How do they match: Soil and Plant Scientists

  • Plan or supervise land conservation or reclamation programs for industrial development projects.
  • Plan or supervise waste management programs for composting or farming.
  • Conduct experiments investigating how soil forms, changes, or interacts with land-based ecosystems or living organisms.
  • Conduct research into the use of plant species as green fuels or in the production of green fuels.
  • Identify degraded or contaminated soils and develop plans to improve their chemical, biological, or physical characteristics.
  • Investigate responses of soils to specific management practices to determine the use capabilities of soils and the effects of alternative practices on soil productivity.
  • Provide advice regarding the development of regulatory standards for land reclamation or soil conservation.
  • Provide information or recommendations to farmers or other landowners regarding ways in which they can best use land, promote plant growth, or avoid or correct problems such as erosion.
  • Study soil characteristics to classify soils on the basis of factors such as geographic location, landscape position, or soil properties.
  • Study ways to improve agricultural sustainability, such as the use of new methods of composting.
  • Survey undisturbed or disturbed lands for classification, inventory, mapping, environmental impact assessments, environmental protection planning, conservation planning, or reclamation planning.

  • Plan natural resources conservation or restoration programs.
  • Advise others about land management or conservation.
  • Develop environmental sustainability plans or projects.
  • Survey land or properties.