State Government-University Collaborations Address Environmental Issues
Mountains to Lakes: 2018 Meeting of The Geological Society of America's Northeastern Section
Boulder, Colo., USA: Geoscientists from the northeastern U.S. and beyond will convene in Burlington, Vermont, on 18–20 March to discuss hot-topic science, expand on current findings, and explore the region's unique geologic features. This event is expected to draw more than 1,000 attendees from a variety of geoscience and environmental disciplines. Highlights include a talk on the use of drone technology to address geoscience and environmental issues.
Featured speaker: Dr. Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Director of the University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Laboratory, "The Drones are Coming." Monday, 20 March, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m., Emerald Ballroom III, DoubleTree Hotel Conference Center.
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEETING PROGRAM
T2. Applications of Geoscience to Government and Community Issues.
Sunday, 18 March, 1:30 to 5:30 pm
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018NE/meetingapp.cgi/Session/43909
- "A LIDAR-Based Landslide Inventory of Washington County, Central Vermont." Contact: George Springston, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, gsprings@norwich.edu.
- "Public Data Dissemination: A Case Study of New Hampshire Groundwater Level Data System and Observation Communication." Contact: Greg Barker, New Hampshire Geological Survey, Concord, New Hampshire, gbarker@des.state.nh.us.
- "Bioaccessible Pb in Burlington (VT) Soils: Field and Microscale Controls." Contact: Grant Reeder, Dept. of Geology, University of Vermont, Grant.Reeder@uvm.edu
- "Geologic Mapping, Hazards and Water: Vermont Geological Survey’s Impact on Public Issues." Contact: Marjorie Gale, Vermont Geological Survey, Montpelier, VT, marjorie.gale@vermont.gov.
T6. Emerging Contaminants in Fractured Bedrock Aquifers in the Northeast.
Monday, 19 March, 8 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 3 p.m.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018NE/meetingapp.cgi/Session/43913
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018NE/meetingapp.cgi/Session/44904
- "4D Characterization of a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer Contaminated with PFOA: Bennington, Vermont." Contact: Jonathan Kim, Vermont Geological Survey, Montpelier, Vermont, jon.kim@vermont.gov.
- "Widespread PFC Contamination by Aerosol Deposition in Bennington, Vermont: A Long-Term Problem Due to Retention in Vadose Zone Soils/" Contact: Tim Schroeder, Dept. of Natural Sciences, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, tschroeder@bennington.edu.
- "Tracing Groundwater Flow by Inorganic Hydrochemistry: A Tool to Understanding PFOA Migration in a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer." Contact: Peter Ryan, Dept. of Geology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, pryan@middlebury.edu.
- "Characterizing the Groundwater-Surface Water System in a PFOA-Contaminated Fractured Rock Aquifer Using Radon and Stable Isotopes." Contact: Marcel Belaval, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, Massachusetts, belaval.marcel@epamail.epa.gov.
T33. Lake Research and Monitoring Networks in the Northeast
Sunday, 18 March, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018NE/meetingapp.cgi/Session/44696
- "Seismic Trigger Lacustrine Landslides in Lake Champlain." Contact: Patricia Manley, Middlebury College, pmanley@middlebury.edu.
- "Upper Saranac Lake Monitoring Program." Contact: Dan Kelting, Paul Smiths College, dkelting@paulsmiths.edu.
- "Is Vermont Losing Its Oligotrophic Lakes?" Contact: Leslie J. Matthews, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources,leslie.matthews@vermont.gov.
- "High Vertical Resolution Hydrodynamic Modeling of Missisquoi Bay towards a Better Understanding of Water Quality and the Effects of Causeways/" Contact: Thomas Manley, Middlebury College, tmanley@middlebury.edu.
- "Circulation Dynamics of Missisquoi Bay; A New Look at the Question of Water Quality and Causeways." Contact: Thomas Manley, Middlebury College, tmanley@middlebury.edu.
T5. Critical Zone Processes, Function, and Resiliency: Challenges and Opportunities
Sunday, 18 March, 8 a.m. to noon
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018NE/meetingapp.cgi/Session/43911
- "Soil Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers of the Critical Zone -- The Forgotten Middle Man." Contact: Stephen Hasiostis, University of Kansas, hasiotis@ku.edu.
- "Critical Zone Architecture and the Redistribution of Soil Metals and Organic Carbon in a New Hampshire Headwater Catchment." Contact: Don Ross, University of Vermont, dross@uvm.edu.
- "Control of Phosphorus Dynamics between Soil, Groundwater, and Stream Compartments of a Montane Tropical Watershed." Contact: Virginia Hoyt, University of New Hampshire, vah1004@wildcats.unh.edu.
View the complete session schedule by day or search the program by keywords at https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018NE/meetingapp.cgi
Meeting website: http://www.geosociety.org/ne-mtg
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MEDIA REGISTRATION
Eligibility for media registration is as follows:
• Working press representing bona fide, recognized news media with a press card, letter, or business card from the publication.
• Freelance science writers, presenting a current membership card from NASW, ISWA, regional affiliates of NASW, ISWA, CSWA, ACS, ABSW, EUSJA, or evidence of work pertaining to science published in 2017 or 2018.
• PIOs of scientific societies, educational institutions, and government agencies.
Present media credentials to William Cox onsite at the GSA registration desk to obtain a badge for media access. Complimentary meeting registration covers attendance at all technical sessions and access to the exhibit hall. Journalists and PIOs must pay regular fees for paid luncheons and any short courses or field trips in which they participate. Representatives of the business side of news media, publishing houses, and for-profit corporations must register at the main registration desk and pay the appropriate fees.
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