Digital Mapping Techniques, Rolla Missouri, May 17-20 2020

The Digital Mapping Techniques workshop series ("DMT") brings together scientists, cartographers, and GIS specialists, from State and Federal agencies, as well as Universities, the private sector, and international colleagues. This annual series of workshops began in 1997. It is a highly regarded venue that has contributed to the development and evolution of digital mapping techniques, standards, and guidelines both in the United States and internationally.
https://dmt-2020-modnr.hub.arcgis.com/

Geologic Mapping Forum, Minneapolis, April 7-9, 2020

At the Geologic Mapping Forum in Minneapolis in April, ~100 geological map authors, program managers and allied professionals from geological surveys and associated agencies will meet to discuss the status and future of geological mapping in the USA. The meeting will be hosted by Minnesota Geological Survey on the University of Minnesota campus.
https://www.mngs.umn.edu/GMF2020.html

AASG Annual Meeting at Lake Tahoe, NV (June 7-11)

The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology is hosting the 2020 annual meeting for AASG at a stunning location. Situated in the Carson Range above Lake Tahoe, The Ridge Tahoe Resort overlooks beautiful Carson Valley and its fascinating geology and is surrounded by the rich natural beauty and mining history of the west. The area is a popular destination for outdoor recreation and offers world class hiking and biking trails, water activities, skiing and much more.

https://www.unr.edu/aasg

2020 Pick and Gavel recipient, US Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia

The 2020 recipient of the AASG Pick and Gavel award is US Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The Pick and Gavel Dinner is held in Washington D.C.  at the Cosmos Club, whose history is steeped in geology. One of its founders and first presidents was John Wesley Powell, 1881 -1894 USGS Director and explorer of the Grand Canyon, and its membership has included many renowned geologists. The Award consists of a mounted mineral, fossil, or rock, with a symbol that includes a geologist's pick, a policy-maker's gavel, and the Capitol, where geologists and policy-makers work together to respond to the needs of the nation.

Go-ahead for NGMDB Phase Three

In 1992, the National Geologic Mapping Act (NGMA) authorized the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP), now led by John Brock of USGS, whose purpose is to build the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB). Under the leadership of Dave Soller of USGS, NGMDB consists of the Phase One Catalog, the Phase Two standards, and the Phase Three seamless database. In December 2019, Congress directed that Phase Three go ahead, to bring together detailed, national, and continental-resolution 2D and 3D information produced throughout the Survey and by federal and state partners.