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The Coastal Plainer

Issues of the Coastal Plainer are available in two formats.  Portable Document Format (PDF) provides a convenient means for viewing and printing.  PDF documents require Adobe Reader. The html-based version allows for easy copying and is usable by screen-reader software.

Spring 2008, Volume 12, No. 1 (PDF; 1.2 MB)

Table of contents for Spring 2008
  1. Message from the MO–Leader’s Desk
  2. Florida Soil Carbon Inventory
  3. MLRA Connection
  4. “Thanks to the Team for a Job Well Done”
  5. Soil Aggregate Stability Study
  6. Final Field Review of Webster County, Georgia
  7. Florida Hosting Conference
  8. Technical Soil Services
  9. Quotes
  10. Editor's Note

Fall 2007, Volume 11, No. 2 (PDF; 3.5 MB)

Table of contents for Fall 2007
  1. Message from the MO–Leader’s Desk
  2. Advantages of LiDAR vs. Conventional Elevation Models
  3. Soil Characterization Sampling of a Proposed New Series in Washington County, Alabama
  4. Selected Taxonomic Unit Descriptions
  5. Benchmark Soils Update
  6. Activities by MO Personnel
  7. Editor's Note

Spring 2007, Volume 11, No. 1 (PDF; 1.1 MB)

Table of contents for Spring 2007
  1. Message from the MO–Leader’s Desk
  2. Deseret Ranch Mapping Project
  3. Soil Mapping and Digitizing Challenge
  4. Progress in Washington County
  5. Soil Survey Publications 2007
  6. Editor's Note

Summer 2006, Volume 10, No. 2 (PDF; 640 KB)

Table of contents for Summer 2006
  1. Message from the MO–Leader’s Desk
  2. Alabama Hosts Dune Restoration Workshop and Demonstration
  3. Mapping Subaqueous Soils in Florida
  4. Current NASIS Efforts in Alabama
  5. Washington County Soil Survey Lends Assistance
  6. Tribute to Sebastian Thomas from his Co-Workers
  7. Web Soil Survey Improvements
  8. Editor's Note

Fall 2005, Volume 10, No. 1 (PDF; 486 KB)

Table of contents for Fall 2005
  1. Message from the MO–Leader’s Desk
  2. Gary Kobylski New Chair of MO–15 Board and State Conservationist in Alabama
  3. IfSAR: Detailed Elevation Mapping
  4. Web Soil Survey
  5. Quote
  6. USDA–NRCS Soil Water-Level Data Loggers
  7. Things–Other Than Dirt!
  8. GIS in Alabama Soil Survey
  9. Editor’s Note
  10. Soil Digitizing Projects Near Completion

Spring 2005, Volume 9, No. 2 (PDF; 913 KB)

Table of contents for Spring 2005
  1. Message from the MO–Leader’s Desk
  2. FFA Alabama State Land Judging Event 2005
  3. NMR Imaging of Soil Organic Matter
  4. Using GPR to Characterize Plinthite
  5. Soil Survey Digitization at Alabama A&M University
  6. Auburn, Alabama, Hosts the 45th National Collegiate Land Judging Competition
  7. Conference on Element Balances as a Tool for Sustainable Land Management
  8. Tuscaloosa MLRA Soil Survey Office
  9. Hyperthermic-Isohyperthermic Study in South Florida Concludes
  10. Editor’s Note

Fall 2004, Volume 9, No. 1 (PDF; 781 KB)

Table of contents for Fall 2004
  1. Message from the MO–Leader’s Desk
  2. Soil Data Mart—THE Distribution Point for Soils Data
  3. Closeup on Mike Golden
  4. Hyperthermic-Isohyperthermic Study in South Florida
  5. ArcGIS Training
  6. Auburn University to Host the 25th Southeastern Regional Collegiate Soil Judging Contest
  7. Painting With Soil
  8. Editor's Note

March 2004, Volume 8, No. 4 (PDF; 467 KB)

Table of contents for March 2004
  1. Message from the MO–Leader’s Desk
  2. Collaborative work with NRCS and the University of Puerto Rico
  3. Update on MO–15 Regional Soil Water Study
  4. The National ASA Meeting
  5. Roundtable on Meeting the Needs of the Professional Soil Scientist
  6. Editor's Note

October 2003, Volume 8, No. 3 (PDF; 467 KB)

Table of contents for October 2003
  1. Message from the MO–Leader’s Desk
  2. Smithsonian Soils Exhibit
  3. Student Trainee Summer Experience
  4. Natural Resource Inventory Update
  5. A Few Thoughts From NARSSO
  6. Mississippi Officially Adopts State Soil
  7. Editor's Note

Spring 2003, Volume 8, No. 2 (PDF; 1 MB)

Table of contents for Spring 2003
  1. Message From The MO–Leader's Desk
  2. About Me
  3. MLRAs 122/128 Team
  4. Alabama Hosts Work Planning Conference
  5. Two Teams Come Together for a Common Cause
  6. National Soil Judging Championship
  7. Going Digital
  8. Editor's Note

Winter 2003, Volume 8, No. 1 (PDF; 635 KB)

Table of contents for Winter 2003
  1. Message From The MO–Leader's Desk
  2. A New Face in a New Place
  3. Delivery of Redstone Arsenal Soil Survey
  4. Using NASIS Reports for Checking Data
  5. Mississippi Mourns the Loss of Melvin Lee
  6. Editor's Note
  7. Soil Profile Gallery
  8. Managing Soil Organic Matter: The Key to Soil, Water, and Air Quality
  9. Web Modernization

Fall 2002, Volume 7, No. 4 (PDF; 829 KB)

Table of contents for Fall 2002
  1. Message From The MO–Leader's Desk
  2. On the Web
  3. Midwest Soil Survey Project Leader Technology Meeting
  4. Soil Science Institute II
  5. Basic Field Conservation Course
  6. Editor's Note
  7. Practicing Insightful Thinking

Summer 2002, Volume 7, No. 3 (PDF; 1.3 MB)

Table of contents for Summer 2002
  1. Super Project Offices
  2. Caribbean National Forest
  3. NRI Update
  4. Henry & Benton Counties, TN
  5. Soil Survey Conference
  6. Mississippi Welcomes Dr. Kingery
  7. Getting Down and Dirty
  8. Alabama Welcomes Angela Warden

Spring 2002, Volume 7, No. 2 (PDF; 620 KB)

Table of contents for Spring 2002
  1. Welcome to Charles Love
  2. Compilation—To Ink or Sink
  3. SCANing Alabama
  4. Workforce Recruitment Program
  5. MO–15 Web Site: The URL has Changes
  6. The United States Consortium of Soil Science Associations
  7. Editor's Note

Winter 2002, Volume 7, No. 1 (PDF; 371 KB)

Table of contents for Winter 2002
  1. Comments from the Acting
  2. Welcome to Joey Koptis
  3. Soil Scientist's Workshop
  4. Soil Survey Update, Suwannee County, FL
  5. NRCS Rescues Coast Guard
  6. Soils of Alabama Video
  7. Ode to My Spell Chequer
  8. Two Types of Satisfied Customers
  9. Horace Smith Receives Public Service Award

Fall 2001, Volume 6, No. 4 (PDF; 296 KB)

Table of contents for Fall 2001
  1. Points from Puckett
  2. Mapping Soils in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  3. Soil Science Consulting
  4. Houston County Soil Survey Update
  5. Global Warming...Shuck and Jive, or The Real Deal?
  6. The Smokies Are Hot—An Update

Summer 2001, Volume 6, No. 3 (PDF; 418 KB)

Table of contents for Summer 2001
  1. Points from Puckett—Puckett
  2. Space Age Technology for Soils—Norfleet
  3. Soil Temperature and Growing Season—Hudnall
  4. Soil-Specific Pine Plantation Management—Torbert
  5. Land Judging—Page
  6. NRI Update—Ross
  7. Caribbean Area Global Change Projects—Santiago
  8. Workplace Relationships

Spring 2001, Volume 6, No. 2 (PDF; 403 KB)

Table of contents for Spring 2001
  1. Points from Puckett—Puckett
  2. Soil Interpretations in the Soil Survey—Hudson
  3. The Boomerang Effect—Henderson
  4. NASIS—Anderson
  5. NRI Data—Ross
  6. An Ag Mission to Venezuela—Jolley
  7. Natural Soil Landscape Position Database Reclass—Liudahl
  8. Atrazine Movement in a Loessail Soil Under Two Tillage Practices—Johnson

Winter 2001, Volume 6, No. 1 (PDF; 316 KB)

Table of contents for Winter 2001
  1. Points from Puckett—Puckett
  2. Soil Quality Institute Update—Ditzler
  3. The First 100 Days—Lilly
  4. Private Sector Soil Surveys in Georgia—West
  5. Coastal Plain in Tennessee?—Newton
  6. DRG-Tools—Zellmer

Issues of the Coastal Plainer in HTML Format

Volume 12, Number 1, Spring 2008
Volume 11, Number 2, Fall 2007
Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2007
Volume 10, Number 2, Summer 2006
Volume 10, Number 1, Fall 2005
Volume 9, Number 2, Spring 2005
Volume 9, Number 1, Fall 2004
Volume 8, Number 4, March 2004
Volume 8, Number 3, October 2003
Volume 8, Number 2, Spring 2003
Volume 8, Number 1, Winter 2003
Volume 7, Number 4, Fall 2002
Volume 7, Number 3, Summer 2002
Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 2002
Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 2002
Volume 6, Number 4, Fall 2001