Karen Berry, AASG President, 2018-2019

On July 1st, 2018, Karen Berry, State Geologist of Colorado, will become AASG President. Karen has been with the Colorado survey since 1999. Previously, she was an exploration geologist in Texas, engineering geologist in Arizona, geotechnical reclamation specialist, and a county geologist. She serves on several boards and commissions. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in geological engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 1982.

Frye Award to Texas

The AASG/GSA Frye Award recognizes the best nominated state geological survey publications in environmental geology. The 2018 Frye Award has been presented to Texas authors, for the 2017 publication, “Geological CO2 Sequestration Atlas for Miocene Strata Offshore Texas State Waters”, edited by R. H. Treviño and T. A. Meckel

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/node/4086

Mankin Award to New Mexico

The AASG Mankin Award recognizes the best nominated state geological survey publications in regional, energy, or mineral resource geology, with an emphasis on surface or subsurface geologic mapping, compilations, and associated reports. The 2018 Mankin Award has been presented to New Mexico authors, for Memoir 50 — Energy and Mineral Resources of New Mexico

https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/memoirs/50/