INTRODUCTION TO SOIL SCIENCE
FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE
Meet in the Greeley parking lot for departure at 8:30 AM at the latest (8 AM for
RI trip). Bring appropriate field clothing (tennis shoes, boots, raincoats/boots, coat,
hat, etc depending upon projected weather), back-packs, drinks, sack lunch, pencils,
notebooks and whatever else you think you may need for that day. Remember you will
get dirty (or soiled) and even frequently wet, so be prepared.
Group reports for each field trip are due 11 days following each field trip (on a Wed.).
Sept 14 (15) Sat (Sun) North Madison upland
xeric upland peatland
21 (22) Sat (Sun) Branford (Hosley Ave site)
swamp/bog complex
Oct 5 (6) Sat (Sun) Rhode Island
glacial sands/xeric pines-oak/kettle terrain
19 (20) Sat (Sun) Soil mapping field exercise
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