{"id":18799,"date":"2019-03-22T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=18799"},"modified":"2019-03-22T14:01:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:01:22","slug":"2019-lebanon-county-envirothon-soils-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=18799","title":{"rendered":"2019 Lebanon County Envirothon Soils Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Stephanie Harmon, Watershed Specialist <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lebanon-2019-soils-trainingsmaller-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18800\" width=\"375\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lebanon-2019-soils-trainingsmaller-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lebanon-2019-soils-trainingsmaller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Lebanon-2019-soils-trainingsmaller-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption> <em>Students exploring soil properties in Lebanon County. Photo provided by Stephanie Harmon.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 12, 2019, a chilly day with hints of\nspring, ninety energetic middle and high school Envirothon students from\nLebanon County school districts, including Cornwall-Lebanon, Eastern Lebanon\nCounty, Lebanon, Myerstown Enrichment, Northern Lebanon, and Palmyra got their\nhands dirty at Soils Training at the Lebanon Expo Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The training was hosted by the Lebanon County\nConservation District and coordinated by Watershed Specialist and Lebanon\nCounty Envirothon Coordinator, Stephanie Harmon. Special guest instructors included\nthe following USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service staff: Resource Soil\nScientist John Chibirka, Assistant State Conservationist Charlie Hanner, and\nSoil Conservationist Lindsey Bream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The training began with a presentation on the basics\nof soils components, understanding maps, surveys and landforms, land use,\ndecision making, protection, and the importance of understanding soils. John\nused his whimsical personality to charm and excite students about the varied\nimportances of soil characteristics and features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the presentation, students rotated through two stations where they (literally) got their hands dirty by practicing the \u201cSoil Texture by Feel\u201d method and reading a soil textural triangle to determine the classification of two different soil samples. Additionally, students reviewed differences in soil colors and practiced how to read the color scientifically, using a \u201cMunsell color book\u201d (a book of color chips that follow the Munsell System of Color Notation) as used by soil scientists. Finally, students were provided an introduction and history of topographical maps and practiced reading and measuring contour lines and understanding the many different features of topographical maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Stephanie Harmon, Watershed Specialist On March 12, 2019, a chilly day with hints of spring, ninety energetic middle and high school Envirothon students from Lebanon County school districts, including Cornwall-Lebanon, Eastern Lebanon County, Lebanon, Myerstown Enrichment, Northern Lebanon, and Palmyra got their hands dirty at Soils Training at the Lebanon Expo Center. The training [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-district-project-spotlight","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}