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Soil is life

As a soil scientist for 33 years, I never really thought about the long history of soils on earth. I just focused on Siskiyou County’s forest soils. Siskiyou County has the most soil diversity compared to anywhere else in the United States. This is because our soil forming factors are extremely diverse. Our rainfall varies from 10 to 100 inches. Our elevations vary from 600 feet near Somes Bar to over 14,000 feet on Mt Shasta. Our…

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