MAPSS Summer Tour - 2025 (subject to change)

8:00 - 8:10 Welcome (Borlaug Hall 375, St. Paul Campus) - Luke Lunde, Professional Soil Scientist, MAPSS President

8:10 – 8:45 Urban Soil Projects - Nic Jelinski, PhD, Professor in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota

8:45 – 9:30 Urban Soil Survey - Nora Pearson, Soil Scientist

9:30 – 10:15 Break – stretch, network

10:15-10:30 Walk to campus constructed wetland

10:30 - 11:45 Constructed wetland on UMN Campus - Field visit

11:45 - 12:00 Walk to lunch spot

12:00 - 12:20 Lunch Break

12:20 - 1:20 MAPSS Business Meeting - Luke Lunde, Professional Soil Scientist, MAPSS President

1:20 - 1:30 Break, load buses

1:30 - 1:50 Bus ride

1:50 - 4:30 Farm - site visit and farm overview, soil cores, pits

4:30 - 4:45 Bus back to campus

4:45 - 5:00 Questions and closing remarks - Luke Lunde, Professional Soil Scientist, MAPSS President

Registration form (printable) to be added soon.