In July 2012 I visited the Peace River region with the Pacific Regional Society for Soil Science on their annual Summer Soil Identification Trip.  My trip report, which I’m hoping […]

Background The Peace River Region begins in northeastern British Columbia on the east side of the Rockie Mountains and extends into northwestern Alberta.  The soils explored on this trip were […]

July 9, 2012 I had known about the trip for months, but as usual saved packing for the last minute in favour of spending my Sunday evening basking under the […]

Soil pits were dug and described at four different sites.  Each description includes photos of the site, the soil profile, and a horizon-by-horizon description of what was found.

The variation between and within sites in the Peace River highlighted the role of landscape features and management in soil heterogeneity.  While parent material is of similar origins throughout the […]

Sometimes I feel like we are all a bit like the Hobbits in Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings.  Those of us crazy enough to witness the treatment of our planet, […]

Horizon Depth (cm) L 0.5 – 0 Ape 0 – 17 Bm 17 – 41 Bfj 41 – 84 Cca 84 + Site three was an agricultural soil used to […]