Soil & Site Evaluation Club

The UI Soil and Site Evaluation Team is made up of undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in gaining field experience in the identification and evaluation of different types of soils. Team activities provide field-based, "hands-on" training for interested students - training that will ultimately foster proper use and management of our soil and land resources. In recent years, team members have traveled to Oregon, Utah, Maryland, Missouri, and Oklahoma to participate in regional and national intercollegiate soil evaluation contests. Members of the team also help prepare and ship soil texture kits to schools around the region. Proceeds from this activity are used to help pay the travel costs to regional and national contests. All students with an interest in soils and natural resources are eligible to join the Soil and Site Evaluation Team and are encouraged to contact Professor Paul McDaniel in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences at (208) 885-7012 for more information, or via email at: pmcdaniel@uidaho.edu.