AASG Distinguished Service Award to Jim Faulds

At the 2025 AASG Annual Meeting in Louisiana, AASG President Jessica Moore of WV presented the AASG Distinguished Service Award to Jim Faulds of NV. The DSA goes to particularly deserving, living, retired or retiring AASG people other than current officers who deserve to be recognized for the excellence of their efforts over the long term, in particular through AASG. Jim was State Geologist of NV from 2012-2024; AASG President, 2022-2023; President Elect, 2021-2022; Vice President, 1920-2021; and Annual Meeting Host, 2022. Recently, he co-led the Economic Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Geological Mapping in the United States of America from 1994 to 2019. Thanks for your service, Jim!

AASG Distinguished Service Award to Dick Berg

At the 2025 AASG Annual Meeting in Louisiana, AASG President Jessica Moore of WV presented the AASG Distinguished Service Award to Dick Berg of IL. The DSA goes to particularly deserving, living, retired or retiring AASG people other than current officers who deserve to be recognized for the excellence of their efforts over the long term, in particular through AASG. Dick was State Geologist of IL from 2014-2025. He served as AASG Editor from 2019 to 2021, and has been a Committee Chair. As an example of his diverse and highly admirable service, for many years, he has been a leader of the Great Lakes Geological Mapping Coalition. Recently, he co-led the Economic Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Geological Mapping in the United States of America from 1994 to 2019. Thanks for your service, Dick!

New AASG Officers elected

At the 2025 Annual Meeting in Louisiana, AASG Members elected their 2025-2026 Officers. The Past President will be Jessica Moore of WV, and Matt Morgan of CO will move up from President Elect to President. Ruarri Day-Stirrat of OR – pictured here – will be President Elect, and Nick Hayman of OK will be Vice President. Returning junior Executive are Treasurer Claudio Berti of ID and Secretary Harley Means of FL. The non-Executive Officers will be Casey Hanell of WA returning as Editor, Matthew Heller of VA returning as Statistician, and Scott Howard of SC coming in as Historian. Thanks to all for your willingness to lead!

AASG Presidential Award to Matt Morgan

At the 2025 AASG Annual Meeting in Louisiana, AASG President Jessica Moore of WV presented the AASG Presidential Award to Matt Morgan, State Geologist of Colorado. It is AASG tradition for the outgoing President to have the option to present AASG Presidential Awards, to recognize extraordinary service to the objectives of AASG by one or more active member(s) of the AASG community during recent time, or by friends of AASG over the long term. Thank-you for your service, Matt!

Matt Morgan of Colorado, 2025-2026 AASG President

Matt Morgan, State Geologist and Director at the Colorado Geological Survey since 2022, will be the 2025-2026 AASG President on July 1st. Matt was AASG VP in 2024-2025, and 2023 Annual Meeting Host. Matt received his bachelor’s degree in Geology from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 1996. He received a Professional Degree in GIS and Remote Sensing from University of Denver in 1997, and a Master’s degree in geology from the Colorado School of Mines in 2006. He also studied advanced project management at the Stanford School of Business in 2015. He was with the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources from 1993 to 1995. He joined the Colorado Survey in 1996, and became Deputy Director in 2015. Thanks for your leadership, Matt!