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Arlene J. Tugel

Soil Scientist, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service as a liaison at the USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico  88003-0003

Education
1974 BS Soil and Water Science, University of California, Davis

 

Professional Experience
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service

9-04 to present

 Soil Scientist, Liaison to Agricultural Research Service, Las Cruces, NM. In collaboration with ARS Jornada Experimental Range, facilitate NRCS technology development for soil survey and ecological sites in order to quantify and interpret human impacts on soil-vegetation interactions and dynamic soil properties. Directed dynamic soil property pilot studies in 4 states.
10-95 to 9-04 Soil Scientist, NRCS Soil Quality Institute, Corvallis, OR in Las Cruces, NM. Project manager for technology development projects including the Soil Health Card, the Soil Biology Primer, rangeland soil quality, dynamic soil properties, the Farming Systems Project.
1-93 to 10-95 Assistant State Conservationist and Soil Scientist, Interpretations, West National Technical Center, Portland, OR. Program manager for AmeriCorps, Urban Conservation, Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) and the Habitat Restoration Jobs Program. Provided regional leadership for soil information and technology transfer, including RUSLE, to support the needs of NRCS employees in 13 western states.
2-88 to 1-93 State Soil Correlator and Manuscripts Coordinator, Davis, CA. Provided technical leadership and training in soil classification, correlation and mapping and manuscript standards, and quality control for 11 ongoing soil surveys in California. Directed the development of the State Soil Geographic Database (STATSGO) for over 1 billion acres.
4-80 to 2-88  Soil Survey Project Leader, Sacramento and Stockton, California. Planned and led an order 2 field soil survey involving over 630,000 acres, 6 land uses, 7 soil orders, and 145 mapping units. 
6-74 to 4-80  Area Soil Scientist, Riverside, CA; Soil Conservationist, Redding, CA; Soil Scientist, Stockton, CA

 

Primary Research Interests

Dynamic soil properties, soil survey, human impacts on soil, soil change, soil quality, soil functions, ecological sites.

Synergistic Activities (last 5 years)
2007  Future of Soil Survey Committee, National Cooperative Soil Survey

2003-2007

 Ecological Principles Committee, National Cooperative Soil Survey
2000-2007 Volunteer, Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park
2001-2003 Chair, Soil Quality Working Group, Division S-3, Soil Science Society of America

 

Publications

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Ulery, A.L. and A.J. Tugel. 1999. Farming in New Mexico: Soil quality and productivity maintenance. p. 86-108. In: E.A. Herrera and  J.G. Mexal (eds.) Ensuring Sustainable Development of Arid Lands through Time. New Mexico Journal of Science vol. 39.
  2. Ditzler, C.A and A.J. Tugel.  2002.  Soil Quality Field Tools: Experiences of USDA-NRCS Soil Quality Institute. Agron. J. 94:33-38.
  3. Herrick, J.E., J.R. Brown, A. Tugel, P.L. Shaver and K.M. Havstad. 2002. Application of Soil Quality to Monitoring and Management: Paradigms from Rangeland Ecology. Agron. J. 94:3-11.
  4. Tugel, A.J., J.E. Herrick, J.R. Brown, M.J. Mausbach, W. Puckett, and K. Hipple. 2005. Soil change, soil survey, and natural resources decision making: A blueprint for action. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:738-747.
  5. Bestelmeyer, B.T. D.A. Trujillo, A.J. Tugel, and K.M. Havstad. 2006. A multi-scale classification of vegetation dynamics in arid lands: What is the right scale for models, monitoring, and restoration? J. Arid Environ. 65:296-318.
  6. Bestelmeyer, B.T., A.J. Tugel, G. Peacock, and H. Sanchez. 2006. A three-tiered approach for coupled vegetation and soil sampling to develop ecological site descriptions. In: Proceedings of the Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey and Western Society of Soil Science 2006 Conferences.  June 19-23, 2006.  Park City, UT.Bestelmeyer, B.T., J.P. Ward, J.E. Herrick, and A.J. Tugel. 2006. Fragmentation effects on soil aggregate stability in a patchy arid grassland. Rangland Ecol. Mange. 59:406-415.
  7. Herrick, J.E., B.T. Bestelmeyer, S. Archer, A.J. Tugel, and J.R. Brown. 2006. An integrated framework for science-based arid land management. J. Arid Environ. 65:319-335.

    8. Additional Publications

  8. Tugel, A. J. and G. A. Woodruff.  1986.  Soil Survey of San Bernardino County, California, Mojave River Area, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.Tugel, A. J.  1993.  Soil Survey of Sacramento County, California.  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
  9. Tugel, A. J. and G. L. Huntington.  1991.  Addressing temporal and spatial variability of natural and modified soils through map unit design.  Poster paper, ASA Annual Meetings, Denver, CO.
  10. Tugel, A. J. and J. M. Kimble.  1993.  Slashburn effects on a Spodosol in the rain forest of the humid tropics.  Poster paper, ASA Annual Meetings, Cincinnati, OH.
  11. Mausbach, M. J. and A. J. Tugel.  1995.  Soil quality and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.  Poster paper, ASA Annual Meetings, St. Louis, MO.
  12. Ingham, E. R., A.J. Tugel, and M.D. Hubbs.  1996.  Soil foodweb structure and soil suality.  Poster Paper, ASA Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, IN.
  13. Ingham, Elaine R., Andrew R. Moldenke, and Arlene J. Tugel.  1997.  Soil Alive! An ecologically based education campaign.  Poster paper, ESA Annual Meetings, Albuquerque, NM.
  14. Tugel, A.J.  Soil Quality Institute initiatives and rangeland assessments.  1999. People and Rangelands – Proceedings of the Sixth International Rangeland Congress. Townsville, Qld.
  15. Tugel, A.J. and A.L. Lewandowski, (eds.).  Soil Biology Primer. 1999. USDA PA-1637. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
  16. Tugel, A.J. and A.M. Lewandowski. 2000. Taking it to the streets: resources for making soil biology relevant to resource managers and the general public.  Society for Range Management – 53rd Annual Meeting.
  17. Herrick, J.E., A.J. Tugel, M.D. Remmenga, L.M. Norfleet, C.A. Ditzler. 2001. Spatial Variability in Dynamic Soil Properties: Sampling Requirements for a National Database. Poster Paper, ASA Annual Meetings, Charlotte, NC.
  18. Tugel, A.J. and J.R. Brown. 2001. State and Transition Ecosystem Models – Application to Soil Survey and Dynamic Soil Properties Databases.  In: Proceedings of the National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference -2001. June 25-29, 2001, Ft. Collins, CO.
  19. Tugel, A.J., S. Seiter, D. Friedman, J. Davis, R. Dick, D. McGrath and R. Weil. 2001. Locally Led Conservation Activities: Developing a Soil Quality Assessment Tool. In: D.E. Stott, R.H. Mohtar, and G.C. Stenhardt (ed.) Sustaining the global farm: Selected papers from the 10th ISCO meeting held May 24-29, 1999, West Lafayette, IN. International Soil Conservation Organization in cooperation with the USDA and Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. CD-ROM available from the USDA-ARS National Soil Erosion Laboratory, West Lafayette, IN.
  20. Ebinger, M.H., D.A. Cremers, M. Ferris, C.W. Meyer, J. Brown, M.L. Norfleet, W. Puckett, A.J. Tugel. 2002. Advances in Carbon Measurement with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: High Resolution Data from Intact Soil Cores. (Invited paper.) In Annual Meeting Abstracts. ASA Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, IN. (CD ROM) ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.
  22. Herrick, J.E. and A.J. Tugel. 2002. Criteria for Dynamic Soil Property Selection for Soil Survey. In Annual Meeting Abstracts. ASA Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, IN. (CD ROM) ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.
  23. Hudson, B., A.J. Tugel, W. Puckett, M.L Norfleet.  2002. Dynamic Soil Properties: Advancing the Science of Soil Change. (Invited paper.) In Annual Meeting Abstracts. ASA Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, IN. (CD ROM) ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.
  24. Stringham, T.K. and A.J. Tugel. 2002. State and Transition Modeling: A call for Dynamic Soil Properties Data. (Invited paper.) In Annual Meeting Abstracts. ASA Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, IN. (CD ROM) ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.
  25. Biological Soil Crust Task Force. Tugel, A.J., T. Reedy and J. Boettinger (co-chairs). 2003. Biological Soil Crust Status Report. In: Proceedings, National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference, June 16 - 20, 2003. Plymouth, MA.
  26. Herrick, J.E. and A.J. Tugel. 2003. Future directions: Using ESD’s for assessment, monitoring and decision-making. Invited White Paper. For NCSS Conference, Committee on Ecological Principles in Soil Survey. Plymouth, MA, June 16-20, 2003.
  27. Reedy, T., A.J. Tugel, J. Boettinger, J. Belnap, P. Biggam and B. Ypsilantis. 2003. National cooperative soil surveys and biological soil crusts. Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference, July 26-30, 2003, Spokane, WA.
  28. Tugel, A.J. 2003. Soil change and function. Invited White Paper. For NCSS Conference, Committee on Ecological Principles in Soil Survey. Plymouth, MA, June 16-20, 2003.
  29. Tugel, A.J. 2003. Soil change and natural resources decision making: A blueprint for soil survey. (Invited paper) In: Proceedings of the National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference, July 16-20, 2003. Plymouth, MA.
  30. Tugel, A.J. and J.E. Herrick. 2003. Future directions in soil data applications: Assessment and monitoring. Invited White Paper. For NCSS Conference, Committee on Ecological Principles in Soil Survey. Plymouth, MA, June 16-20, 2003.
  31. Bestelmeyer, B. T., Ward, J. P., Herrick, J. E., and Tugel, A. J. 2004. Soil-geomorphic basis of divergent landscape trajectories in the Chihuahuan Desert. p. 45. 8-1-2004. 89th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America.
  32. Herrick, J. E., Alexander, R., Bash, D., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Biggam, P., Brown, J., Havstad, K. M., Laliberte, A., Toledo, D., and Tugel, A. J. 2004. An integrated framework for multi-objective inventory, assessment, and monitoring. In: Proceedings 6th Symposium on the Natural Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert, October 15-16, 2004, Alpine, TX. Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute.
  33. Herrick, J. E., Belnap, J., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Bird, S., Brown, J. R., Havstad, K. M., Tugel, A., and Van Zee, J. W. 2004. Experimental definition of resilience for state-and-transition models. 57th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management. Salt Lake City. January 24-30, 2004. (CD ROM) SRM, Lakewood, CO.
  34. Herrick, J.E., B.T. Bestelmeyer, A.J. Tugel, and J.R Brown. 2004. An ecological site-based approach for inventory, assessment, monitoring and management of Chihuahuan Desert ecosystems. In: Proceedings 6th Symposium on the Natural Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert, October 15-16, 2004, Alpine, TX. Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute.
  35. Tugel, A.J., S. Andrews, L. Loomis, J.E Herrick, G.Peacock, and P. Biggam. 2004. Sampling near-surface dynamic soil properties for soil surveys, assessment and monitoring and state and transition models. SRM 57th Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT. January 24-30, 2004. (CD ROM) SRM, Lakewood, CO.
  36. Tugel, A.J., L. Loomis, S. Andrews, J. Dyess, B.T. Bestelmeyer, J.E Herrick, G. Peacock, and P. Biggam. 2004. Spatial heterogeneity of dynamic soil properties for management and restoration of desert landscapes. ESA Annual Meetings, Portland, OR
  37. Tugel, A.J., L. Loomis, S. Andrews, J. Dyess, J.E Herrick, G.Peacock, and P. Biggam. 2004. Sampling dynamic soil properties in soil surveys: Lessons learned. In: Proceedings of the West Region Cooperative Soil Survey Conference, June 14-18, 2004.
  38. Tugel, A.J., L. Loomis, J. Dyess, B.T. Bestelmeyer, J.E. Herrick, S. Andrews, G. Peacock, and P. Biggam. 2004. Soil Survey Enhancements for Assessment, Monitoring and Restoration: Big Bend National Park Case Study. In: Proceedings 6th Symposium on the Natural Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert, October 15-16, 2004, Alpine, TX. Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute.
  39. Herrick, J.E., B.T. Bestelmeyer, J.R. Brown, and A.J. Tugel. 2006. A soil-based framework for integrating and applying knowledge of land degradation processes to assessment, monitoring and management. Oral paper abstract. In: 18th World Congress of Soil Science. July 5-15, 2006. Philadelphia, PA.
  40. Scott, C., A.J. Tugel, D. Truman, J. P. Ward, V. Parslow, P. Biggam, B. Fitzsimons, C. Seybold. 2006. Dynamic soil properties and the soil survey – Pilot project in Arches National Park, 2005. Paper. In Proceedings of the Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey and Western Society of Soil Science 2006 Conferences.  June 19-23, 2006.  Park City, UT.
  41. Tugel, A.J., J.R. Brown, S.S. Andrews, B.T. Bestelmeyer, J.E, Herrick, K. Hipple. 2006. Characterizing soil change within the human time scale for resource assessment and prediction. Oral paper abstract. In: 18th World Congress of Soil Science. July 5-15, 2006. Philadelphia, PA.
  42. Tugel, A.J., J.P. Ward, J.E. Herrick, P. Biggam, C. Seybold, M.D. Remmenga, E.C. Benham, B.T. Bestelmeyer, A. Moore, F. Young, S. Samson-Liebig. 2006. Guidelines for sampling for dynamic soil properties for soil survey updates. Poster abstract. In Proceedings of the Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey and Western Society of Soil Science 2006 Conferences.  June 19-23, 2006.  Park City, UT.
  43. Ward, J.P., A.J. Tugel, J.E. Herrick, M.D. Remmenga, C. Scott, D. Truman, V. Parslow, P. Biggam, C. Seybold, E.C. Benham, B.T. Bestelmeyer, A. Moore, and F. Young. 2006. Dynamic soil properties as a part of soil survey updates:  Illustration of the utility of the results from Arches National Park, Utah.  Poster abstract. In Proceedings of the Western Regional Cooperative Soil Survey and Western Society of Soil Science 2006 Conferences.  June 19-23, 2006.  Park City, UT.
  44. Tugel, A.J., J. Ward, J.E. Herrick, P. Biggam, C. Seybold, M.D. Remmenga, E.C. Benham, B. Bestelmeyer, A. Moore, F. Young, K. Hipple, B. Ypsilantes, R. Davis, 2007. Sampling dynamic soil properties and vegetation for soil survey and ecological site descriptions. SRM 60th Annual Meetings, Reno, NV. February 10-15, 2007. (CD ROM) SRM, Lakewood, CO.

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