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The
Hydrogeologist
Newsletter of the
GSA Hydrogeology Division
2014 Annual Meeting
Review
The 2014 GSA Annual meeting was held in
Vancouver, BC Canada from October 19-22,
marking the first time the meeting has gone North
of the border since 1998. The meeting drew 6679
attendees, the second largest meeting ever,
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second only to the 125 anniversary meeting held
in 2013 in Denver, Colorado. 380 of these
attendees were from the Hydrogeology Division.
The Division sponsored or co-sponsored over 40
oral and poster sessions, in addition to a variety of
other events throughout the meeting.
The luncheon and awards ceremony has
always been a popular event, and this year was no
exception. The event was sold out, with over 175
tickets sold. The venue was particularly
noteworthy, with an entire wall of windows
overlooking Vancouver Harbour with a constant
stream of seaplanes taking off and landing.
Winter 2015
Issue No. 84
Following the remainder of the afternoon sessions,
the final presentation by the outgoing BirdsallDreiss lecturer, Larry Band was given.
Immediately after the presentation the everpopular student reception was held drawing over
120 students and dozens of faculty, professionals
and other mentors. Past Hydrogeology Division
chair Todd Halihan hosted the trivia contest where
students can win one of many prizes donated by
individuals, corporations and groups (see page 8
for a list of donors).
The 2014 meeting was a resounding
success, and a great follow up to the 125th
anniversary meeting. Next year's meeting returns
back to the US, and promises to be just as
successful as Vancouver. The 2015 Annual
meeting will be held in Baltimore, MD from
November 1-4, 2015.
Joe Tóth signing one a commemorative
t-shirt at the student reception
In This Issue:
Vancouver Meeting .................................
Chair’s Corner ........................................
Division Luncheon and Banquet ............
Student Reception ................... ..............
Birdsall Dreiss Review ............................
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Where in the World? ...........................
Stanley Park ......................................
Student Reception Donors ....... .........
IAH Award Announcement ..................
Bulletin Board .....................................
From the Editor ...................................
Division Contacts .................................
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Chair’s
Corner
Maddy Schreiber, Chair
GSA Hydrogeology
Division
Greetings from Blacksburg, Virginia! I am
honored to be the 2014-15 Chair of the
Hydrogeology Division.
I first joined the
Division as a graduate student at UW-Madison,
sometime in the mid- to late 1990s. I fondly
remember attending the Division's student
reception at GSA during its first few years; at that
time, there was just a handful of students who
attended (now there over 100!). I recall that at
one meeting, I got Drever's Geochemistry of
Natural Waters and a copy of Surfer/Grapher -- I
was on cloud nine!
I owe great thanks to Alan Fryar, and to
Todd Halihan, Steve Ingebritsen and Ed Harvey,
the preceding Chairs of the Division, for all of
their hard work in advancing the Division and for
giving me all of their electronic files so I have an
idea of what I'm supposed to do and when I'm
supposed to do it. As some of the board
members know, I am fond of creating manuals,
and that has been one of my first orders of
business. I doubt the “Hydrogeology Division's
Chair Manual” will contribute to my H-index, but I
hope it will help future Chairs navigate their way
through the position and avoid re-inventing
wheels.
I would like to introduce and acknowledge
the 2014-15 Hydrogeology Division Management
Board: Alicia Wilson (1st Vice Chair), Abe Springer
(2nd Vice Chair), Eric Peterson (SecretaryTreasurer), and our new student board member,
Amanda Pruehs, as well as Andrea Brookfield, our
newsletter editor, and Mike Sukop, our
webmaster. And to the many Hydrogeology
Division members who serve as committee chairs
and members, section representatives, liaisons to
other societies and groups, and council
representatives, we appreciate all of your
contributions.
In particular, I appreciate the hard work of
our technical program chair for the 2014 Annual
Meeting, Ben Rostron and our program chair for
the upcoming 2015 Annual Meeting in Baltimore,
Chris Gellasch. Mark Engle is assisting Chris and
will be program chair for the 2016 Annual Meeting.
Chris's efforts in reaching out to members in
December and January have resulted in a diverse
selection of hydrogeology field trips, topical
sessions and short courses for the Baltimore
meeting.
My three goals this year as Chair are:
(1) To attract new members to the Division and
encourage lapsed members to re-join the Division;
(2) To enhance support of the Birdsall-Dreiss
lectureship through fundraising efforts (see Larry
Band's article on his experiences as the 2014
Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer); and
(3) To encourage student participation in the
Division, starting with our new student board
member, Amanda Pruehs.
I welcome ideas from all of you. Please
contact me ([email protected]) with thoughts and
suggestions.
Best, Maddy
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Division Luncheon and Awards
Banquet
The awards continued by recognizing both the
outgoing and incoming Birdsall-Dreiss lecturers.
Larry Band finished his tour with a lecture at the
meeting, and Cliff Voss began his year of travel
and lectures.
As with every other Hydrogeology Division
luncheon and awards banquet that I have reported
on, the 2014 event was sold out. Over 178 tickets
were sold, and the hall was full of hydrogeologists
enjoying the food, the speeches and the view.
The awards ceremony began as attendees
finished their meals. The first awards handed out
were to the hydrogeology students receiving the
GSA Outstanding Research Awards who also
received the David M. Diodato Travel Grant from
the Hydrogeology Division. This year 5 students
received the award:
2014 Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer Larry Band
reviewing his year on tour.
The next award presented was the George Burke
Maxey Distinguished Service award, presented to
Robert W. Ritzi with citation by Janet Herman.
Jason Nolan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Amanda Pruehs, Wayne State University
Md. Aminul Haque, University of Manitoba
Mark Lusk, University of Florida
Charlene King, Colorado State University
George Burke Maxey Distinguished Service
awardee Robert Ritzi with Janet Herman.
Student awardees Mary Lusk (left) and
Amanda Pruehs (right)
Please see Luncheon on page 6
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Student Reception
The 2014 GSA Hydrogeology Division Student
Reception was a success, as it always is. While no
official head counts are made, 119 beer tickets
were distributed to students as funded by the
David M. Diodato Beer Fund. This indicates that at
least 119 students were in attendance!
Thousands of dollars worth of prizes were donated
throughout the year to the Division to be used as
prizes for the trivia contest held during the
reception. Todd Halihan moderated the contest
between teams of students led by (or sometimes
held back by) a faculty or professional member.
Thank you cards were made available to the
students to send to the donors to show our
appreciation of their continued support. A
complete list of donors is available on page 8. To
make a donation for the 2015 reception please
contact Kallina Dunkle ([email protected]).
The line-up for free beer at the student
reception compliments of the David M.
Diodato Beer Fund.
A trivia contest team tries to get the judge’s
attention.
Chris Gellasch guarding the prize table at the
2015 student reception. A full list of donors is
available on page 8.
Writing Thank You cards to the prize donors.
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Reflections on the 2014 BirdsallDreiss Lecture Tour
By: Larry Band
I am just completing the 2014 Birdsall-Dreiss
Lectureship and am now taking stock of the
experience. I am grateful to the Hydrogeology
Section of GSA for their hospitality, interesting
discussion and intellectual exchange over the last
year. I am now in the “recessional limb” of the tour
with one or two lectures left which could not be fit
into 2014, which will bring the total to about 40.
While any lecture tour poses a demanding
schedule while still maintaining a “day job,” it
brings you to a much broader audience, often
outside of the usual set of colleagues and specialty
areas we typically work with. Given my two talks,
“Critical zone processes at the watershed scale:
Hydroclimate and groundwater mediated
evolution of forest canopy patterns,” and “Green
infrastructure, groundwater and the sustainable
city,” I spoke with a wide range of academic groups
including earth sciences, engineering, ecology,
forestry, urban planning, and public policy, as well
as talks to the general public. This required I
adjust the talks to different audiences, but in return
I had very educational and stimulating
experiences.
I had terrific questions and
discussions with the full range of audiences, and
was particularly impressed with the insight and
sophistication of graduate and undergraduate
students.
Scheduling the tour includes trying to
cluster geographic locations and dodge the
weather. To avoid winter weather delays, I started
the lecture tour at Georgia Tech in January, gave a
talk at 11a.m., watched the snow start as we
walked to lunch, and then the university and entire
city shut down after the first inch. Winter weather
followed me the first month as universities closed
or threatened to close as I was arriving or leaving –
perhaps an interesting message. By the time of my
last talks at the University of Wisconsin (where the
first Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture was given in 1978) I
had visited a set of research intensive universities,
four year colleges, public agencies, as well as nonacademic talks to public groups on four continents.
Receiving direct feedback on how our academic
research fits the needs and can benefit public
policy in different states and countries was an
interesting outcome, particularly for the “Green
Infrastructure” talk, and how forest ecosystems
respond to subsurface flowpaths across different
climates, management, and geological settings
was equally useful and stimulating. An interesting
intersection of the theme of the two talks came
together in China, where the largest forest
restoration in the world is taking place to manage
water scarcity, flooding and erosion, matched by
the highest rate of urbanization with equal interest
in the development of sustainable cities, with the
re-establishment of urban canopy to mitigate
stormwater, water quality and air quality impacts.
Both are highly dependent on groundwater
dynamics, and interaction with ecosystems and
human management. There is significant work for
our field in these areas.
My thanks again to the Hydrogeology
Division for this opportunity and honor, to the many
faculty, students, professionals and others who I
learned much from.
Want to know what’s going on within
the Division?
Then visit our website at:
<http://gsahydrogeology.org>
OR
Join the GSA Hydrogeology Division facebook
group
to catch up on the latest events or find out how
you can become more involved with our
activities
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Luncheon from page 3
The next award presented was the Kohout Early
Career award. This award recognizes a
distinguished early career scientist for outstanding
achievement in contributing to the hydrogeologic
profession through original research and service.
This is the third year of this award. The 2014
Kohout award was presented to Peter Knappett
with citation by Larry McKay.
From left to right: GSA Hydrogeology Division
chair Alan Fryar, Holly Michael, 2014 O.E.
Meinzer awardee Charles Harvey and citationist
Roger Beckie.
2014 Kohout awardee Peter Knappett (center)
with citationist Larry McKay (left) and
Hydrogeology Division chair Alan Fryar (right)
The final award presented at the banquet was the
O.E. Meinzer award. The recipient of the 2014
Meinzer award was Charles Harvey with citation
by Roger Beckie.
The luncheon and banquet was a success, and
once over, provided many opportunities for
colleagues to socialize before heading to the next
set of topical sessions. These opportunities
The 2014 O.E. Meinzer awardee Charles Harvey
included a discussion between the first O.E.
(left) and the 1965 O.E. Meinzer awardee József
Meinzer awardee and the most recent awardee;
Tóth
an excellent photo-op!
Do you have an interesting idea for a short scientific
article? Perhaps an opinion on a new policy or
technique? Any exciting news in your professional life?
Upcoming conference? An announcement of interest
to the hydrological community? If so, why not publish
it in The Hydrogeologist? Send your submission ideas
to [email protected]
STUDENTS, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU TOO!
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Where in the World?
This edition’s Where in
the World photo is
compliments of Division
past-chair Ed Harvey.
Hint: This continental
divide is located in a park
celebrating its 100 year
anniversary!
Submit your guesses to
[email protected]
I also welcome any and
all photos for upcoming
newsletters. Show off
your field site or your
most recent hydrorelated vacation pictures
to all our members!
Stanley Park in Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
For those of you who attended the 2014 Annual
Meeting in Vancouver, I hope you got to see a site
similar to this. This image is from along the seawall
that runs around much of Stanley Park in
downtown Vancouver. This urban park was
Vancouver’s first park, opening in 1888 and has
been designated a national historic site of
Canada. This park contains 400 hectares of
natural West Coast rainforest that can be viewed
from the many kilometers of trails. Along the coast
there are several beaches and outlooks from the
22 kilometer long seawall to enjoy the view of
English Bay. The park contains several gardens to
visit and is home to a wide array of wildlife thanks
in part to the diverse habitats within, from
coniferous forests to boggy wetlands to rocky
shores. A stroll through the park can allow you a
glimpse of anything from bald eagles and great View from the seawall around Stanley Park
blue herons to harbour seals and beavers. If you overlooking English Bay. (Photo from Google
did not get a chance to check out Stanley Park in Maps)
October, I recommend checking it out next time
you are in the city.
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Announcing the new IAH USNC
International Service Award
2015 NOMINATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 1ST
The IAH USNC seeks to recognize the efforts of hydrogeologists based in the United States who have
shown an outstanding commitment to assisting the international community with groundwater-related
needs.
Criteria: The award will be presented to one individual each year who has performed exceptional work
in assisting those outside of the US (particularly in developing countries) with developing, managing, or
protecting groundwater resources for public and/or ecosystem benefit.
Presentation: An engraved plaque will be presented at the Geological Society of America's Annual
Meeting at the Hydrogeology Division Luncheon
Selection Process: Candidates must be nominated by at least one hydrogeologist other than
themselves who is a member of either IAH or GSA. 2015 Nominations should be sent to the IAH US
National Chapter's GSA liaison ([email protected]) by August 1st, 2015. Please see our website for
details!
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BULLETIN BOARD
2015 GSA Annual
Meeting
2015 Northeastern
Section Meeting
2015 Southeastern
Section Meeting
November 1-4, 2015
Baltimore, Maryland
March 23-25, 2015
Bretton Woods, New
Hampshire
March 19-20, 2015
Chattanooga,
Tennessee
www.geosociety.org/S
ections/ne/2015mtg
www.geosociety.org/S
ections/se/2015mtg
www.geosociety.org/
meetings/2015/
2015 South-Central
Section Meeting
2015 North-Central
Section Meeting
2015 Cordilleran
Section Meeting
March 19-20, 2015
Stillwater, Oklahoma
May 19-20, 2015
Madison, Wisconsin
May 11-13, 2015
Anchorage, Alaska
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ections/sc/2015mtg
www.geosociety.org/S
ections/nc/2015mtg
www.geosociety.org/S
ections/cord/2015mtg
2015 Rocky Mountain Section Meeting
May 21-23, 2015 Casper, Wyoming
www.geosociety.org/Sections/rm/2015mtg
From the Editor....
Welcome to the Winter 2015 edition of the Hydrogeologist. This
edition is focused on reminding you of all the fun you had at the 2014
Annual meeting in Vancouver (or, is making you wish you went!). This
reminder is timely as you soon need to get your abstracts ready for the
2015 meeting in Baltimore! We hope to make this meeting just as, if
not more, successful than the 2014 meeting was. Please plan to join
us November 1-4 in Maryland!
As usual, if you have any comments or article ideas please pass them
on to me at [email protected].
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Hydrogeology Division Contacts
2014 Management Board
Chair: Maddy Schreiber: [email protected]
First Vice-Chair: Alicia Wilson:
[email protected]
Second Vice Chair: Abe Springer:
[email protected]
Secretary-Treasurer: Eric Peterson:
[email protected]
Past Chair: Alan Fryar: [email protected]
Ad Hoc Committees
Section Representatives:
Cordilleran - Beth Weinman
Northeastern - Todd Rayne
North Central - Sue Swanson
South Central - Marcia Schulmeister
Rocky Mountain - Andrew Manning
Southeastern - Joe Donovan
International: Prosun Bhattacharya
Standing Committees
Technical Program Committee: Chris Gellasch
(2015 - Baltimore)
Nominating Committee: Steve Ingebritsen
(Chair), Todd Halihan, Alan Fryar
Meinzer Award Committee:
David Parkhurst(Chair), Chunmiao Zheng, Karen
Johannesson, Charles Harvey, Mike Cardiff
Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer Commitee:
Dani Or (Chair), Larry Band, Cliff Voss, Lenny
Konikow, Kip Solomon
Maxey Distinguished Service Award
Commitee: Brian Katz (Chair), Scott Bair,
Robert Ritzi
Representatives to other Societies:
American Geophysical Union - Barbara Bekins
American Geological Institute - David Wunsch
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement
of Hydrologic Science - Holly Michael
National Ground Water Association - Bill Alley
International Assoc. of Hydrogeologists - Jack
Sharp
Society for Sedimentary Geology - Gary
Weissman
Soil Science Society of America - Michael Young
Newsletter Editor: Andrea Brookfield:
[email protected]
Web Administrator: Mike Sukop
GSA Hydro. Division Liaison: Janet Herman
Kohout Early Career Award: Steve Van der
Hoven (Chair), Kent Keller, Laurel Larson, Peter
Knappett, Ward Sanford
Hydrogeology Division Website: <http://gsahydrogeology.org>
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