2007-2009
2012
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