Environmental Geoscience Advisory Committee

Function

The Environmental Geoscience Advisory Committee (EGAC) was established to help identify and focus on the highest priority environmental informational needs and issues best addressed by the geoscience community. In fulfilling its responsibilities, the committee should emphasize the need to draw on AGI's historical and existing strengths, and to endorse activities that are fiscally viable.

Responsibilities

• Identify projects and activities that will help AGI achieve the following goals:

  - Increase public awareness and understanding of environmental issues and the controls of earth systems on these issues

  - Communicate societal needs for managing resources, protection from Earth hazards, and for evaluation of risks associated with human activities related to earth processes and resources

  - Promote appropriate science in public policy through improved communication within and without the geoscience community related to environmental policy issues and proposed legislation

  - Increase dissemination of information related to environmental programs, projects, research, and professional activities in the geoscience community

• Assist in identifying appropriate parties to carry out the identified environmental projects and activities.
  
  
• Assist in developing and setting priorities for AGI environmental program activities.
  
  
• Identify opportunities for AGI member societies and other organizations to participate in environmental program activities.
  

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Dr. Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Chair (2010)
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver Federal Center
P.O. Box 25046, MS 973
Denver, CO 80225
(303) 236-1200 FAX: (303) 236-3200
EMail: gplumlee@helios.cr.usgs.gov

Dr. Scott F. Burns (2010)
Department of Geology
Portland State University
17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
(503) 725-3389 FAX: (503) 725-3025
EMail: burnss@pdx.edu
Representing: Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists

Dr. Octavian Catuneanu (2010)
Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
1-26 Earth Sciences Building
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3
CANADA
(780) 492-6569 FAX: (780) 492-7598
EMail: octavian@ualberta.ca
Representing: North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature

Dr. Rebecca L. Dodge (2010)
Department of Geosciences
Midwestern State University
3410 Taft Boulevard
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
(940) 397-4475
EMail: rebecca.dodge@mwsu.edu
Representing: American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Mr. Harvey R. DuChene (2010)
P.O. Box 362
Lake City, CO 81235
(303) 885-1707
EMail: hduchene@comcast.net
Representing: National Speleological Society

Dr. Michael C. Fehler (2010)
c/o Seismological Society of America
201 Plaza Professional Building
El Cerrito, CA 94530-4007
(505) 667-1925 FAX: (505) 667-8487
EMail: michael.fehler@gmail.com
Representing: Seismological Society of America

Dr. Mary L. Gillam (2010)
115 Meadow Road East
Durango, CO 81301-7093
(970) 259-0966 FAX: (970) 259-6064
EMail: gillam@rmi.net
Representing: Association for Women Geoscientists

Dr. Howard E. Harper Jr. (2010)
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
4111 S. Darlington, Suite 100
Tulsa, OK 74135
(918) 610-3361 x104 FAX: (918) 621-1685
EMail: hharper@sepm.org
Representing: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

Dr. John P. Hogan (2010)
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
University of Missouri-Rolla
Rolla, MO 65409-0410
(573) 341-4618 FAX: (573) 341-6935
EMail: jogan@umr.edu
Representing: International Basement Tectonics Association

Ms. Zelma Maine Jackson (2010)
Washington State Dept. of Ecology
3100 Port of Benton Blvd.
Richland, WA 99354
(509) 372-7910 FAX: (509) 372-7971
EMail: zjac461@ecy.wa.gov
Representing: National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists

Mr. Carl Katsu (2010)
Fairfield Area School District
4840 Fairfield Road
Fairfield, PA 17320-9200
(717) 642-8228 FAX: (717) 642-2029
EMail: katsucf@yahoo.com
Representing: National Earth Science Teachers Association

Dr. Paul R. La Pointe (2010)
Golder and Associates, Inc.
18300 NE Union Hill Road, Suite 200
Redmond, WA 98052-3333
(425) 883-0777 FAX: (425) 882-5498
EMail: plapointe@golder.com
Representing: American Rock Mechanics Association

Dr. W. Richard Laton (2010)
12352 Vista Panorama
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(657) 278-7514 FAX: (657) 296-7266
EMail: wlaton@fullerton.edu
Representing: National Ground Water Association

Dr. David Lindbo (2010)
Soil Science Dept.
North Carolina State University
P.O. Box 762
Raleigh, NC 27695-7619
(919) 515-2635 FAX: (919) 515-2167
EMail: david_lindbo@ncsu.edu
Representing: Soil Science Society of America

Dr. John E. Moore (2010)
1730 Grape Street
Denver, CO 80220-1351
(303) 321-8781 FAX: (303) 320-1296
EMail: moore123@aol.com
Representing: International Association of Hydrogeologists/U.S. National Chapter

Dr. Frederick E. Nelson (2010)
Department of Geography
University of Delaware
216 Pearson Hall
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-0852 FAX: (302) 831-6654
EMail: fnelson@udel.edu
Representing: United States Permafrost Association

Dr. Eric M. Riggs (2010)
College of Science
Purdue University
Felix Haas Hall, Suite 202
250 North University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2066
(765) 494-2781 FAX: (765) 496-1974
EMail: emriggs@purdue.edu
Representing: National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Dr. Robert M. Ross (2010)
Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 273-6623 FAX: (607) 273-6620
EMail: rmr16@cornell.edu
Representing: Paleontological Research Institution

Ms. Leslie F. Ruppert (2010)
U.S. Geological Survey
National Center, MS 956
Reston, VA 20192
(703) 648-6431 FAX: (703) 648-6419
EMail: lruppert@usgs.gov
Representing: The Society for Organic Petrology

Dr. Nelson R. Shaffer (2010)
Indiana Geological Survey
Indiana University
611 North Walnut Grove Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-2208
(812) 855-2687 FAX: (812) 855-2862
EMail: shaffern@indiana.edu
Representing: Friends of Mineralogy

Mr. William J. Siok (2010)
American Institute of Professional Geologists
1400 West 122nd Avenue, Suite 250
Westminster, CO 80234
(303) 412-6205 FAX: (303) 253-9220
EMail: wsiok@aipg.org
Representing: American Institute of Professional Geologists

Mr. Cliff Treyens (2010)
National Ground Water Association
601 Dempsey Road
Westerville, OH 43081
(614) 898-7791 x554 FAX: (614) 898-7786
EMail: ctreyens@ngwa.org
Representing: National Ground Water Association

Dr. Azra N. Tutuncu (2010)
Geomechanics Engineering & Research
10220 Memorial Drive, #73
Houston, TX 77024-3227
(713) 202-1919 FAX: (713) 471-5037
EMail: azra.tutuncu@geomech.org
Representing: Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Dr. Scott W. Tyler (2010)
Department of Geologic Sciences
Univ. of Nevada-Reno
LMR MS 175
Reno, NV 89557-0001
(775) 851-0296 FAX: (775) 784-1953
EMail: styler@unr.edu
Representing: Geological Society of America

Dr. Scott L. Wing (2010)
Dept. of Paleobiology, NHB-121
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560-0001
(202) 357-2649 FAX: (202) 786-2832
EMail: wings@si.edu
Representing: Paleontological Society

Dr. Michael A. Wise (2010)
National Museum of Natural History
Dept. of Mineral Sciences, MRC-199
Smithsonian Institution, NHB-119
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 786-2609 FAX: (202) 357-2476
EMail: wisem@si.edu
Representing: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals

LIAISON REPRESENTATIVES

Dr. Robert B. Finkelman
Department of Geosciences, FA 2.408
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 West Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
(972) 883-2459
EMail: bobf@utdallas.edu

Dr. James W. LaMoreaux
P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 2310
Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
(205) 752-5576 x44 FAX: (205) 752-4043
EMail: jlamoreaux@pela.com

Dr. Christopher C. Mathewson
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
Texas A&M University
3115 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3115
(979) 845-2488 FAX: (979) 847-9313
EMail: mathewson@geo.tamu.edu

Dr. Travis L. Hudson
902 Vista del Mar
Sequim, WA 98382
(360) 582-1844 FAX: (360) 582-1845
EMail: ageology@olypen.com

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