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Soil scientists at work and play along with a few soil profiles

2008 Regional Soil Judging in Cloquet. And they are off!

2008 Regional - pit 1, a sandy haplorthod.

2008 Regional - pit 2 a coarse loamy over sandy skeletal dystrudept.

2008 Regional - pit 1 after only a few teams.

2008 Regional - pit 1 at the end of judging.

2008 Regional - coloring at pit 1.

2008 Regional - pit monitor Laurie Brown in pit 1.

2008 Regional - pit 4 a udipsamment.

2008 Regional - teams outside of pit 4.

MAPSS 2008 Summer Tour outside of the Ney Nature Center.

Discussing soils at the 2008 Summer Tour.

Movie of the glacial stratigraphy observed at the 2008 Summer Tour.

Left side of the glacial stratigraphy at the 2008 Summer Tour.

Right side of the glacial stratigraphy at the 2008 Summer Tour.

Alan Knaeble climbing on the glacial statigraphy observed at the 2008 Summer Tour.

MAPSS 2007 summer tour forest soil at the Cloquet Forestry Center, Minnesota.

Howard Hobbs at the 2007 Summer Tour.

Soil scientists during the 2007 Summer Tour.

MAPSS 2007 summer tour in Carlton County, Minnesota.

Dr. Cooper during the 2007 Summer Tour at the Cloquet Forestry Center.

Mike and Peter during the 2007 Summer Tour.

Reed bed (septic system) construction in Auroville, India (January 2004).

In the pits during the 2005 Summer Tour.

Soil art created during the 2005 Summer Tour.

John testing in a corn field.

Brad on tillage transect.

Brad on tillage transect.

Brad advancing soil borings.

Brad advancing soil borings.

Envirothon

Steve at work.

Ray at work

Brad at work.

Envirothon

Envirothon

Envirothon

Envirothon

Envirothon

Envirothon

Profile of the Storden soil.

Profile of the Estherville soil.

Profile of the Glencoe soil.

Profile of the Clarion soil.

Profile of the Koronis soil.

Profile of the Muskeo soil.