Building up from the previous classes, we will review soil disturbance and resulting stewardship challenges commonly encountered at restoration sites such as former agricultural land, urban fill, construction sites, brownfields, and degraded natural areas. We will review how to assess for common soil disturbances as well as historical and ecological site conditions for their soil management plans. Reasons and resources will be reviewed for more technical soil testing through consultants and labs. Taught by Rodney Pond and Christina Pfeiffer Cost: $35/class. Discount available for full time students and Corps members (AmeriCorps, EarthCorps, DirtCorps etc) Register online New to Zoom or need more information? Get Started Here. This class is part of a six part series, Getting Down to Earth: Understanding soils for ecosystem resilience and repair.
Series description: Understanding soils – what they are, how they function, how they degrade, and how to steward them back to health – empowers restoration professionals to design and implement more resilient and self-sustaining ecosystem restoration projects. This series of classes will build from the ground up a holistic knowledge of soils that will enable students to understand how and when to choose soil stewardship techniques and most importantly why they work based on soil science. All times are Pacific Time. |