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Nushagak-Mulchatna Soil SurveyThe NRCS and the Nushagak-Mulchatna Watershed Council are three years into a partnership, producing soils survey coverage for the Nushagak-Mulchatna Watershed. Landowners and managers, including both private and government land, are invited to join as cooperators. A soils survey produces maps and descriptions of the soil landscape, fundamental information for those seeking to understand and work effectively with hydrology, engineering, habitat, ecology. No lands will be accessed without permission of the land owner manager. Updates on the progress of the Nushagak-Mulchatna soil survey will be posted to this site on a regular basis. This includes information on areas completed, preliminary products available, and schedules and locations of future fieldwork. Ekuk-Clark's Point Area InformationA map, map unit legend, and soil component information for the Ekuk-Clark's Point area is available here. Ekwok Area InformationA map, map unit legend, and soil component information for the Ekwok area is available here. Photos of various soil types at Ekwok can be viewed here and photos of vegetation and landforms at Ekwok can be viewed here. 2008 ActivitiesDuring the summer of 2008 the Homer soil survey crew will be collecting soils and vegetation data for the 1:500,000 scale mapping in the northern half of the Nushagak-Mulchatna Watershed. The crew will also collect data for the 1:63,000 scale mapping along parts of the Nushagak River north of Koliganek. The crew plans to map the villages of Koliganek and Portage Creek late in the summer at a detailed level. The crew will map as much of the remaining one-third of the City of Dillingham as time allows. Below is a map showing the current field data collection status for the survey.  2007 ActivitiesThe Homer soil survey crew collected soil and vegetation data this summer for over 2.4 million acres of the Nushagak-Mulchatna Watershed. Most of this area belongs to the Bristol Bay Lowlands Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) and will be mapped at a scale of 1:500,000. The crew spent the month of September collecting data around the City of Dillingham. Approximately two-thirds of Dillingham was mapped during this time at the scale of 1:25,000. Also in September the crew traveled to the villages of Ekuk and Clarks Point to complete data collection for the soil survey in those areas. These will also be mapped at 1:25,000. The project leader met with Ekwok community members at the end of the summer to present draft copies of the maps produced from the 2006 field work and to discuss how that information can be used. Click on the image below to view an illustration of the 2007 field work.
2006 ActivityAs NRCS wound down other survey projects, they were able to launch the Nushagak-Mulchatna project at the Village of Ekwok. In July and August a small, active crew described 27 different kinds of soil in and around Ekwok. Data includes information about soils, landforms, and the vegetative cover; and maps and reports of the findings. For information on preliminary work, contact Stephanie Schmit, soil survey project leader. More information regarding this survey and the criteria for different levels of mapping intensities can be found in the following documents: These documents require Adobe Acrobat
Contacts Nushagak-Mulchatna Watershed Council Natural Resources Conservation Service
Joe Moore
Stephanie
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