It is possible for soil management changes to make an impact on this project. However, the first site we visited is already managed well as it is the organic farm run by soil students and our professor James Cassidy. The management of this soil area is well thought out and has been managed prudently for 14 years.
The second site that we visited could be improved, we chose a soil pit off the road near the covered bridge. This particular soil pit and the land nearest to it did not seem too disturbed. It would be possible to manage another organic farm in this area given the right resources. Following a change like that the soil management could improve this project in that area. The third spot we collected soil was at the Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture. We collected soil from a mostly undisturbed area near a creek. If at all possible, management of the soil around this area could potentially improve the soil collection. It was rather rocky down by the creak, we had to take several samples before we collected one without any rocks disrupting the data.
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