« Ecological Site Description Developed for Wet Prairies In Iowa, Minnesota »
Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 2:08PM The NRCS has completed an Ecological Site Description for Loamy Wet Prairies in the Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies Major Land Resource Area (MLRA), covering parts of northern Iowa and southern Minnesota.
Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs) Ecological Site Descriptions (ESDs) are reports that provide detailed information about a particular kind of land based on various soil and ecological factors - a distinctive Ecological Site. ESDs provide land managers the information needed for evaluating land units based on the potential to respond to different management activities or disturbance processes. The publications synthesize information and data gathered from literature reviews and intensive field investigation at reference sites around the region
The lead authors are Kyle Steele, Ecological Site Specialist, United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), Albert Lea, MN; and Clayton Johnson, Soil Survey Office Leader, USDA-NRCS, Albert Lea, MN.
To view or download the ESD, click on the link below: