Proceedings 2006
Indiana Certified Crop Adviser Conference
NRCS Web Soil Survey- New tools for better plans
NRCS has been the leader in soils information for decades. Soils information published by NRCS has been used by federal, state, and local governments and the private sector to provide conservation plans, assess building site suitability, and numerous other applications. In the recent past, this valuable information has been provided in paper copy soil surveys, and most recently on compact disk. Now, the Web Soil Survey provides the public continual access to the most up-to-date soils information on the web. With a few simple clicks, site specific soils data is available in tabular form as well as high-quality maps, along with interpretations for a multitude of uses (eliminating the need for an entire county’s worth of data to be sifted through).
Shannon Zezula, NRCS Indiana State Resource Conservationist was born and raised in northern Wells County, Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University with degrees in Wildlife Science and Fisheries and Aquatic Science. He also has a Master of Science degree from The Ohio State University in Natural Resources. Zezula started with NRCS in Missouri, then went to Michigan, and then back to Indiana. He has a wonderful wife, a great 5-year old boy, and another (boy or girl) on the way.