Resources on Soil Amendment

Want to learn more about soil health and how soil amendment can improve the quality of your soil? Here is a sampling of resources that cover projects from major highway construction; to new building construction; to agricultural topics.

Educational Resources

Click on the report name for a link to the resource materials:

State of Iowa DOT Special Provisions for Amended Soil on Highway Projects

State of Iowa Department of Transportation Soil Amendment Standards for highway construction and roadside applications

State of Minnesota DOT - Establishing Post-Construction Roadside Vegetation Growth

State of Minnesota Department of Transportation study report

State of California DOT – Use of Organic Amendments for Revegetation of Disturbed Sites with Adverse Soil Conditions

State of California Department of Transportation study report

When to Amend? Construction Sequencing Soil Protection and Restoration

SoilsForSalmon.Org summary sheet from project study video

ASHS HortScience - The Use of Soil Amendments to Improve Survival of Roadside Grasses

American Society for Horticulture Science university study report

US EPA - The Use of Soil Amendments for Remediation, Revitalization, and Reuse

United States Enviromental Protection Agency standards for the use of soil amendments

Penn State University – Understanding and Managing Soil Microbes

Article related to the importance of soil biology in the evaluation of soil health

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology – Why Do Soil Microbes Matter?

Article related to the impact of soil microbes on the health of plants

Carolina Farm Stewardship Assoc – Strategies for Farm Soil Amendment

Article considering the of soil amendments on the health and productivity of farm land