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Jones, Nathan

After a short time working construction and in law enforcement, Mr. Jones finished his degree in Environmental Soil Science at the University of Georgia.  He started working for NRCS in Wyoming in 2006 mapping soils on an initial soil survey crew.  In 2010, Mr. Jones and his family then moved to South Dakota where he worked on updating soil survey information until he was selected as the State Soil Scientist in 2014.  He is responsible for anything soil and soil health related across the state.  Mr. Jones enjoys teaching most anywhere, but especially at the local middle school where he talks each fall about soil and why we need to take care of it.  He and his wife have four children, only one left at home now.  They enjoy pretty much anything related to the outdoors.