Northeast Hydric Soils Committee

Co-Chairs: Lenore Vasilas, USDA-NRCS; Jim Turenne, USDA-NRCS

Charges

1. Review progress on dark parent materials indicator. In 2006, the Committee identified this as an issue for New England.
2. Review progress on red parent materials indicator. In 2006, the Committee identified this as a shared issue for New England and the mid-Atlantic.
3. Review progress on folists and other histosols indicators. In 2006, the Committee identified this as an issue for New England.
4. Review progress on anthropogenic soils indicators. In 2006, the Committee identified the need for a better understanding of what to look for to identify anthropogenic hydric soils.
5. Review and comment on spodosols indicators. In 2006, the Committee identified an issue with the current indicators identifying non-hydric spodosols as well as hydric spodosols.
6. Review for resolution hydric soil indicator S6. In 2006, the Committee recommended revisions to the indicator including supplying a minimum thickness, adding size of stripped zones and minimum volume into the indicator’s criteria, describing color of stripped zones and/or contrast between striped zones and matrix color in the indicator’s criteria, and use of the term “uncovered and uncoated” to be consistent with other sandy indicators, or define a maximum volume percent that can be covered or masked like other indicators such as indicator S7.
7. Review for resolution regional indicators for use in the national indicators.