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Greetings to all soil science professionals - agency, academic, and private sector - The National Society of Professional Soil Scientists (USA) has initiated the first professional soil science organization blog. Hopefully other soil organizations will follow. It is no secret that blogging thrives in a community setting. Initial posts in The NSCSS News and Views Blog will be soil science job opportunities, event announcements, and member news. Comments will be closed during this establishment phase. Once interest and readership develop, we hope to convert this blog to support active public exchange on the three issues that we in NSCSS never tire of discussing: professional and ethical conduct, soil science education, and unfair competition from taxpayer-supported entities.

David Crouse, over at North Carolina State has started a new soil science blog. It is obviously a tentative effort at this point, seeing as how the last post has nothing to do with soil science. You have to start somewhere. I am eagerly looking for more soil science blogging. NC State is one of my favorite soil science universities so, while I haven't met DC personally, I expect this blog could work up to (or inspire) something noteworthy. I have started a second soil science related blog: NSCSS News and Views. A fair amount of material gets passed to me as NSCSS Secretary. Job opportunities, for example. I'll post items as they get to me. If I notice anything attracting and holding folks attention, I'll build on that.