USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service

60 Quaker Lane, Suite 46 Warwick RI.

Tel: 401-822-8830
Email: jimjet@cox.net

• 1984 to 1987 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. B.S. Resource Development, with Distinction, Major: Natural Resources (Soil Science). GPA: 3.46/4.0, Deans List all Semesters.
• 1982 to 1984 Bristol Community College, Fall River Massachusetts. Associates in Arts, High Distinction, Major: Liberal Arts. GPA: 3.65/4.0, Deans List all Semesters.

• 2003 to Present: Assistant State Soil Scientist, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Warwick RI.
• 2000 to 2003: Resource Soil Scientist and Ground-penetrating radar specialist. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, West Wareham, Massachusetts. Current series/grade: GS 470 series, grade 12. Primary Duties: Provide soil related services for Southeastern Massachusetts, assist Community Assistance Program, manage soil survey update, ground penetrating radar specialist for the New England Region.
• 1993 to 2000: Soil Survey Project Leader, Plymouth County Soil Survey. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, West Wareham, Massachusetts. Current series/grade: GS 470 series, grade 11. Primary Duties: Manage soil survey update, ground penetrating radar specialist for the New England Region.
• 1989 to 1993: Soil Scientist/Ground Penetrating Radar specialist. United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Middleboro, Massachusetts. Primary Duties: soil mapper, ground-penetrating radar specialist for the New England Region.
• 1987 to 1989:Soil Scientist, Middlesex Conservation District, Acton, Massachusetts. Primary Duties: soil mapper.

• Turenne, J. 1997. Understanding Cranberry Soil Maps. P. 15-18. The National Cranberries Magazine, April 1997.
• Turenne, J. 1993. Ground Penetrating Radar Investigations on Cranberry Beds in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. p. 213-220. Proceedings of the Second Government Workshop on GPR : Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar: Technologies and Applications. 26 to 28 October 1993. p. 336.
• Doolittle, J., Davenport, J., Fletcher, P., Turenne, J. 1990. Morphometry of cranberry bogs formed in kettles and outwash channels in southeast Massachusetts. P. 83-92. IN: (Eds) j. m. Kimble. Proceedings Eight International Soil Correlation Meeting (VII ISCOM) : Characterization, Classification and Utilization of Wet Soils. Louisiana and Texas. 6 to 21 October 1990. p. 327.
• Doolittle, J. A., Turenne, J., Fletcher, P. C., and Davenport, J. R. 1991. Radar Survey of Cranberry Bogs in Southeast Massachusetts. Agronomy Abstract. American Society of Agronomy. Madison, Wisconsin. P 310.

Using Ground Penetrating Radar to inventory and map Histosols. American Society of Agronomy,  Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America, 2001 Annual Meeting, October 21-25, 2001, Charlotte NC.

Ground Penetrating Radar Investigations on Cranberry Beds in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Second Government Workshop on GPR, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. October 26 to 28 1993.

• ARCPACS: Certified Professional Soil Scientist.
• Society of Soil Scientist of Southern New England; Professional Member.
• Certified Title V System Inspector (October 1995).
• Licensed Class IV R.I. Soil Evaluator.

Hobbies/Interests

Surfing, Skateboarding, Boating, Fishing.

Jim Turenne with a small tuna caught off Block Island, Rhode Island

Favorite Quote

"One should never be where one does not belong".. (Bob Dylan)

Curricula Vitae

James D. Turenne, Certified Professional Soil Scientist

B.S. Resource Development-Soil Science, University of Rhode Island (1987). Presently Assistant State Soil Scientist, USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service. Sixteen years professional soil survey and ground penetrating radar experience. .

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