New! 2024 Annual Meeting to be held on February 26-27 in Dalton, GA (Murray County). Field Trip to focus on Shale & Valley soils.
Reach out to Kevin at horizonsoils@gmail.com for registration information.
Annual Meeting Information (February 27-28, 2023; Athens, GA)
– Registration payment + form and ballot due February 21
– All posters to be delivered to Flinchum’s on Monday, February 27
2023 SSSGA Annual Meeting Packet
Annual Meeting Information (February 21-22, 2022; Dahlonega, GA)
2022 SSSGA Annual Meeting Registration
September 2021 Updates & Training Events
Note: Recertification is now 30 contact hours per cycle.
SepticSmart Week: September 20-26, Presented by Gary Hawkins
Gary Hawkins is a Water Resource Specialist with Crop and Soil Science at UGA. SepticSmart Week will consist of a video each day on a particular septic topic. The videos will be posted to https://site.extension.uga.edu/water/on-site-waste-treatment/. One of our very own is a contributor! The topics are:
Day 1 (20th) – Protect it and Inspect it! – Brooklyne Wassel, UGA
Day 2 (21st) – Think at the Sink! – Stephen Brown/Debbie Johnson, GOWA
Day 3 (22nd) – Don’t overload the Commode! – Chris Kumnick, DPH
Day 4 (23rd) – Pump your tank! – Keli Hinson, DPH
Day 5 (24th) – Don’t Strain your Drain! – Jackie Sherry, Athens-Clarke County
Day 6 (25th) – Shield Your Field! – Rusty Royston, Ga Soil Science Society
Day 7 (26th) – Keep it Clean! – Gary Hawkins, UGA
The above will be posted beginning next Monday, 9/20. Currently, Gary has videos there from last year’s initiative for you to view. You may also subscribe to the site and ensure you get timely notifications of new content. You may also want to consider this site a resource for those clients that you feel would benefit from such information.
Griffin Field Experience: April 26, 2021
Monday, April 26, 2021
Griffin Experiment Station
Griffin, Georgia
– Please see the following message from our 2021 President, Bob Kendall: A MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT 4-9-21
– Earlier information from our 2020 President, Rusty Royston: Memo Re SSSGA 2021 Annual Meeting
Training in Sharon, Georgia (April 15, 2021) – CANCELLED
– We will do a session later in the year.
Ethics Training / Business / Membership Meeting: March 29, 2021 (3 – 5 PM EST)
– Please see the attached information regarding this meeting, as well as an opportunity to earn Continuing Education Credits, details on voting for the 2021 President-Elect, and an update about the Annual Meeting, from our President, Rusty Royston.
Please return your membership renewal, payment and President-Elect ballot by March 15.
– SSSGA 2021 Membership Registration Packet
NRCS to host Southeast Soil Geomorphology Conference: Spring 2022
– Check back soon for more information!