The camper's week focuses on their specialty major and an elective of their choice and includes a daily recreation period and nightly campfire program. Sugarloaf is an overnight camp that runs Sunday to Saturday for both of the two sessions. The staff includes many El Dorado County teachers and many Sugarloaf alumni.
Time Factors In Soil Formation. Soil does not form overnight. In fact, soil formation can take thousands, and in some cases even millions of years. Thus, time is an obviously important factor in soil formation. A newly exposed surface will have very little if any soil, while old surfaces will often have much deeper soils.
Soil pH Management Soil pH is affected by land use and management. Vegetation type impacts soil pH. For example, areas of land foresttend to be more acidic than areas of Conversion of land from grassland. forestland or grassland to cropland can result in drastic pH changes after a few years. These changes are caused by loss of organic matter,a removal of soil minerals when crops are harvested, erosion of the surface layer, and effects of nitrogen and sulfur fertilizers. Addition of nitrogen and sulfur fertilizers can lower soil pH over time.