Topics/Speakers

University of Minnesota Soil Science Horizons
Brent Williams, PhD
Department Head - Soil, Water, Climate
University of Minnesota

Organic Soils in Minnesota:  What are the numbers?
Joe Brennan
State Soil Scientist
USDA-NRCS

Lost River Forest Peatland Restoration
Luke Lunde, PSS
Professional Soil Scientist & Senior Associate
WSB

Permafrost-affected Soils, Distribution, and Change
Nic Jelinski, PhD
Professor - Soil, Water & Climate
University of Minnesota

The Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE) Experiment: Cutting Edge Climate Research on Peatlands
Randy Kolka, PhD
Research Soil Scientist
USDA-Forest Service

Lunch provided by D’Amico & Sons - Sponsored by Alliant Engineering and Stantec

Re-use of Minnesota Waste Material in Sustainably Designed Soils
David A. Saftner
Professor
University of Minnesota, Duluth

Restoring Minnesota’s Peatlands to Mitigate Climate Change
Mark Felice
Peatland Scientist
The Nature Conservancy - MN-ND-SD chapter

Why Good Soil Scientists and Firms do Bad Things
David Schultz
Professor
Hamline University

MAPSS Business Meeting
A MAPSS business meeting will be held during the conference. All MAPSS members are expected to attend this session.

Prices

MAPSS Member - $70.00 (If paying online, check the eblast for your discount code)

Non-MAPSS Member - $90.00

Student Member - $10.00 (if paying online, check the eblast for your discount code)

Optional CEU Fee - $10.00 - CEU are obtained without paying the $10 CEU fee. However, your attendance at the conference will be certified by MAPSS only by paying this fee. MAPSS will certify and maintain a record of your attendance, which will be provided to licensing boards upon your request. All other attendees must maintain their own records. MAPSS will not certify your attendance without paying this fee.