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Many publications describe methods to assess and manage soil quality.
The Guidelines for Soil Quality Assessment in Conservation Planning helps you pull together the information in many of these documents. The Soil Quality Institute published the Guidelines to help people decide whether to do an elaborate or simple assessment, which tools to use, and which management practices will address a soil quality concern. The Guidelines are written in the context of the 9-step conservation planning process. It illustrates the practical use of tools and information developed by the Soil Quality Institute, and links soil quality assessment to specific practices that help solve soil quality problems. The information is primarily intended for use in a planning process, but is also useful in informal soil quality assessments, or as an educational resource for teaching about soil quality.