**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** RECENTLY, SEVERAL INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO WATER AND RESIDUE MANAGEMENT HAVE BEEN EXAMINED WITHIN THE LENS OF DECREASING WATER INPUTS, CH4 EMISSIONS, AND ARSENIC UPTAKE BY RICE, BUT HOW THESE INNOVATIVE METHODS IMPACT SOIL HEALTH HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED. PD SEYFFERTH AND COLLEAGUES HAVE BEGUN TO EXAMINE SOIL INCORPORATION OF RICE HUSK RESIDUES, WHICH IS NOT TYPICALLY PRACTICED. RICE HUSKS ARE THE INEDIBLE OUTER COVERING OF THE GRAIN AND ARE CONSIDERED WASTE PRODUCTS BY RICE MILLS. HOWEVER, RICE HUSKS REPRESENT A SUBSTANTIAL REMOVAL OF NUTRIENTS FROM THE RICE FIELD INCLUDING SI, N, P AND K. HUSK INCORPORATION INTO RICE SOIL HAS SHOWN PROMISE IN FIELD TRIALS DUE TO ITS HIGH SI CONTENT AND LEADS TO LESS AS RELEASE AND CH4 EMISSIONS THAN INCORPORATION OF RICE STRAW, BUT HOW THIS MANAGEMENT AFFECTS SOIL HEALTH IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. IN ADDITION TO MANAGING RICE RESIDUES, US FARMERS ARE BEGINNING TO MANIPULATE WATER BY OCCASIONALLY ALLOWING RICE FIELDS TO DRY DOWN (E.G., ALTERNATE WETTING AND DRYING [AWD]) OR BY GROWING RICE UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS (E.G., ROW RICE) PRIMARILY TO SAVE ON IRRIGATION COSTS. SWITCHING TO AWD CAN ALSO PROVIDE SOCIETAL BENEFITS INCLUDING LOWERING CH4 EMISSIONS AND GRAIN AS CONCENTRATIONS. HOWEVER, SUCH CHANGES WILL ALSO AFFECT CYCLING OF C, N, AND P IN YET UNKNOWN WAYS AND THEREFORE IMPACT HUMAN HEALTH. THIS WORK WILL ADDRESS THESE KNOWEDGE GAPS TO HELP INFORM FARMERS ABOUT HOW CHOICE OF MANAGEMENT IMPACTS SOIL HEALTH IN RICE SYSTEMS.