Washington Soil Science Success Stories

The National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) is a nationwide partnership of federal, regional, state, and local agencies and institutions. This partnership works together to cooperatively investigate, inventory, document, classify, and interpret soils and to disseminate, publish, and promote the use of information about the soils of the United States and its trust territories. The activities of the NCSS are carried out on national, regional, and state levels.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is responsible for the leadership of soil survey activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, for the leadership and coordination of NCSS activities, and for the extension of soil survey technology to global applications.

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2008 Soil Science Success Stories

Using Soil Survey Information to Protect Spotted Owl Habitat

2002 Soil Science Success Stories

Soils Identified on Quinault Indian Nation, Grays Harbor & Jefferson Counties  (PDF 68 KB)
 

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