Soil vs. dirt – do you know the difference?
Soil is a living entity. Dirt is often considered as soil in the wrong place or material to be used for engineering purposes. Soil or topsoil is biological and supports hydrological and ecological functions. This video provides an introduction to soil science and the elements of soil formation and how time and climate can affect soil.
Agenda
Faculty
Randy L. Davis
KD Yellow Rose Ranch
- Senior soil scientist and partner, KD Yellow Rose Ranch
- Expertise includes soil science, watershed stabilization and management, soil management and conservation, ecological restoration, forest management, rangeland management, wildfire area restoration and stabilization, and soil/ecological inventory
- Marquis Who's Who in America, 2005 to present
- Revised the National Soil Management Policy for the USDA Forest Service, 2011
- Publications include Wildland Forest Soil Carbon Management, 2011; co-wrote: Soil Resource Inventory of the Bridger National Forest, Western Unit, Wyoming, 1991; and co-wrote: Soil Resource Inventory of the Hiawatha National Forest, Eastern Unit, Parts of Chippewa and Mackinac Counties, Michigan, 1984
- B.S. degree in soils and plant nutrition, University of California, Berkeley; A.A. degree in botany, Yuba Community College
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