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Invited AIPG Luncheon Speakers

Date Speaker Organization Sponsor Topic
9/7/10 Mindy Erickson USGS   Crude Oil at the Bemidji Site
10/5/10 Steve Thompson1,
Dr. Mike Middleton2,
Dr. Kerry Keen2, and
Dr. Holly Dolliver2,

1 MPCA

2 U-Wisconsin

   Stratigraphy in Pierce County, Wisconsin: From Ordovician to Cretaceous to Pre-Wisconsin Till
11/2/10 Scott Pearson DNR   South Central Minnesota Groundwater Monitoring and Geologic Atlas—Project Update
12/7/10 Tom Higgins and Mark Toso MPCA   The Impact of Biofuels Releases on Minnesota’s Water Resources
Previous Speakers & Topics
5/4/10 Kelly MacGregor Macalaster Geology Dept.   Modern-day and historical sediment transport in the St. Croix River, MN/WI: preliminary analysis and implications for native mussel populations
4/6/10 Heather Arends MDNR MN aggregate resources and the DNR aggregate mapping program 
3/2/10 Ginny Yingling Minnesota Department of Health   An Update on Perfluorinated Chemicals in Minnesota - Persistent in Both the Environment and Powerpoint!
2/2/10 Gregory Brick     Subterranean Twin Cities
1/5/10 E. Calvin Alexander UM-Twin Cities   SE Minnesota's Trout Springs
12/1/09 Mark Jirsa MGS   Ten Minutes of Chaos: The Sudbury Impact Layer in the Lake Superior Region
11/3/09 Frank Ongaro Mining Minnesota   The Next Generation of Mining: Opportunities, Economic Benefits, and Challenges Facing Non-Ferrous Mining in Minnesota
10/6/09 Michael Convery Minn. Dept. Health   Arsenic in Minnesota Groundwater
9/8/09 Daryl Peterson Pace Analytical   Laboratory Perspective of Vapor Intrusion
5/5/09 Cabin Ross Univ. St. Thomas   Structural Analysis of Bitter Springs Quad, Lake Mead, Nevada
4/7/09 Michelle LaRue UM-Antarctic Geospatial Information Center   Antartica
3/3/09 Sue Langer & Chris Sanocki USGS   Synoptic Study of Ground-water Level Changes in Major Aquifers in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
2/3/09 Larry Kinsman ORIN Remediation Technologies   Environmental Remedial Implementations, Including Good and Bad Experiences of Chemical Oxidation and Why
1/6/09 Ernie Lehmann Franconia Minerals Birch Lake Project
12/2/08 Ginny Yingling MDH   Perfluoronated Chemicals in Washington County: The Saga Continues - Groundwater Investigations and Public Response in the Midst of Uncertainty
11/4/08 Jim Miller UMD-Geology   Preparing Students for Jobs in the Booming Mining and Minerals Exploration Industries at the University of Minnesota Duluth
10/7/08 Scott Wolter American Petrographic Services   Hooked X
9/8/08 Dr. Harvey Thorleifson MGS   Carbon Capture and Storage - climate change strategy options for Minnesota
5/6/08 Bill Newman Remediation & Natural Attenuation Services, Inc.   In Situ Bioremediation Using Vegetable Oil Emulsions and Colloidal Insoluble Buffers
4/1/08 Carrie Jennings Minnesota Geological Survey   Sediment dynamics in agricultural watersheds of the Minnesota basin
3/4/08 Mark Jirsa Minnesota Geological Survey   What Forest Fires in the BWCAW Reveal: Volcanic Eruptions, Meteorite Impact, and other Natural Disasters
2/5/08 Terry Boerboom Minnesota Geological Survey   Geology of the North Shore near Grand Marais
1/8/08 Ray Rogers Macalaster Geology Dept.   bonebeds, and other interesting stuff
12/4/07 Ginny Yingling Minnesota Department of Health   Perfluoronated Chemicals - Groundwater Investigations and Public Health Response in the Midst of Uncertainty
11/6/07 Eric Mohring MN Board of Water and Soil Resources   Tracking Conservation And Natural Resource Management Accomplishments Achieved Through State-Local Partnerships
10/2/07 Harvey Thorleifson Minnesota Geological Survey   Indicator mineral survey of Minnesota
9/4/07 Larry Kinsman Orin Technology   Ex-Situ Chemical Oxidation of Pentachlorophenol at a Former Manufacturing Facility in Lester Prairie, Minnesota
5/1/07 Ernie Lehman Franconia Minerals   PMGs & the Birch Lake Project
4/26/07 Dr. Jim Cotter UM-Morris   9th Annual Spring Social
4/3/07 Mindy Erickson MPCA   MPCA's Ambient Ground Water Sampling Activities
2/6/07 Dr. Kevin Theissen Univ. St. Thomas   Paleoecology of Shallow Lakes in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota
2/6/07 Barb Gnabasik MPCA   Reserve Mining Scrapyard Cleanup - Silver Bay, Minnesota
1/9/07 Charles Tiller American Engineering Testing   Adventures in Yellowstone Geology: a coming-of-age tale
12/5/06 Brad Ullery Target   Target Corporation's Approach to Due Diligence Protocol
11/7/06 Karen Campbell St. Anthony Falls Lab.   Big Science, Big Education: Research, Practice and Education at a National Laboratory in the Mississippi River
9/23-28   AIPG   AIPG 43rd Annual Meeting
9/5/06 James Arndt NRG   Hydrogeology, Pedology, and Botany of the Seminary Calcareous Fen, Carver County, Minnesota
 

Monthly Meetings start at 11:45 AM, the first Tuesday of each month. Monthly meetings are held at:

Radisson Hotel Roseville
2540 North Cleveland Avenue (I-35W and County Road C)
Roseville, Minnesota 55113
Telephone: 651-636-4567

The luncheon price is $15 for AIPG members, $20 for non-members.

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