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Soil Quality Assessment and Applications for Field Staff Training

Lesson 9 - Overcoming Barriers and Promoting Soil Quality

Participants:	Reference Material:	Instructors:
9 Student Guide	9.2 Glomalin: Hiding Place for a Third of the World's Stored Soil Carbon	9 Lesson Outline
9.1 Soil Quality in the NRCS Strategic Plan (ppt handouts)	9.2 - 9.3 Building Soil Quality Demonstrations (USDA ARS)	9 Student Guide for Instructors
9.2 - 9.3 Soil Slaking and Miniature Rainfall Demonstrations Lesson Plan	9.2 - 9.3 Soil Quality Runoff Boxes Demonstration	9.1 Lesson Plan - Soil Quality in the NRCS Strategic Plan
9.2 - 9.3 Soil Slaking and Miniature Rainfall Demonstrations Guide	9.4 Barriers and Strategies for Small-scale Producers	9.1 Soil Quality in the NRCS Strategic Plan PowerPoint
		9.1 Soil Quality in the NRCS Strategic Plan (ppt notes pages)
		9.2 Lesson Plan - Slake Test Demonstration
		9.3 Lesson Plan - Miniature Rainfall Simulator Demonstration
		9.4 Lesson Plan - Implementation Barriers and Solutions
		9.4 Implementation Barriers and Solutions PowerPoint
		9.4 Implementation Barriers and Solutions (ppt notes pages)