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Update on Professional Licensing of Geologists in
New York State
The NYSCPG Board of Directors is currently looking for members who are willing to meet with their respective Assembly Member before the end of December. The goal is to convince more of our elected officials to sign on to our Bill in the Assembly before they return to Albany in January. I understand this is a busy time of year for most folks, but these meetings need to occur while the representatives are still in their home districts. The meetings should be short, less than half an hour, and hopefully will not take more than a few hours of your day with travel time to their local offices. You can look up your local representative using the Assembly’s search page http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?sh=search.
The Legislative Committee has put together a one page fact sheet to use as talking points with your representative. There are also Board of Directors and Committee Members who are willing to attend the meetings with you, if desired. Please contact the Legislative Committee Chair Laurie Scheuing (lescheuing@aol.com) to volunteer or receive more information.
In particular, we are looking for people who are constituents of the following Assembly members:
Deborah Glick
Inez Barron
Marc Butler
Kevin Cahill
Nelson Castro
James Conte
Michael Cusick
Janet Duprey
Steve Englebright
Michael Fitzpatrick
Richard Gottfried
Ellen Jaffee
Steve Katz
Charles Lavine
Barbara Lifton
Guillermo Linares
Dan Losquadro
Donna Lupardo
William Magee
Joel Miller
Joseph Morelle
Amy Paulin
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Mike Spano
Claudia Tenney
Thank you in advance for your time and assistance in the Licensure effort,
John M. Nadeau, CPG
2011-2012
NYSCPG President
S2406-2011: a bill establishing the profession of geology and providing for professional licensing for geologists has been introduced into the 2011 NY State Senate!
Read the full text of the bill
Support the Professional Licensing of Geologists in New York State by becoming a member of the
New York State Council of Professional Geologists (NYSCPG)
Dinner Meetings
"The Long Island Ripple Effect. A Plan for
Long Island Groundwater"
Sarah Meyland, MS JD
Bill Seevers, PH
Sarah Meyland is a water specialist with a background in groundwater protection, water resources management, and environmental law. She has worked in NY State government as the Co-Executive Director of the NYS Legislative Commission on Water Resource Needs of Long Island, as the Watershed Director for the Suffolk County Water Authority and as Program Coordinator for the Nassau County Planning Federation. Mr. Seevers is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Environmental and Mechanical Technology Department at the New York Institute of Technology and an environmental hydrologist with over 35 years experience in domestic and international consulting. Ms. Meyland and Mr. Seevers will discuss water resources oversight presently in New York State and on Long Island. They will compare water conditions in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and outline a model for the comprehensive management and protection of Long Island’s water resources.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Cocktails/Networking 6:00 p.m.: Dinner 7:00 p.m.: Presentation
7:45 p.m.
at
Holiday Inn, Plainview
215 Sunnyside Blvd.
Exit 46 on the L.I.E., just off the service road.
516-347-7400
Reservations required by Monday, January 16, 2012.
Preregistration: $45.00 members, $55.00 non-members. Dinner and cash bar.
Registration at the door $50.00 members, $60.00 non-members (cash).
We would like to encourage attendance by local regulators. The LIAPG members will underwrite the cost for up to two members from each of the Suffolk County and Nassau County Health Departments and the NYSDEC. Please contact Cheryl Neary (631-586- 4900) to sign up under this special arrangement.
Companies and agencies may sponsor and host geology students at this meeting. If you would like to sponsor a geology student, please call Cheryl Neary (631-586-4900) for information, or pay for and note that you are supporting a student on your registration form. Students may be sponsored at the $45.00 rate.
Make your reservations by sending a check for $45.00 / $55.00 per participant made out to LIAPG.
Send checks to: LIAPG c/o Cheryl Neary, 42 Jefferson Avenue,
Patchogue, NY 11772-1008
RSVP by phone to Cheryl Neary: 631-586-4900, at Fenley &
Nicol Environmental, Inc
Click to download flyer announcement suitable for posting and mail-in registration form.
Register now using PayPal
Click to Pay $45 Member Price for LIAPG / AIPG Dinner
Click to pay $55 non-member price for LIAPG / AIPG Dinner
Conferences and Field Trips
Field Trip
“Geology of Wildwood State Park”
Gil Hanson and Glenn Richard
Stony Brook University
Saturday October 29, 2011
9:00 am. to 12 noon
Wildwood State Park in Wading River is on the remnants of the eroded Harbor Hill Moraine. The beach area has many large boulders that were transported here by the glaciers. The park comprises 600 acres of undeveloped hardwood forest terminating on the high bluff overlooking Long Island Sound.
During this field trip we will
· characterize the different types of the erratics (boulders) and their sources
· discuss the history of the bluffs, and
· consider the history and sources of the loess (wind-blown silt) in a kettle in the park.
See the following sites for more information
Age and Provenance of Long Island Loess by Vesna Kundic
www.geo.sunysb.edu/reports/kundic-thesis.pdf
Analysis of Boulder Distribution: Implications for Glacial Processes in the Vicinity of Wildwood State Park, Wading River, New York by Jessica McEachern www.geo.sunysb.edu/reports/jmceachern_thesis.pdf
We will meet at 9:00 am. at the large parking lot at Wildwood State Park in Wading River, NY. If you are traveling on the Long Island Expressway (495) at exit 68 go north 7.4 miles on William Floyd Parkway (Suffolk County 46) until you reach 25A. Go 2.7 miles east (right) on 25A then turn left onto Sound Avenue. Go 1.1 miles then turn left onto Hulse Landing Road. Go 0.9 miles take slight right onto Wildwood Road and continue into Wildwood State Park.
Gil Hanson's cell phone is 631-513-1583. Call only on the morning of Oct. 29 for help. He usually leaves his cell phone off.
There may be a charge of $8 per car for parking.
We will go rain or shine.
Three contact hours toward in-service credit for teachers or professional geologists.
For more information Long Island Geology web site is http://www.geo.sunysb.edu/lig/
(See attached file: Field Trip 10-29-11.pdf)
Gilbert N. Hanson
Professor
Department of Geosciences
SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 11794-21000
Office 310 Earth and Space Sciences Building
Tel 631-632-8210
FAX 631-632-8240
e-mail gilbert.hanson@sunysb.edu
http://www.geosciences.stonybrook.edu/people/faculty/hanson/hanson.html
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Call for Papers for Eighteenth Conference on
"Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York"
Saturday April 9, 2011
at
Stony Brook University
Topics for presentation include general geology, earth science education programs, glacial geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, coastal geology, applied geology, environmental geology, engineering geology, hydrology, and bedrock studies emphasizing the geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York. Major goals are to inform participants of ongoing research, to promote further research and collaboration among researchers, to define important areas where research is needed, and to encourage further geological research on Long Island and in Metropolitan New York.
Deadline for submission of abstracts is March 1, 2011.
Each presentation must have an abstract.
We are accepting extended abstracts of up to ten pages plus figures and references.
The title should be centered at the top of the page in capital letters followed by author, affiliation and address with first letter capitalized except for prepositions which should not be capitalized.
The text should be single spaced 12 point font.
Paragraphs should be separated by a line.
The first paragraph of the introduction should state the importance of the problem considered and present the major conclusion of the study.
Each figure with its caption should be placed in text near where it is discussed.
Acknowledgments should follow the text.
References in text should be "Author(s), year"
References in References Cited should be in the following format
Author, A.B. and Author, B.C., 2000, Title of Article, Journal, v. 2. p. 94-121
Please submit the abstract as a pdf.
The abstracts will be published on the web at http://www.geo.sunysb.edu/lig/
There will be no registration nor charge for attending.
Please submit the abstracts to Gil Hanson gilbert.hanson@stonybrook.edu
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Short Courses
Professional Credit Development Services:
Operator Training ClassIntroduction to Groundwater and Wells on Long Island
2.5 Hours, Professional Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors, Water Treatment Operators
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Location: Holiday Inn, Plainview – Conference Room
3215 Sunnyside Boulevard
Plainview, NY
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