Philip Small (psmall2008@landprofile.com)

Current

Owner, Soil Scientist at Land Profile, Inc.
Secretary at National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists. Inc.

Past

Board Supervisor at North Yakima Conservation District
Principal Soil Scientist at Agrimanagement, Inc
Land Classifier at CDM

Soil Scientist at Agrimanagement, Inc.
Soil Scientist at Yakama Indian Nation
Supervisory Soil Scientist at Western Ecological Services Company
Soil Scientist at Atteberry & Associates
Soil Scientist at Self-employed
Biological Tech - Soils Specialty at US Forest Service

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Education

University of California, Davis

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Industry

Environmental Services

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Philip Small (psmall2008@landprofile.com)’s Summary

Environmental consultant in support of sustainable land use projects. Certified Professional Soil Classifier and Registered Professional Soil Scientist with 30 years experience in soil science, including 26 years experience east of the Cascades. President of Land Profile, Inc., serving Washington, Oregon and north Idaho.

Philip Small (psmall2008@landprofile.com)’s Specialties:

Wetland delineation, irrigation and crop management support services for wastewater application, land development, land management, and prime farmland determinations.

Philip Small (psmall2008@landprofile.com)’s Experience

Owner, Soil Scientist

Land Profile, Inc.

(Environmental Services industry)

March 1992 — Present (17 years 5 months)

An environmental consultant, I provide the soil science perspective on the project teams I am involved with. There is always a wonderful tension on these projects between the need for soil husbandry and community needs for land-based services. My job is to make my client projects work from both perspectives.
Secretary

National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists. Inc.

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

March 1987 — Present (22 years 5 months)

Involving myself with NSCSS fulfills a long held desire to join with my peer professionals in building on the accomplishments of the profession. I gave a whoop for joy when NSCSS formed up in 1987, and I always seem to have multiple NSCSS-related projects going at once. The Big Project right now is the re-tooling of nscss.org using Drupal and CiviCRM.
Board Supervisor

North Yakima Conservation District

(Environmental Services industry)

March 2000 — March 2004 (4 years 1 month)

What a great experience! Our nation's privately-held working lands hold the key to maintaining our soil resources, a task the importance of which is difficult to overstate. Conservation Districts work with private landowners to prevent soil erosion, and conserve resources, like water, and habitat. Except for the occasional sign at a district boundary, they exist off the radar screen of John Q. Public.
Principal Soil Scientist

Agrimanagement, Inc

(Farming industry)

January 1986 — March 1992 (6 years 3 months)

Starting in 1990, I served as director of the soil science and environmental services division. This was the point in my career that I got involved in groundwater quality issues, designing land treatment of industrial process water, consulting on biosolids utilization, conducting environmental site assessments and providing jurisdictional wetland evaluations.

I was responsible for evaluating field nutrient status using soil and plant tissue analysis, but, for me, irrigation scheduling was the real challenge. The Yakima Valley has a grand diversity in crops, irrigation strategies in play, and irrigation district delivery capabilities. As director of irrigation management services from 1986 to 1990, I ran a field crew of 12 and was responsible for scheduling irrigation on about 100 fields, orchard and vineyard blocks, and hop yards.
Land Classifier

CDM

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Civil Engineering industry)

June 1985 — January 1986 (8 months)

Conducting a detailed land classification for the US Bureau of Reclamation, I was part of a team of independent land classification contractors responsible for classifying land for CENDAK, a 280,000 acre proposed irrigation project in South Dakota. The USBR land class system focuses on sustainable farm profitability and drainage. The prime contractor was Camp-Dresser McKee in Denver, CO and the sub-contractor was Stoneman-Landers Associates in NM.
Soil Scientist

Agrimanagement, Inc.

(Farming industry)

March 1983 — June 1985 (2 years 4 months)

Building on my summers of picking fruit and driving tractor, I took this second soil scientist job, training up to an agricultural consultant. By the end I was supervising soil sampling, making fertilizer recommendations and scheduling irrigation. The highlight was having my first opportunity to provide expert testimony, successfully demonstrating the inadequacy of a newly installed solid set irrigation system to apply water uniformly in an orchard.
Soil Scientist

Yakama Indian Nation

(Environmental Services industry)

April 1981 — June 1985 (4 years 3 months)

In support of treaty water rights, I helped conduct a National Cooperative Soil Survey Order 2 soil survey. Trained in USBR's somewhat obscure land classification system, I classified land to a USBR semi-detailed level for gravity and sprinkler irrigation. The thinking was that the extent of potentially irrigable lands in the reserved area would support retention of adjudicated water rights. For me, it was great introduction to western water law, treaty rights, and wild horses.
Supervisory Soil Scientist

Western Ecological Services Company

(Environmental Services industry)

September 1979 — April 1981 (1 year 8 months)

Responsible for project design and implementation, I supervised up to 5 soil scientists in classifying nearly a million acres of soils for range and timber management and mine development. Clients included the Fishlake National Forest (UT), Inyo National Forest (CA), Plumas National Forest (CA), and Utah International. Retired NRCS soil scientist, George Borst, served as senior soil scientist.
Soil Scientist

Atteberry & Associates

(Civil Engineering industry)

September 1978 — September 1979 (1 year 1 month)

Along with my good friend, Sid Davis, I performed contract soil mapping for the Plumas National Forest (CA). We worked under the supervision and tutelage of retired NRCS California State Soil Scientist, Grant Kennedy. Additional work for Atteberry & Associates involved evaluating soils for residential development, including septic system site assessment.
Soil Scientist

Self-employed

(Environmental Services industry)

June 1978 — September 1979 (1 year 4 months)

Between soil survey projects, I operated a soil science consulting business in support of septic permit applications. Residential development was booming in the Sierra Nevada foothills, an area of great views but a tendency to clayey soils shallow to bedrock. With a beater 4X4 and a water tank, I started a percolation testing service. It was a great little business.
Biological Tech - Soils Specialty

US Forest Service

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Environmental Services industry)

March 1977 — June 1978 (1 year 4 months)

Soil profile description in support of development of CALVEG, a hierarchical classification system of actual vegetation designed to assess vegetation-related resources throughout California.

Philip Small (psmall2008@landprofile.com)’s Education

University of California, Davis

BS , Soil and Water Science , 1972 — 1977

Activities and Societies:

soil judging, soil science 105, soil, water

Additional Information

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Philip Small (psmall2008@landprofile.com)’s Interests:

New technology, terra preta nova, agriculture, real estate

Philip Small (psmall2008@landprofile.com)’s Groups:

National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists, Oregon Soil Science Society, Professional Soil Scientists Association of California, Washington Society of Professional Soil Scientists, Soil Science Society of America, Terrapreta Bioenergylists.org, Small Business Online Community