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Second Workshop: June 29-30, 2006, GRDA Headquarters, Vinita

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Indoor instruction was held at Grand River Dam Authority Headquarters and outdoor soil investigation was primarily on the west side of Grand Lake.  GRDA donated the use of their board room for the indoor portion of the workshop.

Indoor instruction at GRDA Headquarters board room

Group gathered around soils maps at one of the instruction soil pits.

Dr. Brian Carter instructing the group on the whole soil profile method.

Squeezing a soil sample to feel particle size content (clay, silt, sand)

Instructing others to texture soils by feel.

Stacy Day, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, working the soil in her fingers.

Dr. Carter using a Munsell Color Chart to determine soil color

A weak acid is used to check the soil for carbonates.

A near-lake soil with very large pore spaces - not great for a standard septic system.

 

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