Publications
Peer-reviewed Articles
Blog Posts, Popular Publications, & Technical Reports
Book Chapters and NRCS Publications
Invited Talks
- Martinez, P., J.R. Brehm, A.M. Nafus, A. Laurence-Traynor, S.W. Salley, S.E. McCord. 2024. Leveraging ecological monitoring programs to collect soil and geomorphology data across the Western United States. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 79(3):132-144. doi:10.2489/jswc.2024.00068.
- Herrick, J.E., J.M., Maynard, B.T. Bestelmeyer, C.J. Carey, S.W. Salley, K. Shepard, Z.P. Stewart, S.A. Wills, F.M. Ziadat. 2023. Practical guidance for deciding whether to account for soil variability when managing for land health, agricultural production, and climate resilience. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 78(6): 125A-133A. doi:10.2489/jswc.2023.0706A. Link to Article
- Hansen, F.A., D.K. James, J. Anderson, C. Meredeith, A.J. Dominguez, N. Pombubpa, J.E. Stajich, A.L. Romero-Olivares, S.W. Salley, N. Pietrasiak. 2023. Landscape characteristics shape surface soil microbiomes in the Chihuahuan Desert. Frontiers in Microbiology-Terrestrial Microbiology. 14-2023. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1135800. Link to Article
- Brungard, C., T. Nauman, M. Duniway, K. Veblen, K. Nehring, D. White, S.W. Salley, J. Anchang. 2021. Regional ensemble modeling reduces uncertainty for digital soil mapping. Geoderma. 397(114998): 1-15. doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.114998. Link to Article
- Maynard, J.M., S.W. Salley, D. E. Beaudette, J. E. Herrick. 2020. Numerical soil classification supports soil identification by citizen scientists using limited, simple soil observations. Soil Science Society of America-Journal. 84(5): 1675-1692. doi:10.1002/saj2.20119. Link to Article
- Whiting M., S.W. Salley, D. James, J.W. Karl, C. Brungard, 2020. Rapid Bulk Density Measurement Using Mobile Device Photogrammetry. Soil Science Society of America-Journal. 84(3): 811–817. doi:10.1002/saj2.20063. Link to Article
- Quandt, A., J.E. Herrick, G. Peacock, S.W. Salley, C.C. Mkalawa, A. Buni, J. Neff. 2020. A Standardized Land Capability Classification System for Land Evaluation Using Mobile Phone Technology. Journal Soil Water Conservation. 76(2): 579-589. doi:10.2489/jswc.2020.00023 Link to Article
- Herrick, J., J. Neff, A. Quandt, S.W. Salley, J. Maynard, A. Ganguli, and B. Bestelmeyer. 2019. Prioritizing land for investments based on short- and long-term land potential and degradation risk: A strategic approach. Environmental Science and Policy. 96: 52–58, doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2019.03.001. Link to Article
- Maynard, J.M., T.W. Nauman, S.W. Salley, B.T. Bestelmeyer, M.C. Duniway, C.J. Talbot, J.R. Brown. 2019. Digital mapping of ecological land units using a nationally scalable modeling framework. Soil Science Society of America-Journal. 83(3): 666-683. doi:10.2136/sssaj2018.09.0346. Link to Article
- Bergstrom, R.M., T. Borch, P.H. Martin, S. Melzer, C.C. Rhoades, S.W. Salley, E.F. Kelly, et al. 2019. The generation and redistribution of soil cations in high elevation catenas in the Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado, US. Geoderma 333(1): 135-144. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.07.024 Link to Article
- Salley, S.W., J.E. Herrick, C.V. Holmes, J.W. Karl, M.R. Levi, S.E. McCord, C. van der Waal, J.W. Van Zee. 2018. A comparison of soil texture-by-feel estimates: Implications for the citizen soil scientist. Soil Science Society of America Journal. . 82(6): 1526-1537(doi:10.2136/sssaj2018.04.0137) Link to Article
- Salley, S.W., H.C. Monger, J.R. Brown, 2016. Completing the Land Resource Hierarchy, Rangelands. 38(6): 313-317. doi: 10.1016/j.rala.2016.10.003. Link to Article
- Salley, S.W., R.O. Sleezer, R.M. Bergstrom, P.H. Martin, E.F. Kelly, 2016. A Long-term Analysis of the Historical Dry Boundary for the Great Plains of North America: Implications of Climatic Variability and Climatic Change on Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Soil Moisture, Geoderma. 274: 104-113. doi:10.1016/ j.geoderma.2016.03.020. Link to Article
- Salley, S.W., C.T. Talbot, J.R. Brown, 2016, The Natural Resources Conservation Service Land Resource Hierarchy and Ecological Sites, Soil Science Society of America Journal. 80(1): 1-9. doi:10.2136/ sssaj2015.06.0219 Link to Article
- Brown, J., Angerer, J., Salley, S.W., Blaisdell, B., Stuth, J.W., 2010, Improving estimates of rangeland carbon sequestration potential in the U.S. Southwest, Rangeland Ecology & Management, 63: 147–154. doi:10.2111/08-089.1. Link to Article
Blog Posts, Popular Publications, & Technical Reports
- Salley, SW, 2023, Soil Science American: Chronicles and Progressions 1860-1960: by Alfred E Hartemink, Cham, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:/10.1016/j.rala.2023.08.003. Link to Article
- Salley, S.W. 2022. SSSA 2022 Pedology Division Award on Outstanding Recent Research. NRCS-SPSD Friday Weekly Update. November 18, 2022: pg 13-14. Link to Article (pdf).
- Salley, S.W. 2022. Erratum to Exploring My Favorite Soil Series (Olpe). NRCS-SPSD Friday Weekly Update. April 1, 2022: pg 7. Link to Article (pdf).
- Salley, S.W. 2022. Exploring My Favorite Soil Series (Olpe). NRCS-SPSD Friday Weekly Update. March 25, 2022: pg 6-7. Link to Article (pdf).
- Salley, S.W. 2020. Digital Soil Mapping to Support California Ecological Site Development. NCSS Newsletter. Volume 90, pg 27-28. Link to Newsletter (pdf).
- Salley, S.W. 2019. Training and Calibration Key for Accurate Hand Textures. CSA News. 64(2):11 doi:10.2134/csa2019.64.0211. Link to Article.
- LandPKS in the NCSS Conference [June 24, 2019]. Link to Article.
- LandPKS News: Land-Potential and Soil Texture [Oct 19, 2017]. Link to Article.
- Salley, S.W., Morales, M., Sleezer, R.O. 2005. Surficial Geology of the Hamilton Quarry Area, Greenwood County, Kansas. KGS Open File Report 2005-1. Link to report
Book Chapters and NRCS Publications
- Land resource regions and major land resource areas of the United States, the Caribbean and the Pacific Basin. USDA - Agriculture Handbook #296. Contributor, 2021. Link to Handbook.
- Lynn, L., S.W. Salley, Ping, C. 2021. Addition of the Limnic Subgroup to Histels. U.S. Soil Taxonomy. Link to Proposal.
- National Ecological Site Handbook Part 631, (Contributor & Reviewer, July 2019).
- Land Resource Areas, Soil Survey Handbook Part 649, (Contributor & Reviewer, November, 2017).
- National Ecological Site Handbook Part 620, (Contributor, February 2017).
Invited Talks
- Salley, S.W., C.T. Talbot, J.R. Brown, Historical Perspectives and Recommendations for revision of the Agricultural Handbook 296, NCSS-NRCS webinar series, March, 2015, <y2u.be/uVTegM8vk5I>.
- NRCS - West National Technology Support Center, Oil and gas infrastructure development impacts in the San Juan Basin, NM. Portland, OR, March, 2010.
- Symposium of Energy Production - Infrastructure and Development at Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management, Oil and gas infrastructure development impacts in the San Juan Basin, NM. Denver, CO, February, 2010.