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!