Umatilla County SWCD

Soil & Water Conservation District - Protecting Natural Resources

Soil Health Demonstrations

What’s different about healthy soil? These soil health demonstrations show how soils under different management practices behave in the field.


 

Ray’s Soil Health Page – Soil Health Tests with NRCS Conservation Agronomist Ray Archuleta


https://vimeo.com/channels/raythesoilguy


Soil Quality Under the Microscope – USDA Agricultural Research Service Soil Scientist Stewart Wuest


NRCS Soil Health Demonstration – Rainfall Simulator


USDA Soil Health Assessment – Water Stable Aggregates


Underground ecosystems function on such a small scale that observing and understanding them can be difficult or impossible in everyday life. Learn what life underground is like with these soil simulations. Observe soil organisms, their habitat, and some of the many important processes that go on in soil.


Life in the Soil – Royal BC Museum

   

The Living Soil Beneath Our Feet – California Academy of Sciences


Soils are Living! – Soil Science Society of America


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