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Use of agricultural land evaluation and site assessment in Whitman County, Washington, USA

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Whitman County, Washington, USA, one of the largest wheat producing counties in the country, developed a land evaluation and site assessment system for evaluating proposed conversions of agricultural land to heavy commercial uses. The system uses soil potential indices to determine a land evaluation score and a nine-factor site assessment system to weigh suitability for development. Details on each of these are provided along with results for four sample sites.

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  1. Whitman County Regional Planning Council, ONB Building, 99111, Colfax, Washington, USA

    Melanie Tyler & Liese Hunter

  2. Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Program of Environmental Science and Regional Planning, Washington State University, 99164, Pullman, Washington, USA

    Frederick Steiner

  3. Soil Conservation Service, Whitman County, 99111, Colfax, Washington, USA

    Dennis Roe

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Scientific Paper no. 7165, College of Argiculture and Home Economics Research Paper, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, project no. 0010.

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Tyler, M., Hunter, L., Steiner, F. et al. Use of agricultural land evaluation and site assessment in Whitman County, Washington, USA. Environmental Management 11, 407–412 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01867169

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