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Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference
Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
March 11, 2006

Using Soils Classification Information in Forestry

Frank Heisner
Frank Heisner is a soil scientist with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in Rock Falls , IL . He is currently part of an update process for soil survey in northwestern Illinois , where his duties include mapping, sampling, working in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and soil data management. Frank worked for the USDA Forest Service for ten years, and has a BS in Forestry from Iowa State University and an MS in Soil Science from the University of Missouri at Columbia . Frank grew up in rural southeast Iowa , and is active in the outdoors, pursuing hunting, fishing, and trapping. At one time was an amateur bull rider competing in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Montana . His interests include gardening, furniture refinishing, and American history.

For a PDF version of Frank Heisner's soils presentation, Download tsfsc-2006-soilsclassification.pdf (6.92 MB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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