Introduction

There are consulting soil scientists available to provide services throughout the United States. This section provides assistance in locating consulting soil scientists. Most of the soil scientists who do consulting services are members of one or more of the following organizations:

1. National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists.
2. Soil Science Society of America - Certified Professional Soil Scientists, Certified Professional Soil Classifiers.
3. State Soil Associations/Societies, State Board of Regulations, and Association of Women Soil Scientists.

1. National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS)

The National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS) is a charter member of the USCSSA. Anyone who is a soil scientist may join NSCSS, however only consulting soil scientists qualify to hold elected office. Consulting members are pedologists, edaphologists, soil classifiers, soil surveyors, environmental site assessors, erosion and sediment control specialists, wetland delineators, on-site septic system site assessors, risk assessors, water quality protection specialists.

A comprehensive list of NSCSS members is available. Or, click on the map to access regional lists of NSCSS members. Links to content not hosted by USCSSA will open new pages in your browser.

Other Regional Lists

• Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England (SSSSNE), and click on "Registry". The SSSSNE includes Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

2 – Soil Science Society of America -- Certified Professional Soil Scientists / Certified Professional Soil Classifiers

To locate Soil Scientists certified by the Soil Science Society of America:

1. Go to Soil Science Society of America web site
2. Go to: "Find Others" and click on “Find a Certified Professional”
3. Soil Scientists are identified in by the following two groups:
   • Certified Professional Soil Scientists (CPSS)
   • Certified Professional Soil Classifier (CPSC)
4. Go to “Type of Search” and click on “Match All Criteria”
5. Go to “Search by Profession" and under “Certification" enter CPSS. This will bring up an alphabetical list of all soil scientists and e-mail addresses of those that are Certified Professional Soil Scientists by SSSA. The same process is applicable for getting the names of those listed a Certified Professional Soil Classifiers.
6. Numerous other options are available to find a variety of different kinds of information.
7. One option is to click on 1) match all criteria, 2) state and 3) enter “CPSS” under "Search by Professional" and the list generated will include only those certified in the state requested.

3 – State Soil Associations/Societies, State Board of Regulations, and Association of Women Soil Scientists (coordinated by the USCSSA)

Listed below are links to these groups as an aid for locating consulting soil scientists.

States that have a list of consulting soil scientists on their web site.

• Arkansas
• California
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
  • New Hampshire Association of Natural Resource Scientists
  • Society of Soil Scientists of Northern New England
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee (TN Dept of Environment and Conservation)
• South Carolina
• West Virginia

States having a web site with a contact person but no list of soil consultants.

• Alabama
• Association of Women Soil Scientists
• Indiana
• Maine
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• South Dakota
• Texas
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• Wisconsin

States curently with no web sites.

• Alaska
• Arizona
• Colorado
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Michigan
• Mississippi
• Montana
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New York
• Puerto Rico
• Utah
• Wyoming