Soils & Land Capability 

Overview

Wild Goat Forestry provides soil evaluation and land capability services focused on improving resolution, accuracy, and applicability of existing soil information for land-use and regulatory decision-making. Work emphasizes field-based evaluation and professional interpretation where mapped soil information does not adequately reflect on-the-ground conditions.

Soil Evaluation & Remapping

Wild Goat Forestry conducts site-specific soil evaluations to refine and, where appropriate, remap soil characteristics at a higher resolution than available regional datasets. These evaluations are intended to clarify soil limitations, land capability, and regulatory classification for individual parcels or project areas.

Field work may include non-invasive soil pit evaluation, surface and subsurface observation, and interpretation of landscape position and soil-forming processes.

Agricultural Lands of Long-Term Significance (ALLS)

A primary focus of the firm’s soil work is evaluation of soils and land characteristics related to Agricultural Lands of Long-Term Significance (ALLS) in Ferry County, Washington. These assessments support landowners seeking to clarify or remove agricultural regulatory designations where mapped soils do not reflect site-specific conditions.

Work is conducted through detailed field evaluation and professional interpretation of soil properties relevant to land capability determinations.

Technical Approach

Soil evaluations integrate field observations with existing soil surveys, geologic context, topography, and landscape history. Emphasis is placed on understanding soil variability, limitations, and uncertainty at the parcel scale, rather than relying solely on generalized or regional mapping.

Additional Soil & Land Capability Evaluations

In addition to ALLS-related work, Wild Goat Forestry undertakes select soil and land capability evaluations where improved soil resolution and interpretation are needed to support land-use planning, regulatory review, or site assessment. Project scope and applicability are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.