SOILS OF THE MOTHERLODE

DATE: Postponed to Fall 2023.

Please Note: The field trip to visit and discuss soils of Tuolumne County with Soil Scientist Theresa Kunch (originally scheduled for May 27th) has been postponed to later this fall. We’ll send an update when we confirm the date.

LEADER: Theresa Kunch, Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Scientist
LEVEL: Easy
DESCRIPTION: We will meet at the USFS building where we will look at a freshly dug pit and discuss soil physical and chemical properties and their effect on plant growth. We will then go into the soil lab (where water and restrooms will be available) and while having a sack lunch we’ll look at samples of soils from different local geologies. After lunch we will carpool to 2 or 3 different roadcuts (exposed soil profiles along the side of a road) where we can use what we learned in the morning to compare some soils of the Motherlode.
MEETING PLACE: Stanislaus National Forest Supervisors Office, 19777 Greenley Road, Sonora CA
TIME: 10:00 AM
RSVP and MORE INFORMATION: theresakunch@gmail.com or (209) 591-3708 (cell) or (209) 591-5179 (office)

 

 

 

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