The ILLINOIS SOIL CLASSIFIERS ASSOCIATION
The Illinois Soil Classifiers Association is an organization promoting the wise use of the soil resource. ISCA is made up of professional soil classifiers in public service, private industry, and education. ISCA was established in 1975 and is affiliated with the Soil Science Society of America
and is a member of the Illinois Cooperative Soil Survey
What Does ISCA Do?
The Illinois Soil Classifiers Association promotes the wise use of one of our most valuable natural resources - SOIL !
Why Is Soil So Important?
Soil is the basic stuff that provides for our life.
- Essential for our food supply
- Essential for agriculture and for growing all plants
- Stores, filters, and purifies water
- Supports our homes, businesses, and roads
- Stores atmospheric carbon and buffers climate change
- Provides habitat for most living things
- Essential for forests, prairies, wetlands, and all ecosystems
- Disposes of our wastes
QUOTE FOR THOUGHT
“Essentially, all life depends upon the soil . . . There can be no life without soil and no soil without life: they have evolved together”.
Charles E. Kellogg, Chief of Soil Survey Division, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, 1938 Yearbook of Agriculture
