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To: Rightone
.....The researchers found 508 endangered soil series in the United States. Six states have more than half of their rare soil series in an endangered state, with Indiana leading the group at 82 percent, followed closely by Iowa at 81 percent. Most of the soil danger hotspots reside in the country's agricultural heartland......The researchers also found that 31 soils are effectively extinct because they have been nearly completely converted to agricultural or land use......

The Researchers = Ronald Amundson, professor of ecosystem sciences at UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources

25 posted on 11/21/2003 6:21:20 PM PST by rface (Ashland, Missouri - Praying for Rush's and Marilyn's recovery)
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To: rface
"Ronald Amundson, professor of ecosystem sciences at UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources"

Maybe oit's time to Freep Congress and have this "professor" de funded!

What a dangerous waste of tax dollars.
27 posted on 11/21/2003 6:34:12 PM PST by dalereed (,)
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To: rface
.....The researchers found 508 endangered soil series in the United States. Six states have more than half of their rare soil series in an endangered state, with Indiana leading the group at 82 percent, followed closely by Iowa at 81 percent. Most of the soil danger hotspots reside in the country's agricultural heartland......The researchers also found that 31 soils are effectively extinct because they have been nearly completely converted to agricultural or land use......

The Researchers = Ronald Amundson, professor of ecosystem sciences at UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources

ARGHHHH!!!!

28 posted on 11/21/2003 6:43:21 PM PST by Rightone
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