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Support the State Soil Monolith Exhibit
The WV Association of Professional Soil Scientists needs our help regarding the support of the state soil monolith exhibit in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Each state has been requested to raise $10,000 for the Smithsonian display. If you would like to help ensure West Virginia’s place in this exhibit, please contact Steve Carpenter, NRCS State Soil Scientist, at (304) 284-7540, extension 7585, for details.

Check out the  NRCS Soils web site. "Helping People Understand Soils" at http://soils.usda.gov/

Soils is part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, an effort of Federal and State agencies, universities, and professional societies to deliver scientifically based soil information.

Meet your new Public Affairs Specialist

Carol Lagodich transferred from USDA State and Private Forestry in Durham NH where she was the Visual Information Specialist. Previous Forest Service positions include resources and recreation in Montana, fisheries biologist in Washington, GIS in Oregon, and various forestry technician jobs in Idaho. She is an  Information Officer and took assignments with incident management teams--usually forest fire related.

She has a BS in Science (biology emphasis) from Southern Oregon State College, a MS in Environmental Education from Southern Oregon University, and a certificate in Electronic Publishing from the University of Oregon.