Concept information
Preferred term
NCSS
Definition
- The National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) was established in 1896 by federal law as a nationwide partnership of Federal, regional, State, and local agencies and institutions. This partnership works together to cooperatively investigate, inventory, document, classify, and interpret soils and to disseminate, publish, and promote the use of information about the soils of the United States and its trust territories. The activities of the NCSS are carried out on National, regional, State, and County levels. For more information, search the WWW. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is responsible for the leadership of soil survey activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, for the leadership and coordination of NCSS activities, and for the extension of soil survey technology to global applications. Other partners include: Federal: USDA-NRCS, USDA-USFS, USDA-ARS, DI-BLM, DI-BIA, US ARMY-COE State: Land Grant Institutions, State Agencies (DOT), County Govt. The USDA National Headquarters for Soil Survey operations and Soil Laboratory are in Lincoln, NE. USDA also has a National, Regional, and MLRA level Offices. Land Grant Institutions, USDA-ARS, and US ARMY-COE conduct most of the basic and applied research in soil science. Some Land Grant Institutions and County Govt. also employ soil scientists and conduct a soil survey program, as do private companies and consultants. (en)
Broader concept
- M - O (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/5db224cf-cdce-4ede-b267-6f88d14f848e
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