Illini Soil Judgers

12/05/2016

Happy World Soil Day everyone! I hope you don't SOIL yourself with excitement!

Check out our post from World Soil Day 2015 on our Blog:
https://illinisoiljudging.wordpress.com/2015/12/04/happy-world-soils-day/

03/12/2016

Hey everyone! Head out to ExploreACES today anytime from 9:30am-2pm and come check out our booth in Turner W-121! We have lots of cool stuff to show you guys!

Hello all! If you are heading out to ExploreACES today, be sure to come check out The Soil and Water Conservation Society booth, in room W-121 of Turner Hall! We have some awesome soil stuff to sho…

02/23/2016

The NRES Crew got together a couple weeks ago and had a great time! Come out to our next social event for good times and great people!

02/14/2016

Hi Everyone! Checkout our new blog post written by our treasurer. It is about the Russian version of a mollisol and is a great view into soil restoration efforts elsewhere.

https://illinisoiljudging.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/the-loss-of-chernozem-russias-black-soil-tragedy-and-the-use-of-folk-knowledge-in-soil-conservation/

Chernozem, a fascinating soil, named for the Russian words that translate to “black earth”, is recognized as a unique soil type by the United Nations and Canadian system of soil classification; Che...

02/08/2016

Check out the new blog!

The Soil Science Society of America recently published an interesting article outlining yet another use of soil in today's infrastructure. The article reports on Sally Brown, a Professor at the Sch...

02/03/2016

Go take a look at our new bulletin board on the 5th floor of Turner, just outside the NRES office!!

Hey soil lovers! The next time you’re in Turner Hall, head up to the 5th floor and check out our new bulletin board right outside the NRES office! You can see cool pictures of past events and get a...

02/02/2016

Happy World Wetlands Day!
http://www.worldwetlandsday.org/

01/29/2016

As a soil lover myself, we often find this blog highly focused on all things soils when in reality we are the soil and WATER conservation club. Well I think it is time to embrace the water side of our little organization especially because water has been such a hot topic in the news lately, particularly the news of Flint Michigan’s Water Crisis. Check out the blog for our newest post of Flint Michigan!
https://illinisoiljudging.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/what-happened-to-the-water-in-flint/

Soil and Water Conservation - Guilty of Broadening Our Horizons

12/04/2015

New on the Blog today: Happy World Soils Day!

December 4th is designated as World Soils Day by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations! A quote about World Soils Day from the FAO, "Soils have been neglected for too lo...

11/30/2015

I hope everyone had a great Fall Break! This week, our blog post is on a photoblog from UC-Berkeley! Checkout these great photos of soils from Chile!

https://illinisoiljudging.wordpress.com/2015/11/30/uc-berkeleys-photoblog-soil-hunting-in-southern-patagonia/

University of California-Berkeley does a monthly newsletter for their Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) where they share what’s new in the department and it’s resea...

11/11/2015

Join us TONIGHT at 7 PM in W-109 Turner Hall as Dr. Robert Darmody gives a lecture to our club on algific soils of the driftless area and "grab bag" topics! FREE PIZZA is provided and several NRES classes are offering extra credit for attending our lecture! Read the blog post for more details and we hope to see many of you tonight!

Hi soil lovers! This Wednesday, November 11th, join us at 7 PM in Turner Hall room W-109 as NRES Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert Darmody gives a guest lecture to our club! He will be speaking on algi...

11/07/2015

Check out our Secretary Eric's blog post this week on soil conservation practices in the state of Arkansas!

https://illinisoiljudging.wordpress.com/2015/11/07/arkansas-invests-in-soil/

Today were posting some good news for the state of Arkansas. Several Government agencies are investing and taking action to improve water quality and reduce soil erosion due to agriculture. The USD...