SOIL SCIENCE

Our soil is essential to the health of our ecosystem and maintaining water quality. Join CBFS staff as you get up close and personal with the world beneath your feet. Learn all about soil makeup and horizons, then head out into the field to collect samples and test our local soils to draw conclusions about ecosystem health.
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Class Goals:

• Explore the makeup and properties of soil
• Discover the essential connections between the soil and our ecosystem health
• Test soil samples for nutrients
  
• Observe soil horizons through soil coring