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The Next Generation of Geoscience Societies: Views from Early- and Mid-Career Geoscientists and Leadership – 2023

Dr. Jonathan Arthur, PG, has served as the Executive Director of the American Geosciences Institute since August 2021. He served as the Director of the Florida Geological Survey from 2009-2021 emphasizing the need for student and professional courses and webinars on business strategy, fiscal planning, communications, applied geoscience, data access, innovation, and survey sustainability. He also serves on the Water Science Technology Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Dr. Arthur has served the geoscience community in leadership posts as President of the Association of American State Geologists (AASG) and President of the Florida Association of [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:24:48-05:00April 22nd, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG-TX Webinar Announcement – April 18, 2023 – 7:00 PM

“USING ALTERATION AS A HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION TOOL: REMOTE SENSING AT LISBON VALLEY REVISITED” The Lisbon Valley, UT, area is one of the classical locations for the study of surface mineral alteration associated with the presence of an underlying hydrocarbon field. The Wingate sandstone at surface over the Lisbon Valley field is bleached and kaolinized. However, the geology at Lisbon Valley is complicated: hydrothermal copper and uranium deposits, and clay alteration occur along the Lisbon Valley Fault, and the Lisbon Valley field lies beneath several thousand feet of bedded evaporites, casting some doubt on the alteration being due to microseepage [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:25:35-05:00April 12th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG-TX West Texas Field Trip About to Begin; Weather Looks Good

The Texas Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists will sponsor a three-day field trip (April 21-23) to Hudspeth and Culberson counties. The field trip will cover tectonics and structural geology, economic geology, basin formation, and hydrogeology in one of the most geologically complex areas of Trans-Pecos Texas. The field trip will focus on: the Sierra Blanca laccoliths and the rare-earth elements property under development through a joint venture by USA Rare Earths and Texas Mineral Resources Corporation; Daltile’s talc mining operation at Allamoore; Fluorspar deposits in the Eagle Mountains; An excursion to Eagle Peak (elevation 7300 ft, [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:27:01-05:00March 20th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

The AIPG-TX Field Trip to West Texas Still Has Space Available and Open for Registration

Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G. announced today that the AIPG-TX Field Trip to West Texas to begin on April 20th through April 23rd is still open for registration. Click (here). And there is still space available. Plans are being made to meet-up at an El Paso Airport hotel Thursday evening. This will be confirmed soon. Previous alerts on the status of the planning, see (here) The 2023 AIPG-TX Field Trip to west Texas will cover subjects such as economic geology (gold & silver, and rare earths, beryllium, and uranium, etc.), hydrogeology and structural geology. At the center of attention [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:47:13-05:00March 16th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

March 2023 AIPG-TX Webinar Announcement – Tuesday, March 21st, at 7.00 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Brian Smith Principal Hydrogeologist, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District RECHARGE ENHANCEMENT & MULTIPORT WELL MONITORING OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER Multiport monitor wells have been used by the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) to study complex, multilayer, and stacked aquifers in Hays and Travis Counties, central Texas. Much of the data from water wells that are used for hydrogeological studies are of limited use because of the thickness of the aquifers, vertical variation in hydraulic properties, varying amounts of hydraulic connection between geologic units, and the often-uncertain completion of the wells. To address these concerns, hydrogeologists have [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:46:04-05:00March 13th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Reports – March, February and April – 2023 (8 Reports)

The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G. April 30, 2023 The Texas Legislature is back in session through May 29, 2023. I’m currently checking for bills of general interest to geologists in Texas and will be updating this list as things change. New information is in bold. HB 57, by Zwiener, Relating to climate change planning and reporting. 2/23/2023 Referred to Environmental Regulation. For more information go to: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB57. HB 570, by Raymond, Relating to a study by the Texas Division of Emergency Management of the potential effects of droughts and wildfires in this state. 4/28/2023 Reported engrossed. For more information go to: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB570. [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:44:39-05:00February 21st, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG-TX Scholarship Applications Deadline is February 1, 2024

Texas Students: This is a reminder to all qualified undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Texas universities/colleges to apply for either the Foss Scholarship (for undergraduates) or the Shoemaker Scholarship (for graduate students) before the deadline of February 1, 2024. If interested, you should follow the guidance provided online (here). If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Regina Capuano, Ph.D., C.P.G., P.G Chair, AIPG-TX Scholarship Committee Email: capuano@uh.edu

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:43:40-05:00February 1st, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG YouTube Channel Now Has New Videos Available

Subscribe to the AIPG YouTube Channel and click on the bell to get notified of new videos. Should any of the following video not start up properly, click on the original AIPG site and find the video there. The current list of videos from National Office: AIPG Texas Section Webinar Series: An Overview of the Texas Water Plan with Temple McKinnon. In this video Temple McKinnon, Director of Water Supply Planning for the Texas Water Development Board talks about the plan for 2022 and beyond. Temple highlights opportunities, creative approaches, and challenges that face Texas as the state works [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:48:23-05:00January 10th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

The AIPG-TX Guidebook is Nearing Completion for the April 2023 Field Trip in West Texas

The 2023 AIPG-TX Field Trip to west Texas will cover subjects such as economic geology (gold & silver, and rare earths), hydrogeology and structural geology. At the center of attention will be the Eagle Mountains, having one the most scienic views in all of Texas. Eagle Peak area (highest point in Hudspeth County); Overview of Precambrian thrusting and metamorphism, Laramide thrusting, Tertiary rifting and volcanics: Dal-Tile Talc Mines at Allamoore; Sierra Blanca Rare Earth Mine; Bonanza Mine in northern Quitman Mountains; View of Blue Origin Spaceport and more! Henry Wise, P.G., CPG, President, AIPG-TX, advised the Texas Board recently that Bruce K. Darling, PhD, P.G., CPG, [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:36:09-05:00December 12th, 2022|AIPG-TX News|

November AIPG-TX Webinar Announcement- November 15th, 2022

“SKYTRUTH - SHARING THE VIEW FROM SPACE FOR CONSERVATION” Tuesday, November 15th, at 7.00 p.m. By JOHN AMOS, Founder & CEO, SkyTruth For more than 20 years, SkyTruth has harnessed the power of satellite images to shine a spotlight on environmental issues and incidents around the world. A nonprofit conservation technology organization based in Shepherdstown, WV, SkyTruth was founded by a geologist and now operates as a distributed team of 12 computer programmers, data scientists, image analysts, geospatial analysts, and communications specialists, producing images, data, and analyses that illustrate and measure the impacts of drilling, mining, commercial fishing, and [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T00:49:02-05:00November 13th, 2022|AIPG-TX News|

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