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SOUTH DAKOTA SOIL SELECTED FOR SMITHSONIAN
August 13, 2008
HURON, S.D., Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service South Dakota office issued the following news release:

The State Soil of South Dakota, Houdek (pronounced hoo-deck), is featured in a new exhibition called "Dig it! The Secrets of Soil" at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C. The new 5,000-square-foot exhibition reveals the complex world of soil and how it supports nearly every form of lif . . .

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