Soil 350 Soil and Land Use

New Mexico State University

Text: -Soils and the Environment by Alan Wild isbn 0 521 43849 4
Instructor: Dr. Sammis  (tsammis@nmsu.edu) phone 646-2104 Skeen Hall N332 Office Hr MW 11:30-12:00
Lecture :Time MW 10:30-11:20 room Skeen W122
Lab: Time M 1:30-3:30 room GT 338

TA  is Devon C McNeal <larskyler@juno.com>  Rm skeen 257

The class is an introduction to soils and land use. The class has two lectures and one laboratory.

Critical thinking question- 

Topics	Chapter in book	Chapter topic	Assignment problems	Links to material on the internet
Critical Thinking		Assignment.
1		Introduction Planning process  power point presentation  notes  (see full document)	Planning Process	City of Albuquerque City of Las Cruces
2		Power point -Land Use Planning from soil and water conservation book	Land Use Question	U.S. Census Bureau Energy and Minerals Dept NM
3.		Soil and Water Conservation agencies  Technical support Water quality conditions in NM		Natural Resources Conservation Service National Handbook of Conservation Practices - NHCP
4	2	Soil Properties:		Soil/Water Relationships Soil Texture by the feel method Optimal soil compaction
5	3	Development of soils		Soils
6	Internet site	Soil Classification - Displaying soil maps using arcinfo		Aridic Soils of the United States and Israel
7	10	Solid waste regulations and disposal of waste in land fill. Coal Mining regulations		Land Fill Regulations EPA sold waste book Water, Soil, and Hydro-Environmental Decision Support System
8	6	Soil and Waste Management (Chapter 6) and wetland designations (EPA program)		Darcy equation, Evapotranspiration
9		Basic septic systems Septic systems instructions (see EPA program), Septic tank regulations.		Septic tank pictures Organism found in Wastewater Holding Tank and Pump system  Self Contained Sewage Treatment system
10	12	Watershed game  Erosion (RUSLE stand alone from weather)  ( RUSLE on internet) Instructions and WEPP Runoff Calculator Water Erosion notes Wind Erosion notes wind erosion model local down load Wind errosion movies, Wind errosion model Wind errosion Conservation		Erosion control Rusle-graphs Erosion control structures - NHCP Natural Resource Trends in the United States Soil and Water conservation society power point of RUSLE
11	13 and 8	Biodegradation (CML program) Neutrient needs. Conservation needs in the United States
12		Soil - Plan/350		Class Presentation Links

Quiz 1 Jan 29 NRCS question

Quiz 2 Soil Air question

Quiz 3 Solid waste landfill 

 Midterm test

Midterm- answers

Final Exam  

Lab.

See the instructions on how to write up a lab assignment.                             

1. Internet links
2. Soil texture by feel method
3. Soil Testing 
4. Field trip (Soil erosion)
5. EPA programs (septic tanks & soil erosion)
6. Field trip (waste water treatment plant)
7. Field trip (land fill)
8. Defend your view on removing livestock from public lands 
9 Spring Break
10. Use of RUSLE
11. Pesticide computer program CMIS1( concept & practices)
12. Wastewater land application Field trip   
13. Student presentation of your project described below. 

Grades will be based on your percentage of possible points as follows:

Homework and Lab. Assignment 200
Exam 1              250
Design Project      300
Exam 2              250
quizzes   10point each variable number 
Total Points        1000 plus 10 * number of quizzes

Design project
1. Choose an area with at least 5 soil types
2. Determine the possible uses of the land area. School, airport, housing development, shopping mall, farming
3. Construct at last 10 suitability maps, using soil maps

    For Example
	maps of crop yield
	maps of range productivity
	maps of woodland suitability
	maps of building site development
	maps of sanitary facilities
	maps of water management 

4. Construct a recommendation land use map showing what use could be made of the area. The final map for a school
would show the best location for the buildings, the area that should be used for playgrounds, the area that should
be used for parking lot, the area to use for farming demonstration site. Describe in detail the overall development plan. 

5. Source of soil surveys. SCS or Ag. Extension Office, Govt. Documents in Library , Professor

Post test please take

Selected references on the Internet under a search of land use, erosion and soil conservation.

Soil Physics models
Summary - Soil salinity mapping (Hungary)	Canada-Soil Capability for Agriculture
British Columbia	University of Adelaide Soil Science Links
WORLD_SOIL	Queensland Wheat Research Institute
Rothamsted Soil Science SOMNET	NOVA SCOTIA SOILS INSTITUTE - homepage
SWCS (Alberta Chapter) Home Page	Canada's Dynamic Coastline

Associated classes on the internet 1. .Plant People and the Environment 2. Horticulture Resources
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Internet links for student talks on Natural resources conservation

tsammis@nmsu.edu