Michael G. Ulmer

Work Experience:

2006-Present  Prairie Soil Consulting, LLC (0wner)--SOIL SCIENTIST

     Projects:  high intensity soil survey for mine-land reclamation and waste disposal sites; septic field evaluations; wetland determinations, salinity

     evaluations

2002--2005 High Plains Consortium Bismarck, ND--SOIL SCIENTIST

 Projects include: high intensity soil survey for mine-land reclamation and waste disposal sites; septic field evaluations; wetland determinations

2007-2012 USDA-NRCS Bismarck, ND--SENIOR REGIONAL SOIL SCIENTIST

 Responsible for all soil survey technical activities in the Northern Great Plains

 Liaison with University and Cooperators

 Responsible for investigations and research

1995–2007 USDA-NRCS Bismarck, ND--SOIL DATA QUALITY SPECIALIST

 Responsible for quality assurance of technical soil survey activities for selected MLRAs throughout the Northern Great Plains.

 Responsible for Agency’s soil characterization program and liaison with the National Soil Survey Laboratory.

 Responsible for investigations and special projects

1988–1995 USDA-NRCS Bismarck, ND--ASSISTANT STATE SOIL SCIENTIST

 Responsible for soil survey activities in North Dakota

1978–1988 USDA-NRCS Various locations--SOIL SCIENTIST/PROJECT LEADER

 Soil Survey Project Leader in Adams, Hettinger, Divide, and McKenzie

     Counties, North Dakota, soil Scientist in Grand Forks, Cass, and Sheridan Counties, North Dakota

Education:

1979–1986  North Dakota State University Fargo, ND, MS Soil Science

1975-1977   North Dakota State University Fargo, ND, BS Soil Science

1972-1974   North Dakota State School of Science - Wahpeton, ND, Assoc. Civil Engineering Technology

Professional License and Certification:

1986 to present Professional Soil Classifier of North Dakota

1984 to present ARCPACS – Soil Scientist and Soil Classifier

Professional Organizations:

Professional Soil Classifiers Association of North Dakota

Soil Science Society of America

Soil and Water Conservation Society

North Dakota Geological Society

North Dakota Academy of Science

National Association of Soil Conservation Districts

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Professional Training Courses:

Digital Soil Survey Mapping and Updating 

Advanced Hydric Soils 

Soil Technical Measurement and Data Evaluation 

Reg. IV: Interagency Wetland Identification and Delineation 

Properties of Saline and Alkali Soils 

Soil Soil Science Institute 

Soil Laboratory Data Use

Soil Correlation

Writing Soil Survey Manuscripts

Northern Great Plains Salinity and Sodicity Workshop

Publications (author or coauthor; citations not formatted):

Regional-scale Assessment of Soil Salinity in the Red River Valley Using Multi-year MODIS EVI and NDVI. 2010. J. Env. Qual.

Soil inorganic carbon sequestration as a result of cultivation in the Mollisols. 2006. In The Science and Technology of Carbon Sequestration:   

      Assessment and Verification of Natural and Deliberate Sinks.

Geochemistry in the modern soil survey program. 2007. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Journal.

Hydropedological investigations with ground-penetrating radar: Estimating water-table depths and local ground water flow patter in areas of coarse-

      textured soils. 2006. Geoderma.

Improvement prediction and mapping of soil copper by kriging with auxiliary data for CEC. 2003. Soil Science Society of America Journal.

Effects of tillage on inorganic carbon storage in soils of the Northern Great Plains of the U. S. 2002. In Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon

       Sequestration in Soil.

Effects of tillage on profile soil carbon distribution in the Northern Great Plains of the U.S. 1997. In Management of Carbon Sequestration in Soil.

Estimated soil organic carbon losses from long-term crop-fallow in the Northern Great Plains of the U.S. 1995. In Soil Management and Greenhouse

      Effect.

Evaluation of soil survey scale for zone development of site-specific nitrogen management. 2002. Agronomy Journal.

Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota. 1997. EPA.

On the issue of interagency standards in geographic information systems. 1991. North Dakota of Academy of Science.

Influence of plant available water at seeding on spring wheat and sunflower production in North Dakota. 1988. North Dakota Farm Research.

Development of wheat and sunflower productivity models for North Dakota. 1988. NDSU Soil Science Research Report.

Organic carbon determination by Walkely-Black, Udy-Dye, and Dry Combustion Method for selected North Dakota soils. 1992. Communications in Soil

      Science and Plant Analyses.

Yield prediction models for wheat and sunflower. 1986. Thesis.

Soil Survey Horizons articles:

       -Book Review: After the Ice Age. 1993.

       -Book Review: Wetland soils: genesis, hydrology, landscape and classification. 2002.

       -Particle size analyses by hydrometer: A routine method for determining clay fraction. 1994.

       -Crop yield interpretation in North Dakota. I. Sequential sampling 1986.

       -Crop yield interpretation in North Dakota. II. Field Questionnaires: A delphi approach. 1986.

       -Crop yield interpretation in North Dakota. III. Long-term empirical models. 1986. 

       -Soil core tube modifications for bull probe hydraulic coring machine. 1985.

       -Initial soil survey and re-survey of McKenzie County, North Dakota. 1989. 

       -Development of a soil-characterization database for North Dakota. 1995.

       -Soil Survey Horizons history and index. 2001. 

Soil Survey Manuscripts:

      -Soil Survey of Hettinger County, North Dakota. 1990. USDA-NRCS.

      -Soil Survey of Adams County, North Dakota. 1987. USDA-NRCS.

      -Soil Survey of Grand Forks County, North Dakota. 1981. USDA-NRCS.

Abstracts and Posters:

     -Increasing the salinity tolerance of alfalfa to improve the effectiveness of agronomic-hydrologic practices for controlling root-zone salinization.

            2012. ASABE Annual Meetings.

     -Salinity risk index for the Red River Valley. 2010. SSSA Annual Meetings.

     -Soil salinity in the Red River Valley. 2007. SSSA Annual Meetings.

     -Geochemical distribution of selected elements in northcentral North Dakota using soil survey SSURGO data.  2007. SSSA Annual Meetings.

     -Evaluation of soil mineralogy and associated properties of soils derived from Eocene-age sediments in western North Dakota.

           2007. SSSA Annual Meetings.

      -Development of a protocol to soil survey reclaimed land in North Dakota. 2006. SSSA Annual Meetings.

      -Sodium affected landscapes in western North Dakota.  2006. SSSA Annual Meetings.

      -Distribution of trace elements in soils of Northern North Dakota.  2000. SSSA Annual Meetings.

      -Distribution of organic carbon in cultivated and native grassland fine-loamy Typic Haploboroll Soils. 1994. SSSA Annual Meetings.

      -Evaluating factors influencing wind erodibility group classification of selected fine-loamy, Typic Haploboroll Soils. 1994. SSSA Annual Meetings.

      -A brief history of the soil survey program in North Dakota.   1994. SSSA Annual Meetings.

      -SAS program for analyses and classification of hydrometer data. 1986. Agronomy Abstracts.

      -Estimated carbon losses from long-term crop-fallow in northern Great Plains of the USA.  1993. Symposium of Soil Processes and Management  

            Systems. Ohio State University.

      -A yield prediction model for hard red spring wheat based on soil, climate, and management data. 1984. SSSA Annual Meetings.

      -Effects of selected soil, climatic, and management variables on the yield of sunflower.  1984. SSSA Annual Meetings.

      -SAS applications to a wheat sunflower modeling project.  1980. Proc. of International SAS Users Conference.

Awards

Numerous performance and achievement awards from USDA-NRCS

2010 -- National Cooperative Soil Survey Career Achievement Award