A list of speakers, topics and locations of past meetings:

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