Next Dinner Meeting
The Society's Dinner Meetings are scheduled for the second or third Thursday of the months of January, April and October (the Society's Annual Meeting). These meetings feature a cash bar, dinner, discussion of Society business, and an after-dinner speaker (see the list of speakers at Past Dinner Meetings above). Attendance at the speaker's presentation is worth 2 continuing education hours for Professional Geologists. Often members will bring minerals to display, and a mineral raffle is held to raise money for the Society's Public Outreach education programs. Click HERE for our Outreach Activities. In addition to the dinner meetings, we run an annual Field Trip, held in the summer (see the list of Past Field Trips above).
FALL, WINTER and SPRING DINNER MEETINGS
2023 Spring Dinner Meeting
April 20, 2023
Speaker:
Myles Felch, Curator, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
Topic:
Virtual Tour of the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
Typical (VIRTUAL) Dinner Meetings
6:30 pm Breakout Room Networking
7:00 pm Announcements and Speaker Presentation
To get the link to the meeting, email Sharon Lewandowski at sharon.lewandowski@des.nh.gov
2023 Spring Dinner Meeting
April 20, 2023
Speaker:
Myles Felch, Curator, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
Topic:
Virtual Tour of the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
Typical (VIRTUAL) Dinner Meetings
6:30 pm Breakout Room Networking
7:00 pm Announcements and Speaker Presentation
To get the link to the meeting, email Sharon Lewandowski at sharon.lewandowski@des.nh.gov
Typical (non-virtual) Dinner Meetings
5:30 pm Social Hour - 6:30 pm Dinner - 7:15 pm Speaker Presentation
CEU certificates will be available at the end of the evening program for 2 hours.
ADVANCE RESERVATION - Member (dues paid) $35.00 / Non-member $40.00
AT THE DOOR - Member (dues paid) $35.00 / Non-member $40.00
Student with a valid student I.D. (Reservation Required) $10.00
GSNH accepts emailed reservation requests and allows those that have reserved a seat to pay at the door. Please note that e-mail reservations constitute an agreement with the Society for which you will be responsible to pay, whether you are able to attend or not, unless you cancel your reservation by noon the Tuesday before the dinner.
Note: Please specify vegetarian meals required if registering by e-mail. Advance Reservation Deadline is the FRIDAY before the meeting.
5:30 pm Social Hour - 6:30 pm Dinner - 7:15 pm Speaker Presentation
CEU certificates will be available at the end of the evening program for 2 hours.
ADVANCE RESERVATION - Member (dues paid) $35.00 / Non-member $40.00
AT THE DOOR - Member (dues paid) $35.00 / Non-member $40.00
Student with a valid student I.D. (Reservation Required) $10.00
GSNH accepts emailed reservation requests and allows those that have reserved a seat to pay at the door. Please note that e-mail reservations constitute an agreement with the Society for which you will be responsible to pay, whether you are able to attend or not, unless you cancel your reservation by noon the Tuesday before the dinner.
Note: Please specify vegetarian meals required if registering by e-mail. Advance Reservation Deadline is the FRIDAY before the meeting.
Past Dinner Meetings
Thursday April 20, 2023
Speaker: Myles Felch, Curator, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
Topic: Virtual Tour of the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday January 19, 2023
Speaker: Thomas Hale, Friends of Mineralogy Virginia Chapter
Topic: Mineral-Security Nexus
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday October 13, 2022
Speaker: Nathaniel Kitchel, Dartmouth College
Topic: Facing the Forest: Human Adaptations Across the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in Northern New England
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 21, 2022
Speaker: Jack Ridge, Tufts University
Topic: The Deglaciation of New England and Its Relation to Climate: The Fusion of Varves, Radiocarbon Ages, Paleomagnetism, and Critters in Lakes.
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday January 20, 2022
Speaker: Nathaniel R. Kitchel, Dartmouth College
Topic: The First Radiocarbon Date for the Mount Holly Mammoth and its Implications for Human/Megafaunal Interactions in New England
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday October 14, 2021
Speaker: Karen Johanesson at UMass Boston
Topic: Arsenic in Groundwater
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday April 15, 2021
Speaker: Charlie Kerwin
Topic: NH Geology and the Massabesic Gneiss Complex
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday January 21, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Raquel Alonso-Perez, curatrix of the Harvard University Mineralogical & Geological Museum
Topic: Too Dangerous to be Displayed: Treasures of the Mineralogical & Geological Museum. A behind the scenes tour.
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday October 15, 2020
Speaker: Michael Wimsatt, Director Waste Management Division, NH DES
Topic: NH's Response to PFAS
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday April 16, 2020
Meeting Cancelled due to COVID-19.
Thursday January 23, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Burakowski, Research Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Topic: New Englands Warming Winters. New England's winters have warmed over the past 100 years, with impacts on ecosystems and society. What can we expect fort he future?
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday October 17, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Robert A. Gastaldo, Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
Topic: The Terrestrial Record of the End-Permian Mass Extinction – Karoo Province, South Africa. See GSA Article Here.
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 18, 2019
Speaker: Charlie Darling
Topic: Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay and Back
Puritan Backroom, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 17, 2018
Speaker: Michelle Fame, University of Vermont (visiting Assistant Professor)
Topic: Post-orogenic exhumation and glacial erosion of the Presidential and Carter Ranges in the White Mountains, New Hampshire.
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday October 18, 2018
Speaker: Meredith Kelly, Dartmouth College
Topic: The Ice Age in the Tropics - a Perspective from the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda. Click HERE for more information.
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 12, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Galli, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College
Topic: New CA-TIMS Dates from the Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation, Western Colorado, USA: Implications for Dinosaur Evolution. Click HERE for more information.
The Puritan Conference Center, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 11, 2018
Speaker: Joshua Keeley, Hydrogeologist, NH Geological Survey
Topic: Snowball Earth: From the 42nd Parallel Perspective, Idaho and Massachusetts
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday October 12, 2017
Speaker: Steven Arcone
Topic: Ice Shelf Stability in Antarctica: Crevasses and Marine Ice Investigated with Robot GPR
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 13, 2017
Speaker: Dwight Bradley, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska
Topic: Ages and Plate Tectonic Settings of Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum Pegmatites in New England
The Puritan Conference Center, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 12, 2017
Speaker: Dr. William Clyde, UNH Professor of Earth Sciences
Topic: Ancient Wyoming: A scientific and educational journey through the geological past of Wyoming
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Wednesday October 12, 2016
Speaker: Nick McDonald, Geologist, Author, Fossil Collector and Teacher
Topic: Window into the Jurassic World: Fossils of the Connecticut Valley
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 21, 2016
Speaker: Dr. Margaret Boettcher, UNH Assistant Professor Geophysics
Topic: Observations of Tiny Earthquakes: Insights from the Natural Earthquake Laboratory in South African Gold Mines
The Puritan Conference Center, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 14, 2016
Speaker: Dr. Richard Boisvert, NH State Archaeologist
Topic: Human Adaptation to Climate Change 12,500 Years Ago
Makris Lobster & Steak House Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 15, 2015
Speaker: Nelson Eby, Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Topic: Trinitite - The Atomic Rock
Makris Lobster & Steak House Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 16th, 2015
Speaker: Woody Thompson, Former Maine State Geologist
Topic: Deglaciation Sequence and Correlation of Moraine Complexes in the Northern White Mountains, New Hampshire, using LiDAR Imagery
The Puritan Conference Center, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 15th, 2014
Speaker: David Wunsch, State Geologist and Director Delaware Geological Survey
Topic: Water Supply Issues in the Delaware River System: A tale of tunnels, transfers, tumults and trout fishing
Makris Lobster & Steak House Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 20th, 2014
Speaker: Jean Benoit, UNH Engineering Department
Topic: Field Reconnaissance of the 22 March 2014 Oso Landslide
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 17th, 2014
Speaker: Denis LeBlanc, Hydrologist USGS
Topic: Groundwater contributing areas to wells and surface waters on Cape Cod - Modeling analysis and file studies near a glacial kettle lake
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday January 16th, 2014
Speaker: Paul Rydel, Hydrologist NH DES
Topic: Arsenic and Managense - Anthropogenic Source or Background Condition?
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 17th, 2013
Speaker: Sean Sweeney, PE, CWS - Headwaters Hydrology
Topic: The 2005 Alstead Flood - Eight Years Later (TheCold River Restoration)
Makris Lobster & Steak House Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 18th, 2013
Speaker: Sarah Flanagan - USGS, Pembroke
Topic: Water Quality of Crystalline Rock Aquifers in New England
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday January 17, 2013
Speaker: Peter J. Thompson - UNH Professor of Geology
Topic: "Thoreau on Monadnock: A philosopher naturalist's take on geology"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 18, 2012 - Society Board Elections
Robert Whitmore - Mineral Collecting and Mining Tours of Morocco
Makris Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 12, 2012
Fred Roger - Paleontologist "Bio Sketch"
"Conodonts: The 'Backbone' of Paleozoic Biostratigraphy"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Topic: Arsenic in Groundwater: Studies in the US and Abroad - CANCELLED
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday January 17, 2013
Speaker: Peter J. Thompson - UNH Professor of Geology
Topic: "Thoreau on Monadnock: A philosopher naturalist's take on geology"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 18, 2012 - Society Board Elections
Robert Whitmore - Mineral Collecting and Mining Tours of Morocco
Makris Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 12, 2012
Fred Roger - Paleontologist "Bio Sketch"
"Conodonts: The 'Backbone' of Paleozoic Biostratigraphy"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday January 19, 2012
Brian K. Fowler, P.G., Geologic Mapper NHGS/USGS STATEMAP Program For 2009
"Surficial Geology, Mt. Washington & The Northern Presidential Range"
AND
Ryan Murphy, Andover Elementary Middle School, Science Dept. Head and Middle Level Educator
"Molding Mountains: Blending Technology with Learning Styles at the Middle Level"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 13, 2011
Kristen Fletcher Camp, M.S. Student, University of New Orleans, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Anorogenic Granitic Pegmatites Associated with the White Mountain Intrusive Suite, New Hampshire
Makris Lobster & Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 7, 2011
Professor John Ebel, Ph.D., Boston College, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Director of Weston Observatory
The Past, Present and Future of Earthquakes in New England
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
February 3, 2011
Dr. Ernst Kastning, Water Conservationist, NHDES Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau
Pseudokarst and Boulder Caves in New England: What Does Talus Tell Us?
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 14, 2010
Walter A. Anderson GSA-Fellow, Geological Society of Maine
Appalachian Geology Along the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) from Maine to Morocco
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 22, 2010
Dr. Orrin Shane
Catalhoyuk, Turkey: the Beginning of Urban Civilization
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 14, 2010
Steven Arcone, USACE Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH
"GPR Detection of UXO within Lacustrine Strata: A Site Investigation of Joe English Pond on the New Boston AFS, New Boston, NH"
Alan's of Boscawen Restaurant, Boscawen, NH
October 15, 2009
Seth Campbell, Research Physical Scientist, USACE Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH
"Application of Ground Penetrating Radar and Geodetics to the Selection of an Ice Core Drill Site on the Kahiltna Glacier of Mount McKinley, Alaska"
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 16, 2009
Chris Laughrey, Senior Geologic Scientist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey
"The Marcellus Shale Play in Pennsylvania: New Paradigms for an Old Resource"
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Supplemental information: Hear a multi-part special series on National Public Radio about natural gas production in shale formations.
January 8, 2009
Paul A. Mayewski, Ph.D.
Director and Professor, Climate Change Institute
Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono
"Climate Change: Perspective, Surprises, Opportunities"
Alan's of Boscawen Restaurant, Boscawen, NH
October 16, 2008
Perrin Cothran Chick, Seacoast Science Center
Iain McLeod, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
In celebration of "No Child Left Inside," our guests presented popular programs these organizations offer that get children outside.
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 10, 2008
Jon Kim, Vermont Geological Survey
"Application of Tectonics to Groundwater Problems in Vermont"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 10, 2008
Dick Boisvert, New Hampshire State Archeologist
"New Hampshire Paleo-Indian Studies From a Geological Perspective"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 18, 2007
Laura Preston, Earth Sciences Teacher, Salem High School, Salem, NH
"Aboard the R/V Atlantis - Adventure to the East Pacific Rise!"
and
Woody Thompson, Maine Geological Survey
"Recession of the Laurentide Ice Sheet from the White Mountains"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 12, 2007
Dr. Maria Luisa Crawford, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania
"The Role of Magma Emplacement in Orogenesis"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 18, 2007
Dr. Lawrence Krissek, Ohio State University
"Iceberg-Rafted Sediment in the Deep Ocean - An Ice Volume Story or Not?"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 12, 2006
Robert C. Whitmore, Palermo Mine
"Pegmatite Excursion in Brazil"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 13, 2006
Carl Koteff, Chief Mapper New Hampshire Geological Survey Surficial Mapping Program
"Deglaciation of New England: The Dirt Machine Revisited"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 12, 2006
Dr. Jeff Johnson, University of New Hampshire
"The Forgotten 2005 Eruptions of Reventador Volcano"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 11, 2005
Sam Bowring, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Animal Evolution and Climate Change: Proterozoic Evidence of a Frozen Earth"
Alan's Restaurant, Boscawen, NH
April 14, 2005
Robert C. Whitmore, Palermo Mine "The Mines and Minerals of Namibia"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 13, 2005
Steve Kahl, Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University "Determining Sources of Salt Contamination in Groundwater" Alan's Restaurant, Boscawen, NH
October 14, 2004
Richard B. Moore, USGS, Pembroke, NH New England SPARROW: Application of the National Hydrography Dataset for Watershed Water-Quality Nutrient Modeling Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 8, 2004
Dr. Larry Mayer, Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, NOAA/UNH Joint Hydrographic Center, UNH, Durham
Topic: "New Advances in Seafloor Mapping and Data Visualization"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 8, 2004
Prof. James Gardner, Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, NOAA/UNH Joint Hydrographic Center, UNH, Durham "Deep Water Reefs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico" Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 16, 2003
Dr. David R. Wunsch, New Hampshire State Geologist "Old Man of the Mountain" Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord
April, 2003
Patrick J. Barosh of PJ Barosh & Associates, "The Geology of Southern New Hampshire," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
January, 2003
Bob Whitmore, owner of the Palermo Mine, "Madagascar Mineral Collecting," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
October, 2002
Nelson Eby of University of Massachusetts, Lowell, "Volcanoes - Silence Isn't Necessarily Golden," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
April, 2002
Paul Hague, former training manager and international sales director, Geophysical Survey Systems, "Recent Developments in Ground Penetrating Radar and EM Profiling," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
January, 2002
Marsha Rich, Mount Washington Observatory, "Summit Life and Research at the Mount Washington Observatory," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
October, 2001
Sam Adams, American Geological Institute, "Evolution and the Earth Scientist," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
April, 2001
Garret Graaskamp, American Groundwater Trust, "Groundwater Education - The Long-Term Solution," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
January, 2001
Dr. David R. Wunsch, New Hampshire State Geologist, "The Role of State Geological Surveys: Implications for New Hampshire," something for everybody: interested laypeople, amateur collectors, educators, and professional geologists, Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
October, 2000
Gala Celebration of Earth Science Week and the 10th Anniversary of the NHGS, Honoring Gene Boudette on the occasion of his retirement as State Geologist, Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 2000
Timothy Allen of Keene State College, "Past and current work on the geology of the Karakorum Mountains, north ern Pakistan (and its similarity to New Hampshire Geology)," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
January, 2000
David E. Thompson, PE, of Haley & Aldrich, Inc., "Geotechnical Perspectives of the Big Dig," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
October, 1999
Jack Guswaw of HSI GeoTrans, "Hydrogeologic Issues of the Woburn Toxic Trial," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 1999
Michael Dyber, Renowned Gem Sculptor, "A Decade of Progress," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
January, 1999
Dr. James Skehan, Professor Emeritus at Boston College, "Some Highlights from Roadside Geology of Massachusetts," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
October, 1998
Franz Anderson, "Thoughts on the effects of ocean currents in the Great Bay Estuary," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 1998
Carl Francis, "Geologic Framework of the Palermo Pegmatite, North Groton, NH," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
January, 1998
Keith Robinson, "An Introduction to the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program in the New England Coastal Basin Region," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
October, 1997
Kendall Lund, "Recollections of a Miner, Elizabeth Copper Mine, South Stratford, Vermont," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 1997
Joe Kelley, "Shoreline changes in southern Maine: the role of human activity," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
January, 1997
Richard Moore, "New Hampshire Bedrock Aquifer Resource Assessment," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
October, 1996
Woody Thompson, "Glacial Geology of the northern White Mountains," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 1996
Suzanne O'Brien, "Climatic changes in the Holocene - A glaciochemical analysis of a Greenland ice sheet core," Merrimack Hotel, Merrimack
January, 1996
John Swallow, MicroWell Installations--Enhanced Technology for Site Investigations, Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
October, 1995
Richard Pendleton, "The Deglacial History of the Penacook Quadrangle and the Holocene Evolution of the Upper Merrimack River," Sheraton Tara, Nashua
April, 1995
Gene Boudette & Dick Lane, "Restabilization of a Roadcut," Center of New Hampshire, Manchester
January, 1995
Randy Martin & Martin Smith, "Acoustical Methods and Fracture Permeability," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
October, 1994
Dyk Eusden, "Bedrock Geology of the Presidential Range," Sheraton Tara, Bedford
April, 1994
Chris Covel, "VLF Geophysical Techniques," Sheraton Tara, Nashua
January, 1994
Andrew Koenisberg, "Rafting The Grand Canyon," High 5 Restaurant, Manchester
October, 1993
Congressman Bill Zeliff, "SuperFund Reauthorization," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
April, 1993
Brian Fowler, "Mount Washington and the Mount Washington Observatory," and Kevin Brown, "Strontium Isotopes and Weathering" (student presentation), Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
January, 1993
John Ebel, "Regional Seismicity," High 5, Manchester
October, 1992
Tim Allen, "Migmatites in the White Mountains," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
April, 1992
Bill Walsh, "Geophysical Techniques," Howard Johnson's, Nashua
January, 1992
Mark Van Baalen, "Volcanics and Tectonics," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
October, 1991
Rick Chormann, "Aquifer Mapping in New Hampshire," Yokens, Portsmouth
April, 1991
John Lyons, "The New Geologic Map of New Hampshire," Lantern, Manchester
January, 1991
Gary Smith, "Moore Reservoir Well Site," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
October, 1990
Bob Whitmore, "Mining and Mine Artifacts," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
June, 1990
Brian Fowler, "Stability St udy of the Old Man," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
Speaker: Myles Felch, Curator, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
Topic: Virtual Tour of the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday January 19, 2023
Speaker: Thomas Hale, Friends of Mineralogy Virginia Chapter
Topic: Mineral-Security Nexus
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday October 13, 2022
Speaker: Nathaniel Kitchel, Dartmouth College
Topic: Facing the Forest: Human Adaptations Across the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in Northern New England
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 21, 2022
Speaker: Jack Ridge, Tufts University
Topic: The Deglaciation of New England and Its Relation to Climate: The Fusion of Varves, Radiocarbon Ages, Paleomagnetism, and Critters in Lakes.
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday January 20, 2022
Speaker: Nathaniel R. Kitchel, Dartmouth College
Topic: The First Radiocarbon Date for the Mount Holly Mammoth and its Implications for Human/Megafaunal Interactions in New England
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday October 14, 2021
Speaker: Karen Johanesson at UMass Boston
Topic: Arsenic in Groundwater
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday April 15, 2021
Speaker: Charlie Kerwin
Topic: NH Geology and the Massabesic Gneiss Complex
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday January 21, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Raquel Alonso-Perez, curatrix of the Harvard University Mineralogical & Geological Museum
Topic: Too Dangerous to be Displayed: Treasures of the Mineralogical & Geological Museum. A behind the scenes tour.
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday October 15, 2020
Speaker: Michael Wimsatt, Director Waste Management Division, NH DES
Topic: NH's Response to PFAS
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Thursday April 16, 2020
Meeting Cancelled due to COVID-19.
Thursday January 23, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Burakowski, Research Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Topic: New Englands Warming Winters. New England's winters have warmed over the past 100 years, with impacts on ecosystems and society. What can we expect fort he future?
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday October 17, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Robert A. Gastaldo, Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
Topic: The Terrestrial Record of the End-Permian Mass Extinction – Karoo Province, South Africa. See GSA Article Here.
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 18, 2019
Speaker: Charlie Darling
Topic: Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay and Back
Puritan Backroom, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 17, 2018
Speaker: Michelle Fame, University of Vermont (visiting Assistant Professor)
Topic: Post-orogenic exhumation and glacial erosion of the Presidential and Carter Ranges in the White Mountains, New Hampshire.
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday October 18, 2018
Speaker: Meredith Kelly, Dartmouth College
Topic: The Ice Age in the Tropics - a Perspective from the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda. Click HERE for more information.
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 12, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Galli, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College
Topic: New CA-TIMS Dates from the Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation, Western Colorado, USA: Implications for Dinosaur Evolution. Click HERE for more information.
The Puritan Conference Center, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 11, 2018
Speaker: Joshua Keeley, Hydrogeologist, NH Geological Survey
Topic: Snowball Earth: From the 42nd Parallel Perspective, Idaho and Massachusetts
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday October 12, 2017
Speaker: Steven Arcone
Topic: Ice Shelf Stability in Antarctica: Crevasses and Marine Ice Investigated with Robot GPR
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 13, 2017
Speaker: Dwight Bradley, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska
Topic: Ages and Plate Tectonic Settings of Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum Pegmatites in New England
The Puritan Conference Center, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 12, 2017
Speaker: Dr. William Clyde, UNH Professor of Earth Sciences
Topic: Ancient Wyoming: A scientific and educational journey through the geological past of Wyoming
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Wednesday October 12, 2016
Speaker: Nick McDonald, Geologist, Author, Fossil Collector and Teacher
Topic: Window into the Jurassic World: Fossils of the Connecticut Valley
Makris Lobster and Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 21, 2016
Speaker: Dr. Margaret Boettcher, UNH Assistant Professor Geophysics
Topic: Observations of Tiny Earthquakes: Insights from the Natural Earthquake Laboratory in South African Gold Mines
The Puritan Conference Center, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 14, 2016
Speaker: Dr. Richard Boisvert, NH State Archaeologist
Topic: Human Adaptation to Climate Change 12,500 Years Ago
Makris Lobster & Steak House Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 15, 2015
Speaker: Nelson Eby, Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Topic: Trinitite - The Atomic Rock
Makris Lobster & Steak House Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 16th, 2015
Speaker: Woody Thompson, Former Maine State Geologist
Topic: Deglaciation Sequence and Correlation of Moraine Complexes in the Northern White Mountains, New Hampshire, using LiDAR Imagery
The Puritan Conference Center, Manchester, NH
Thursday January 15th, 2014
Speaker: David Wunsch, State Geologist and Director Delaware Geological Survey
Topic: Water Supply Issues in the Delaware River System: A tale of tunnels, transfers, tumults and trout fishing
Makris Lobster & Steak House Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 20th, 2014
Speaker: Jean Benoit, UNH Engineering Department
Topic: Field Reconnaissance of the 22 March 2014 Oso Landslide
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 17th, 2014
Speaker: Denis LeBlanc, Hydrologist USGS
Topic: Groundwater contributing areas to wells and surface waters on Cape Cod - Modeling analysis and file studies near a glacial kettle lake
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday January 16th, 2014
Speaker: Paul Rydel, Hydrologist NH DES
Topic: Arsenic and Managense - Anthropogenic Source or Background Condition?
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 17th, 2013
Speaker: Sean Sweeney, PE, CWS - Headwaters Hydrology
Topic: The 2005 Alstead Flood - Eight Years Later (TheCold River Restoration)
Makris Lobster & Steak House Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 18th, 2013
Speaker: Sarah Flanagan - USGS, Pembroke
Topic: Water Quality of Crystalline Rock Aquifers in New England
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday January 17, 2013
Speaker: Peter J. Thompson - UNH Professor of Geology
Topic: "Thoreau on Monadnock: A philosopher naturalist's take on geology"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 18, 2012 - Society Board Elections
Robert Whitmore - Mineral Collecting and Mining Tours of Morocco
Makris Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 12, 2012
Fred Roger - Paleontologist "Bio Sketch"
"Conodonts: The 'Backbone' of Paleozoic Biostratigraphy"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Topic: Arsenic in Groundwater: Studies in the US and Abroad - CANCELLED
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday January 17, 2013
Speaker: Peter J. Thompson - UNH Professor of Geology
Topic: "Thoreau on Monadnock: A philosopher naturalist's take on geology"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 18, 2012 - Society Board Elections
Robert Whitmore - Mineral Collecting and Mining Tours of Morocco
Makris Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday April 12, 2012
Fred Roger - Paleontologist "Bio Sketch"
"Conodonts: The 'Backbone' of Paleozoic Biostratigraphy"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday January 19, 2012
Brian K. Fowler, P.G., Geologic Mapper NHGS/USGS STATEMAP Program For 2009
"Surficial Geology, Mt. Washington & The Northern Presidential Range"
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Ryan Murphy, Andover Elementary Middle School, Science Dept. Head and Middle Level Educator
"Molding Mountains: Blending Technology with Learning Styles at the Middle Level"
The Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Thursday October 13, 2011
Kristen Fletcher Camp, M.S. Student, University of New Orleans, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Anorogenic Granitic Pegmatites Associated with the White Mountain Intrusive Suite, New Hampshire
Makris Lobster & Steak House, Concord, NH
Thursday April 7, 2011
Professor John Ebel, Ph.D., Boston College, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Director of Weston Observatory
The Past, Present and Future of Earthquakes in New England
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
February 3, 2011
Dr. Ernst Kastning, Water Conservationist, NHDES Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau
Pseudokarst and Boulder Caves in New England: What Does Talus Tell Us?
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 14, 2010
Walter A. Anderson GSA-Fellow, Geological Society of Maine
Appalachian Geology Along the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) from Maine to Morocco
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 22, 2010
Dr. Orrin Shane
Catalhoyuk, Turkey: the Beginning of Urban Civilization
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 14, 2010
Steven Arcone, USACE Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH
"GPR Detection of UXO within Lacustrine Strata: A Site Investigation of Joe English Pond on the New Boston AFS, New Boston, NH"
Alan's of Boscawen Restaurant, Boscawen, NH
October 15, 2009
Seth Campbell, Research Physical Scientist, USACE Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH
"Application of Ground Penetrating Radar and Geodetics to the Selection of an Ice Core Drill Site on the Kahiltna Glacier of Mount McKinley, Alaska"
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 16, 2009
Chris Laughrey, Senior Geologic Scientist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey
"The Marcellus Shale Play in Pennsylvania: New Paradigms for an Old Resource"
Red Blazer Restaurant, Concord, NH
Supplemental information: Hear a multi-part special series on National Public Radio about natural gas production in shale formations.
January 8, 2009
Paul A. Mayewski, Ph.D.
Director and Professor, Climate Change Institute
Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono
"Climate Change: Perspective, Surprises, Opportunities"
Alan's of Boscawen Restaurant, Boscawen, NH
October 16, 2008
Perrin Cothran Chick, Seacoast Science Center
Iain McLeod, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
In celebration of "No Child Left Inside," our guests presented popular programs these organizations offer that get children outside.
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 10, 2008
Jon Kim, Vermont Geological Survey
"Application of Tectonics to Groundwater Problems in Vermont"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 10, 2008
Dick Boisvert, New Hampshire State Archeologist
"New Hampshire Paleo-Indian Studies From a Geological Perspective"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 18, 2007
Laura Preston, Earth Sciences Teacher, Salem High School, Salem, NH
"Aboard the R/V Atlantis - Adventure to the East Pacific Rise!"
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Woody Thompson, Maine Geological Survey
"Recession of the Laurentide Ice Sheet from the White Mountains"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 12, 2007
Dr. Maria Luisa Crawford, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania
"The Role of Magma Emplacement in Orogenesis"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 18, 2007
Dr. Lawrence Krissek, Ohio State University
"Iceberg-Rafted Sediment in the Deep Ocean - An Ice Volume Story or Not?"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 12, 2006
Robert C. Whitmore, Palermo Mine
"Pegmatite Excursion in Brazil"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 13, 2006
Carl Koteff, Chief Mapper New Hampshire Geological Survey Surficial Mapping Program
"Deglaciation of New England: The Dirt Machine Revisited"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 12, 2006
Dr. Jeff Johnson, University of New Hampshire
"The Forgotten 2005 Eruptions of Reventador Volcano"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 11, 2005
Sam Bowring, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Animal Evolution and Climate Change: Proterozoic Evidence of a Frozen Earth"
Alan's Restaurant, Boscawen, NH
April 14, 2005
Robert C. Whitmore, Palermo Mine "The Mines and Minerals of Namibia"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 13, 2005
Steve Kahl, Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University "Determining Sources of Salt Contamination in Groundwater" Alan's Restaurant, Boscawen, NH
October 14, 2004
Richard B. Moore, USGS, Pembroke, NH New England SPARROW: Application of the National Hydrography Dataset for Watershed Water-Quality Nutrient Modeling Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
April 8, 2004
Dr. Larry Mayer, Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, NOAA/UNH Joint Hydrographic Center, UNH, Durham
Topic: "New Advances in Seafloor Mapping and Data Visualization"
Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
January 8, 2004
Prof. James Gardner, Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, NOAA/UNH Joint Hydrographic Center, UNH, Durham "Deep Water Reefs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico" Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord, NH
October 16, 2003
Dr. David R. Wunsch, New Hampshire State Geologist "Old Man of the Mountain" Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord
April, 2003
Patrick J. Barosh of PJ Barosh & Associates, "The Geology of Southern New Hampshire," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
January, 2003
Bob Whitmore, owner of the Palermo Mine, "Madagascar Mineral Collecting," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
October, 2002
Nelson Eby of University of Massachusetts, Lowell, "Volcanoes - Silence Isn't Necessarily Golden," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
April, 2002
Paul Hague, former training manager and international sales director, Geophysical Survey Systems, "Recent Developments in Ground Penetrating Radar and EM Profiling," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
January, 2002
Marsha Rich, Mount Washington Observatory, "Summit Life and Research at the Mount Washington Observatory," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
October, 2001
Sam Adams, American Geological Institute, "Evolution and the Earth Scientist," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
April, 2001
Garret Graaskamp, American Groundwater Trust, "Groundwater Education - The Long-Term Solution," Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
January, 2001
Dr. David R. Wunsch, New Hampshire State Geologist, "The Role of State Geological Surveys: Implications for New Hampshire," something for everybody: interested laypeople, amateur collectors, educators, and professional geologists, Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant, Concord.
October, 2000
Gala Celebration of Earth Science Week and the 10th Anniversary of the NHGS, Honoring Gene Boudette on the occasion of his retirement as State Geologist, Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 2000
Timothy Allen of Keene State College, "Past and current work on the geology of the Karakorum Mountains, north ern Pakistan (and its similarity to New Hampshire Geology)," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
January, 2000
David E. Thompson, PE, of Haley & Aldrich, Inc., "Geotechnical Perspectives of the Big Dig," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
October, 1999
Jack Guswaw of HSI GeoTrans, "Hydrogeologic Issues of the Woburn Toxic Trial," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 1999
Michael Dyber, Renowned Gem Sculptor, "A Decade of Progress," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
January, 1999
Dr. James Skehan, Professor Emeritus at Boston College, "Some Highlights from Roadside Geology of Massachusetts," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
October, 1998
Franz Anderson, "Thoughts on the effects of ocean currents in the Great Bay Estuary," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 1998
Carl Francis, "Geologic Framework of the Palermo Pegmatite, North Groton, NH," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
January, 1998
Keith Robinson, "An Introduction to the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program in the New England Coastal Basin Region," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
October, 1997
Kendall Lund, "Recollections of a Miner, Elizabeth Copper Mine, South Stratford, Vermont," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 1997
Joe Kelley, "Shoreline changes in southern Maine: the role of human activity," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
January, 1997
Richard Moore, "New Hampshire Bedrock Aquifer Resource Assessment," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
October, 1996
Woody Thompson, "Glacial Geology of the northern White Mountains," Wayfarer Inn, Bedford
April, 1996
Suzanne O'Brien, "Climatic changes in the Holocene - A glaciochemical analysis of a Greenland ice sheet core," Merrimack Hotel, Merrimack
January, 1996
John Swallow, MicroWell Installations--Enhanced Technology for Site Investigations, Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
October, 1995
Richard Pendleton, "The Deglacial History of the Penacook Quadrangle and the Holocene Evolution of the Upper Merrimack River," Sheraton Tara, Nashua
April, 1995
Gene Boudette & Dick Lane, "Restabilization of a Roadcut," Center of New Hampshire, Manchester
January, 1995
Randy Martin & Martin Smith, "Acoustical Methods and Fracture Permeability," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
October, 1994
Dyk Eusden, "Bedrock Geology of the Presidential Range," Sheraton Tara, Bedford
April, 1994
Chris Covel, "VLF Geophysical Techniques," Sheraton Tara, Nashua
January, 1994
Andrew Koenisberg, "Rafting The Grand Canyon," High 5 Restaurant, Manchester
October, 1993
Congressman Bill Zeliff, "SuperFund Reauthorization," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
April, 1993
Brian Fowler, "Mount Washington and the Mount Washington Observatory," and Kevin Brown, "Strontium Isotopes and Weathering" (student presentation), Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
January, 1993
John Ebel, "Regional Seismicity," High 5, Manchester
October, 1992
Tim Allen, "Migmatites in the White Mountains," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
April, 1992
Bill Walsh, "Geophysical Techniques," Howard Johnson's, Nashua
January, 1992
Mark Van Baalen, "Volcanics and Tectonics," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
October, 1991
Rick Chormann, "Aquifer Mapping in New Hampshire," Yokens, Portsmouth
April, 1991
John Lyons, "The New Geologic Map of New Hampshire," Lantern, Manchester
January, 1991
Gary Smith, "Moore Reservoir Well Site," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
October, 1990
Bob Whitmore, "Mining and Mine Artifacts," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord
June, 1990
Brian Fowler, "Stability St udy of the Old Man," Cat 'n Fiddle, Concord