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Conference

2024 North Central Regional Soil Survey Conference

Event Date
June 24-27, 2024
Time
See Agenda (below)
Location
University of Wisconsin, Platteville, WI
Topics
Aerial of eroded farmland restored in southwest Wisconsin near the Mississippi River, south of La Crosse. Farms surrounded by clouds along the ridges of the rich Loess bluffs along the Mississippi River.

Join us for the 2024 North Central Regional Soil Survey Conference!

Registration

$150 – Regular Registration

$30 – Student Registration

$50 – AGI Educators

The 2024 North Central Regional Soil Survey Conference will be held at the University of Wisconsin in Platteville, Wisconsin, from June 24-27. The theme for the conference is “Digging into the Driftless – A Dynamic Vision for Resilient Soil Climate and Ecosystems.”

Call for Abstracts

North Central Call for Abstracts

Committees

North Central NCSS Committees

Lodging

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Platteville, an IHG Hotel
55 S. Elm Street
Platteville, WI 53818
(608) 342-2238
Block of rooms held until May 15 for $107/night and tax exempt 
Group: NCSS Regional Soil Conference

Country Inn & Suites by Radisson
630 S Water St, 
Platteville, WI 53818
(608) 315-9495
Block of rooms held until May 24 for $107/night and tax exempt 
Group: NCRSC Conference

Super 8 by Wyndham Platteville
100 Highway 80-81 South
Platteville, WI 53818 
(608) 348-8800
Block of rooms held until May 24 for $85/night and tax exempt 
Group: NRCS Soils

Co-Hosts

Jennifer Smith
State Soil Scientist
NRCS Wisconsin
(p) 608-662-4422 x 202
(e) jenniferl.smith@usda.gov

Dr. Chris Baxter
Professor of Soil and Crop Science
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
(e) baxterch@uwplatt.edu

Liaison

Skye Wills
National Leader, Soil Science Research
USDA-NRCS
(p) 402-437-5310
(e) skye.wills@usda.gov

 

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Agenda

Monday, June 24: Registration, Keynote Speaker, Posters

2:00 pm
Registration and Poster Set-Up
5:00 pm
Welcome & Logistics
5:20 pm
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Eric Carson
Driftless Geomorph

6:20 pm
Social Hour and Posters

Tuesday, June 25: Conference at UW-Platteville

7:30 am
Registration & Coffee
8:00 am
Welcome
9:00 am
NRCS Updates
9:40 am
Break
10:00 am
Cooperator and University Updates
11:00 am
The Future of Soil Survey: A Dynamic Vision
12:00 pm
Lunch Buffet
1:00 pm
Soil Climate & Dynamic Systems
2:00 pm
Break
2:20 pm
Urban Soils and Soil Surveys
3:00 pm
Break
3:20 pm
Committee Meetings & Breakout Sessions
5:00 pm
Dinner (not provided)

Wednesday, June 26: Field Tour (lunch and snacks provided)

7:30 am
Assemble & load buses
8:00 am
Stops

Stop 1: Platte Mound (soil formation of the area)

Stop 2: Cuba City (anthropogenic soils)

11:40 am
Lunch at Pioneer Farms
1:20 pm
Stops

Stop 3: Rountree Formation

Stop 4: Mississippi River Terrace

5:00 pm
Dinner at Potosi Saloon
7:00 pm
Travel back to campus

Thursday, June 27: Conference at UW-Platteville

7:30 am
Coffee
8:00 am
Welcome & Logistics
8:20 am
Dynamic Future
9:20 am
Break
9:40 am
Committee Reports
11:40 am
Closing Remarks