Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G. Biography

President

Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G.
Vice President – Operations
The I2M Corporation (Texas) and Mining,
Geological & Environmental Consultant
Sugarland, Texas 77478
Email: wise@aipg-tx.org | Cell: 713-569-7814

Henry Wise is a graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree in geology and a Master’s degree in geology from the University of Texas at El Paso. He has more than 45 years of professional experience in geological and environmental remediation. This includes substantial in exploration and production of uranium in Texas and in ground-water assessment and remediation projects in Texas and the eastern United States.

Mr. Wise worked for US Steel exploring for South Texas roll-front uranium deposits and production of South Texas roll-front uranium deposits. He was responsible for developing the Pawlik mine for US Steel and periodically worked on all six US Steel South Texas uranium mines.

Cambridge Royalty Company hired Mr. Wise to explore for uranium in Texas based on a show of uranium in an oil well they owned. Mr. Wise was able to identify an important deposit of uranium in the 1980s before Cambridge Royalty ceased uranium exploration and development due to a depression in the uranium market. Cambridge Royalty was eventually purchased by Global Natural Resources, who put zero value on the uranium interests. He was able to tuck away much of the mapping and numerical data but no geophysical logs, knowing one day those data will be useful.

After Cambridge Royalty, Mr. Wise worked for a number of environmental companies, including Parsons Engineering Science and Republic Services. Mr. Wise was responsible for site assessments and remediation at these companies and has extensive experience with interfacing with State and Federal environmental agencies, including the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Wise has worked on RCRA, Superfund, and underground storage tank sites for many clients.

In addition, while with Republic Services, Mr. Wise was involved with many environmental emergency responses for the TCEQ, several of which had national media exposure. These responses included air monitoring and surface water, groundwater and soil assessments and remediation.

Mr. Wise is a Licensed Professional Geologist in Texas and is a Certified Professional Geologist by the AIPG. As a long-time member of the Houston Geological Society (HGS), he currently is Chairman of the Government Affairs Committee and publishes the semi-weekly blog “The Wise Report” on the HGS website. He was a founding member of the Energy Minerals Division of AAPG in 1977 and for many years served as Vice-Chair (Industry) of the Uranium (Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee of the AAPG-Energy Minerals Division. On May 12, 2011, Governor Perry commissioned Henry Wise as an Admiral in the Texas Navy for his outstanding efforts over the years on behalf of the geological community in Texas. Governor Perry’s Proclamation (here).

Mr. Wise serves as the Vice President of Operations for I2M Corporation or Houston, Texas. He made a presentation (with Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H.) to a packed house one of the HGS Dinner Meetings of the Engineering and Environmental Group. See publication list below.

“Hydrogeologic Risks in the Groundwater Supply of Harris County, Texas: Radioactive Constituents, Natural Gas, & Growth Faults”. Abstract and Biographies (see publication list below).

Mr. Wise also served as co-author of Chapter 9 in the AAPG-EMD Memoir 101, entitled: Energy Resources for Human Settlement in the Solar System and Earth’s Future in Space. For the Table of Contents and Book Preface. Members of the Energy Mineral Division’s Uranium (Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee (UCOM) and of I2M Associates, LLC contributed the final Chapter 9, see publications below.

Publications by Mr. Wise:

Campbell, M.D. , and H. M. Wise, 2026, “Uranium Roll-Front In-Situ Recovery in Sedimentary Basins: Contributing to the Global Uranium Demand for the Nuclear Renaissance,” An AIPG-TX Webinar Presentation, Match 17, (here) and (here).

Campbell, M. D., and H. M. Wise, 2026, “Perspectives on Uranium for Nuclear Power: Uranium Exploration & In-Situ Recovery Projects in Texas,” A Presentation at the AAPG Workshop on Subsurface Energy to Power: Accelerating Electricity Capacity with Natural Gas, Uranium, Geothermal, Hydrogen and Lithium, at the Noris Conference City – CityCentre, Houston, January 7 & 8, 16 p. (here) and (program).

Campbell, M. D., H. M Wise, B. Handley, and K. T. Biddle, 2025, “In-Situ Uranium Recovery in Texas and Beyond: Myth vs, Fact,” in NAPE Magazine, Summer Issue, pp. 39-42, (here) and (PDF version).

Campbell, M. D., H. M Wise, B. Handley, and K. T. Biddle, 2025, “Dispelling Myths: The Safety, Economics, and Future of In-Situ Uranium Recovery in Texas and Beyond,” Released in I2M Corporation Press Release, May 15, 2025 (here), in full report (here).

Henry Wise produces the popular Wise Report for the AIPG Texas Section News and Government Update with co-author, Arlin C. Howles, Jr, for the Houston Geological Society at monthly intervals. Wise also reviews the Annual and Mid-Year Reports of the AAPG’s Energy Minerals Division (EMD’s) Committee on Uranium (Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) in his role as Vice-Chair (Industry) of that Committee.

Wise, H. M., and M. D. Campbell, 2018, “GeoDayz Lectures: Project Management Practices, Protocol, and Case Histories,” February 24 and 15, Nacogdoches, Texas, GeoDayz Guidebook (see abstract on page 13 of PDF) and (Presentation).

Sammons, J. D., H. M. Wise, and M. D. Campbell, 2018, “GeoDayz Demonstrations: GeoProbe (Direct-Push) Technology and Sampling of Soils, Sediments, and Rocks,” February 24 and 25, Nacogdoches, Texas, GeoDayz Guidebook (see abstract on page 20 of PDF) and (Presentation).

Campbell, M. D., H. M. Wise, and M. David Campbell, 2018, “Confronting Media and other Bias against Uranium Exploration and Mining, Nuclear Power, and Associated Environmental Issues,” Journal of Geology and Geoscience, Vol. 2, No.1, 4 p. (here).

Campbell, M. D., H. M. Wise, and M. David Campbell, 2017, “An Update: Nuclear Power and Uranium Markets, Ownership and Uranium One (Russian Government) and Other Ownership of Uranium Resources in the World,” Journal of Geology and Geoscience, Vol. 1, No. 1, 3 p. (here).

Campbell, M. D., M. David Campbell, and H. M. Wise, 2014, Growth Faulting and Subsidence in the Houston, Texas Area, has been completed and released after more than 10 years of research and discussions among the geological community in the Houston area (more). The Guide is consistent with the goals of the IET Sponsored Research Program (more) established in the mid1990s to provide ongoing technical support to the graduates of the IET program and other interested professionals within the Houston Geological Society and to members of the AIPG in Texas and elsewhere. Re-published and updated in paper format, 2018 (more).

Campbell, M. D., M. David Campbell, J. D. King, and H. M. Wise, 2014, “Coal, Just Not for Burning,” in the journal: The Professional Geologist, Jul-Aug-Sep Issue, pp. 21-25. An expanded version (here).

Campbell, M. D. and H. M. Wise, 2013, “Hydrogeologic Risks in the Groundwater Supply of Harris County, Texas: Radioactive Constituents, Natural Gas, and Growth Faults,” An Invited Presentation to the Environmental and Engineering Group of the Houston Geological Society, Houston, Texas, May 8, Abstract and Biographies (more); Selected References (more); PDF Slide Presentation (here).

Campbell, M. D., J. D. King, H. M. Wise, B. Handley, J. L. Conca, and M. David Campbell, 2013, “Nuclear Power and Associated Environmental Issues in the Transition of Exploration and Mining on Earth to the Development of Off-World Natural Resources in the 21st century,” in Energy Resources for Human Settlement in the Solar System and Earth’s Future in Space: AAPG-EMD Memoir 101, (eds) W. A. Ambrose, J. F. Reilly II, and D. C. Peters, eds., pp. 163–213 (more).

Wise, H. M., and M. D. Campbell, 2011, “State of the Uranium Industry in the U.S. and the World,” AAPG Conference and Exhibition, Houston, EMD Session, April 12. (PDF).

Campbell, M. D. and H. M. Wise, 2010, “Uranium Recovery Realities in the U.S. – A Review,” Invited Presentation for the Dinner Meeting of the Houston Geological Society’s Engineering and Environmental Group, May 18, Houston, Texas, 51 p. (Click here), Abstract (here).

Campbell, M. D., J. D. King, H. M. Wise, R. I. Rackley, and B. Handley, 2009 “The Nature and Extent of Uranium Reserves and Resources and Their Environmental Development in the U.S. and Overseas,” AAPG – Energy Minerals Division 2008 Report, revised for publishing in AIPG’s The Professional Geologist, Vol. 46, No. 5, September/October, pp. 42-51 – Peer Reviewed. (Click here).

Campbell, M. D., J. D. King, H. M. Wise, B. Handley, and M. David Campbell, 2009, “The Role of Nuclear Power in Space Exploration and the Associated Environmental Safeguards: An Overview,” Report of the Uranium Committee, Energy Minerals Division to the Astrogeology Committee of AAPG. Presented at the Conference of the AAPG-Energy Minerals Division and Astrogeology Committee Sessions, June 8-10, held in Denver, CO. – Peer Reviewed. (Click here).

Campbell, M. D., B. Handley, H. M. Wise, J. D. King, and M. David Campbell, 2009, “Developing Industrial Minerals, Nuclear Minerals and Commodities of Interest via Off-World Exploration and Mining,” Paper/Poster at the Conference of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG), Energy Minerals Division Sessions, June 9, Denver, CO., 27 p. – Peer Reviewed. (Click here).

Campbell, M. D., H. M. Wise, and J. D. King, 2008, “Nuclear Fuel Exploration, In Situ Recovery, and Environmental Issues in context with the National Energy Needs through Year 2040,” Proc. Texas Commission of Environmental Quality Conference and Trade Fair, Session: “Underground Injection Control,” Invited Paper, Austin, Texas, April 30, 2008 (Click here).

Campbell, M. D., J. D. King, H. M. Wise, R. I. Rackley, 2008 “The Nature and Extent of Uranium Reserves and Resources and Their Environmental Development in the U.S. and Overseas,” AAPG – Energy Minerals Division Conference, April 23, 2008, Session: “Uranium Geology and Associated Ground Water Issues”, San Antonio, Texas – Peer Reviewed. (Click here).

Campbell, M. D., H. M. Wise, R. I. Rackley, 2007, “Uranium In-Situ Leach Development and Associated Environmental Issues,” Proc. Gulf Coast Geological Societies Conference, Fall, Corpus Christi, Texas, 17 p. – Peer Reviewed. PDF Version: (here).

Campbell, M. D., H. M. Wise, and B. Handley, 2007, Nuclear Power – Winds of Change, Energy Minerals Division, AAPG, Uranium Committee 2007 Report, March 31, Peer Reviewed. (PDF: here). The AAPG Explorer Abbreviated Version (here).

Wise, H.M., 1987 “Geological and Geophysical Methods Used in the Hazardous Waste Industry,” Houston Geological Society Bulletin, February.

Wise, H. M., 1987, “Radon in Harris County” in Environmental Geology of West Harris County Guidebook, Arlin C. Howles, Jr., editor, Houston Geological Society.

Wise, H. M., 1977, “Geology and Petrology of Igneous Intrusions of Northern Hueco Mountains, El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas” (M. S. Thesis) for University of Texas at El Paso. Presented at the 1977 South Central Section meeting of the Geological Society of America, held in El Paso, Texas.