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President Wise Announces two New Councilors-at-Large

Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G. announced today the appointment of Roger W. Lee, P.G., Ph.D., Austin, Texas and John L. Berry, P.G., C.P.G., Austin, Texas as Councilors-at-Large for the Texas Section of the AIPG. Mr. Wise indicated that he was particularly pleased about the new Councilors joining the Officers and other Councilors-at-Large and Members-at-Large, and District Representatives of the AIPG Texas Section Board. They will help us move forward into the future with new programs for the benefit of the members of the Texas Section of the AIPG. Summaries of their backgrounds are presented below: Roger W. Lee, P.G., [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T18:43:41-05:00December 6th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

An Update: Nuclear Power & Uranium Markets, Ownership & Uranium One

This is a brief update produced by Henry Wise (President-AIPG Texas Section) and Michael D. Campbell (VP-Eastern Texas-AIPG-Texas Section) since the 2017 Annual Report from the Chair, Uranium (Nuclear and Rare Earth) Committee of the Energy Mineral Division (AAPG) was released April 1, 2017. Some 99 nuclear power plants in the U.S. remain in operation, a few are scheduled for retirement, two new reactors are being built in Georgia. Japan is slowly upgrading and re-starting its fleet of nuclear power plants after Fukushima. China is rapidly building some 25 new plants and hundreds more are planned, along with financially underwriting the [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T18:48:32-05:00November 27th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG-TX Arranges Deal for Members with Midwest Geosciences Group for Continuing Education

The Texas Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and Midwest GeoSciences Group have partnered to provide discounted continuing education webinars to AIPG-TX members on important topics such as groundwater and karst, hydrogeology, soil and rock mechanics, seismic hazards, Google Earth PRO, engineering geology, drones, geologic issues with risk assessment, environmental site characterization and remediation, and geologic resource management. Hydrogeologic and geotechnical webinars available 24/7 via prices reduced for AIPG-TX members. See upcoming webinars.

By Editor|2025-08-04T18:52:10-05:00October 16th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

AAPG Total Solar Eclipse Seminar & K-T Boundary/Impact Crater Field Trip Guide, Casper, Wyoming – August 18-22, 2017

This Seminar and Field-Trip Guide was compiled by Doug Cook who gathered the materials discussed during this Seminar and Field Trip. The primary objective of the seminar was to observe the total solar eclipse that passed over the Casper, Wyoming area. Side field trips were also taken to observe impact craters and K-T boundary in outcrop. Jack Schmitt and Jim Reilly, whose tireless participation and enthusiasm in AAPG's Committee on Astrogeology, provided their professional perspectives and expertise on the subjects at hand. Kent Sundell, Casper College, and staff and students contributed to the organizing, guiding, and operations of the field [...]

By Editor|2025-12-07T11:23:10-06:00September 25th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

FactSheet on Geoscience in Texas

Workforce in Texas 59,000: geoscience employees (non-federal/self-employed) in 20151 $103,500: average median geoscience employee salary1 270,000: jobs in extractive industries in 20152 80: academic geoscience departments3 Water in Texas 7.7 billion gallons/day: total groundwater withdrawal4 17 billion gallons/day: total surface water withdrawal4 4 billion gallons/day: public water supply withdrawal4 6.8 million gallons/day: irrigation water withdrawal4 680 million gallons/day: self-supplied industrial fresh water withdrawal4 90% of the population is served by public water supplies4 174 counties in 2015, and 11 counties in 2016, designated as primary natural disaster areas caused by drought5 275 USGS stream gages in Texas6 Energy and Minerals Production in Texas $4.8 [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:02:26-05:00July 26th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

Petrossian & Team Release TWDB Transborder Aquifers Report

Rima Petrossian, Ph.D., P.G., C.P.G., Manager of the Groundwater Technical Assistance Group of the Texas Water Development Board and her team just released: Texas Water Development Board Groundwater Management Report 17-01; TWDB Trans-Border Aquifers Report: A Summary of Aquifer Properties, Policies, and Planning Approaches for Texas, Surrounding States, and Mexico (here). Dr. Petrossian also serves as Vice President - Western Texas, of the American Institute of Professional Geologists. Groundwater in Texas is a valuable natural resource shared with eight national and international states: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, in the United States; and Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila de Zaragoza, [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:04:50-05:00July 22nd, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The State Legislature is still in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There are no new bills of interest this week. New information is listed in bold: House Bills HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TCEQ must provide a location within 100 miles of the place of employment of a person who is required to receive the training, reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses incurred if training isn't available within 100 miles, or online training. 3/14/2017 Left [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:07:14-05:00May 27th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The State Legislature is still in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There are no new bills of interest this week. New information is listed in bold: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TCEQ must provide a location within 100 miles of the place of employment of a person who is required to receive the training, reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses incurred if training isn't available within 100 miles, or online training. 3/14/2017 Left pending [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:07:44-05:00May 23rd, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

The Wise Report

The State Legislature is still in session. The following is a list of bills of potential interest to geologists. There are no new bills of interest this week. New information is listed in bold: HB 484, by Spring, Relating to training required to qualify for or renew a license issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TCEQ must provide a location within 100 miles of the place of employment of a person who is required to receive the training, reimbursement for travel and lodging expenses incurred if training isn't available within 100 miles, or online training. 3/14/2017 Left [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:08:26-05:00May 14th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|

IET Guide to Houston Growth Faulting & Subsidence Reaches 1,000 Views

According to Academia.edu, as of this date, the publication has been reached by 1,000 interested persons through that venue in the Houston area and in counties up and down the Gulf Coast, but also including Arizona, and California where similar problems exist, and in some 48 countries, including China, Russia, India, many African countries and others where over-pumping of groundwater from unconsolidated and consolidated sediments exist along with similar geological conditions where growth faulting is a dominant structural feature within soft sediments. The authors are pleased by the significant interest demonstrated by the readership of the Guide. During the [...]

By Editor|2025-12-07T13:11:44-06:00May 11th, 2017|AIPG-TX News|