A.02. Performance Work Statement - CORPS of Engineers Tree Planting.xlsx

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Washechek, Mark (CTR) - NRCS, Brookings, SD: If the MLRA does not exist in D2, Click the MLRA button to enter the Location of the planting.

Washechek, Mark (CTR) - NRCS, Brookings, SD: TheWeb Soil Survey (WSS) can help you find your Conservation Tree and Shrub Group (CTSG) at https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx

How to determine the Conservation Tree and Shrub Group (CTSG) of the area where you wish to establish a windbreak.

Click on the WSS link to go to Web Soil Survey.

Use the Quick Navigation section or navigate by hand on the map by doing the following:

In Area of Interest Interactive Map section Click the + sign and the hand sign to zoom and move the map to the general area you are interested in.

Now click on the AOI rectangle. Drag and highlight the Aera of Interest of the approximate area of the windbreak to be planted.

Look in the yellow tabs at the top Click on Soil Map (you may want to print screen this map and its Map Unit Symbols (MUS) Click on Soil Data Explorer tab Look in the Second set of yellow tabs Click on Suitability’s and Limitations for Use tab Click Land Classifications Click Conservation Tree and Shrub Group Uncheck “Map” and “Description of Rating”, make sure “Table” is checked, check “Detailed description”.

Click view Rating You may want to screen print the table of MUS and Rating.

The rating is your CTSG that will be used in the Windbreak workbook.

When done click the Logout tab at the very top of Web Soil Survey (WSS) page.

Washechek, Mark (CTR) - NRCS, Brookings, SD: A Conservation Tree/Shrub Group (CT/SG) is a physiographic unit or area having similar climatic and soil characteristics that control the selection and height growth of trees and shrubs. All soil map units are placed in one of 10 main groups. See WSS link above to determine the CTSG.

Mark: If this box is checked the sheet will evaluate the selected species to determine if it is recommended in the "Expected tree and shrub heights at 20 years" table for the CTSG and MLRA selected. The result will be placed in column H. Red x means No, Green check means yes. Any species you change using the "Add or edit species list" will have a red x because your new name is not in the "20 year table". Make sure you have a Row Number entered in column F and the appropriate MLRA selected in D2. Use the MLRA button to select the MLRA where the windbreak will be planted.

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MLRA

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