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News: The Bill & Rider to Defund the TBPG has been Tabled and has Died …. for Now

Important Message from Your AIPG Texas Section President: Henry Wise: STOP the DEFUND of the TBPG Subject: EFFORT TO DEFUND THE TBPG - Vote is Tomorrow: April 22, 2021 All Licensed Geoscientists in Texas: Good afternoon. As a sneak attack, Representative Cason from Bedford has introduced a budget rider to defund the TBPG. The House will be voting on it tomorrow and the Senate soon thereafter. PLEASE e-mail your Senator and Representative before close of business today and ask them NOT to support Cason's amendment. Please pass this e-mail along to any Texas P.G.s and G.I.T.s that you know. [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T11:50:29-05:00April 21st, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

A New AAPG Webinar Presentation by AIPG Texas Section Vice President – Eastern Texas Released Yesterday on Uranium & Rare Earth Supply Chains

This presentation was contributed as part of the AAPG Webinar: "Pivoting 2021: Energy Industry Supply Chains" moderated by Susan Nash, Ph.D., Director, Innovation & Emerging Science and Technology, AAPG, Tulsa, OK. For the Webinar program, see: (here) The presentation: "Uranium & Rare Earth Supply Chains: A Brief Discussion" is available on the AAPG EMD YouTube Channel: (here) For the PDF version of this presentation with hyperlinks, see: (here) The rest of the Webinar presentations are now available on the AAPG EMD YouTube Channel playlist: (here)

By Editor|2025-08-04T11:52:35-05:00April 19th, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

Mini-Webinar on the I2M Web Portal

This Mini-Webinar explains the purpose, the function, and how to use the I2M Web Portal. It now contains a database of more than 10,500 records consisting of: enhanced hyperlinks in abstracts, comments and hyperlinks to industry and government reports, technical papers, and technical news releases, all involving geoscience topics selected by the I2M management team, and now made available to the geoscience community in industry, university, and government. Members of the general public might also find the I2M Web Portal contents of interest. The I2M Web Portal reflects our client-research activities over the years and our research in [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T11:57:33-05:00March 30th, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

Texas has Lost Four Great Geologists Due to COVID-19 in 2020

Henry Wise, President of the AIPG Texas Chapter, released this special note on the passing of four great Texas geologists due to Covid-19: James Word Sansom Jr. Jim Sansom died of Covid-19 on February 27, 2021 at the age of 82. He graduated from University of Texas (Austin), majoring in Geology. His professional career began in 1962 with the Texas Highway Department. In 1965, he joined the Texas Department of Water Resources (now the Texas Water Development Board). In 1980 he joined the Texas Railroad Commission’s Surface Mining and Reclamation Division, where he worked until retirement in 1989. Jim worked [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:00:26-05:00March 21st, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

Final Announcement for Applying for AIPG Texas Section 2021 Undergraduate & Graduate Scholarships

President Wise announced today that two scholarships will be offered this coming spring of 2021, one undergraduate: Foss Undergraduate Scholarship, and one graduate scholarship: Shoemaker Graduate Scholarship. For more information go to Scholarships | AIPG-TX. Due Date for Applications: May 1, 2021. Send to: Henry Wise, President A Virtual Student webpage is now available for Texas student use. For Q&A, see: Christian Martinez, the Senior Student Councilor of the Texas Statewide AIPG Student Chapter.

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:02:15-05:00March 18th, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG Texas Chapter Now On Facebook

Henry Wise, President of the AIPG Texas Chapter, and the AIPG-TX Board announced today that AIPG-TX now has a social media account at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AIPGTexas It’s now up to all of us to use it and encourage others to do so as well.

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:10:15-05:00February 24th, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The Texas Legislature is now in session and bills are being filed and worked on. New information are shown in bold. HB 632, by Darby, Relating to the establishment of an advisory committee for the TexNet seismic monitoring program. Filed 11/23/2020. For more information go to: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=HB632 HB 666, by Harris, Companion bills HB 668 (Duplicate) and SB 152 (Identical), Relating to the regulation of groundwater conservation districts. A person with groundwater ownership and rights may petition the district to adopt modify a rule. This bill lists what the petition must contain. Filed 11/30/2020. For more information go to: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=HB666 HB 668, by Harris, Companion [...]

By admin|2025-08-04T12:31:17-05:00February 12th, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

Houston Geological Society GeoEducation & 2020 AAPG ACE First Virtual Conference Videos

Be sure to review the list of YouTube videos made available by the Houston Geological Society: https://www.youtube.com/user/HGSGeoEducation/videos Also see the First Virtual AAPG ACE Conference presentations by the Energy Minerals Division and Astrogeology Committee: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI3dyuNS2IhDZA7qjdwte3Q For the full versions of the Uranium (Nuclear & REE) Committee presentations: "Uranium and Nuclear Power are on the Move ... Again" See YouTube video and reference PDF with active links in comments below: https://i2massociates.com/downloads/UCOM-Issues2020ShortSlides.pdf and "Sources of Rare Earth Elements in the U.S. and around the World" See YouTube video with reference PDF with active links in comments below: https://i2massociates.com/downloads/REE-EMDPresentation8-31-20.pdf

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:35:03-05:00January 27th, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

Geoscience in Texas

By the numbers: Texas 54,266 geoscience employees (excludes self-employed)1 7.2 billion gallons/day: total groundwater withdrawal3 $5.22 billion: value of nonfuel mineral production in 20174 254 total disaster declarations, including 154 fire, 36 flood, and 20 hurricane disasters (1953-2017)⁶ $70.2 million: NSF GEO grants awarded in 201714 Your State Source for Geoscience Information Texas Bureau of Economic Geology The University of Texas at Austin University Station, Box X Austin, TX 78713-8924 http://www.beg.utexas.edu/ 512-471-1534 Workforce in Texas 54,266 geoscience employees (excludes self-employed) in 20171 $107,652: average median geoscience employee salary1 39 academic geoscience departments2 Water Use in Texas 7.2 billion gallons/day: [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:35:44-05:00January 27th, 2021|AIPG-TX News|

New Vice President – Western Texas Appointed – AIPG-Texas Section

Henry Wise, P.G., CPG, President of the AIPG Texas Section, announced the Texas Board approval and appointment of Dr. Melissa Hill, P.G.,CPG as the new Vice-President for Western Texas. Dr. Hill began her professional career at Southwest Research Institute while working on her M.S. in Geology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She pursued a Ph.D. in Geology at the University of South Florida while working as a hydrologist at the Southwest Florida Water Management District. Her Ph.D. research focused on karst springs and numerical simulations of both laminar and turbulent flow in the Upper Floridan Aquifer. After [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:36:47-05:00December 22nd, 2020|AIPG-TX News|