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• Webinar: Applied Geosciences to Solve Humanitarian Challenges Globally—A Geoscientists without Borders® Experience (60 mins.)

  • When
    January 23, 2025
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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Webinar
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  Applied Geosciences to Solve Humanitarian Challenges Globally—A Geoscientists without Borders® Experience

  Presenter

  Pallavi Bharadwaj, Program Manager

  Geoscientists without Borders ® (GWB)

  Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)

  
  

  Within 72 hours and after auditing participation, PCPG will circulate a PDH certificate documenting registrant’s participation time, not to exceed 60 minutes.

  Level: Basic/Intermediate
  

  Webinar Overview:  This webinar will discuss how applied geoscience, when used appropriately, helps solve humanitarian challenges such as identifying potable water resources’ location and help disaster risk reduction for global communities. 

  Who should attend:  All disciplines of geology, geophysics, geoscience community including seismologists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists and more are welcome to attend this presentation. This webinar will touch upon the applied geosciences technology and equipment used and dabble into the broader impact of these efforts to alleviate humanitarian challenges such as lack of clean water, food security and disaster risks posed from tsunami, landslides, earthquakes and volcanoes.

  About our presenter: 

  Pallavi Bharadwaj - Pallavi Bharadwaj is Program Manager- Geoscientists without Borders ® (GWB) at Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), which is an SEG Foundation supported program. She manages GWB with support from a voluntary Steering Committee and a Technical Review Subcommittee. She also helps all GWB project investigators and their teams, who work with communities in need get access to clean water and gain disaster risk preparedness globally. She has a graduate degree in Environmental Sciences and Public Health, and over two decades of international development program management experience.  

  Please read:  After registering on our site you'll receive a PCPG confirmation email indicating Action Required in the subject line. Your registration is not complete until you click through the unique link in that email directing you to the GoToWebinar web site, enter your name, email address, consent to terms and conditions, and click the Register button.  Check your spam filter if you do not see the PCPG 'Action Required' email within 60 seconds of registering, here; or ask IT to release the Email.  If you use Gmail, our system workflow emails are received into some other Gmail folder.  Please check all Gmail folders and white-list @pcpg.org emails.

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• Carlisle PA Continental Drifters (Networking)

  • When
    February 11, 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Molly Pitchard Brewing, 2nd Floor, Carlisle, PA

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  Carlisle PA Continental Drifters
  

  Join PCPG for conversation and complimentary beer/wine/soda and munchies on Tuesday, February 11th from 5:30-7:30 PM at Molly Pitchard Brewing Company, 2nd floor, 139 West High Street, Carlisle, PA.  Complimentary registration is requested.

  Street parking only. Lot behind building is private and cars will be towed.

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• Webinar: A Centimeter-scale Study of the Upper Devonian Frasnian/Famennian Boundary Interval in the northern Appalachian Basin: Insights into Depositional Environments, Basin Hydrography, and Implications for Resource Exploration (60 mins.)

  • When
    February 18, 2025
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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Webinar
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  A Centimeter-scale Study of the Upper Devonian Frasnian/Famennian Boundary Interval in the northern Appalachian Basin: Insights into Depositional Environments, Basin Hydrography, and Implications for Resource Exploration

  Presenter

  Randy Blood

  DRB Geological Consulting
  

  
  

  Within 72 hours and after auditing participation, PCPG will circulate a PDH certificate documenting registrant’s participation time, not to exceed 60 minutes.

  Level: Intermediate
  

  Webinar Overview:  The webinar will cover stratigraphy, sedimentology, and basin hydrography of shale dominated strata in the Appalachian Basin, and the methods and analyses applicable to understanding these depositional systems and resource accumulations. The goal of the talk is to demonstrate the importance of holistic approaches to data collection and interpretation.

  Who should attend:  This webinar should be attended by anyone trying to understand stratigraphy and sedimentology of shale-dominated strata, for both academic and/or economic reasons.

  About our presenter:  D. Randy Blood is an accomplished petroleum geologist with over 20 years of experience in petroleum geology, specializing in unconventional resources and sedimentary basins. He holds an M.S. in Geology from the University at Buffalo and has worked for major energy companies like Chesapeake Energy and EQT Production. In 2019, he founded DRB Geological Consulting.

  Mr. Blood's research, particularly on the Marcellus and Utica Shales in the Appalachian Basin, has earned him multiple awards. He has authored numerous publications, presented at international conferences, and led numerous field expeditions. In 2021, he co-founded Wildlands Research, focusing on critical minerals in sedimentary basins.

  As a Corresponding Member of the International Commission on Stratigraphy Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy and a member of the DAGGER Group's Affiliated Science Team, Blood continues to contribute significantly to the field of geology, shaping our understanding of geological resources and their implications for energy and mineral exploration.

  
  

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• PCPG Annual Meeting & Education Sessions (290 mins.)

  • When
    February 27, 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Best Western Central Hotel & Conference Center 800 East Park Drive Harrisburg, PA
  • Spaces left
    58

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  PCPG Annual Meeting & Education Sessions
  

  Be sure to visit the Barb Dunst Memorial Fund Tricky Tray prize page before you begin enrollment. You will have the opportunity to purchase sheets of tickets during the enrollment process.
  

  The Best Western Central Hotel & Conference Center

  Ballroom A/B/C
  

  800 East Park Drive
  Harrisburg, PA  17111

  8:30 AM - 6:00 PM

  
  

  Download agenda with session descriptions & bios
  

  
  

  8:30-9:30

  Arrivals, Registration, Networking, Morning Refreshments

  
  

  9:30-4:30

  Program (see below)
  

  
  

  Hydrostructural Geology: Examining Anisotropy of Flow and Solute Distribution in Bedrock Aquifers

  Thomas D. Gillespie, P.G., Principal Geologist (Gilmore & Associates, Inc.)

  An innovative approach to reducing mercury in a groundwater remediation system

  Richard Hazenstab, PG, Coordinator of Operations and Environmental Programs (York County Solid Waste Authority)

  Overview of the orphan well site plugging, remediation and reclamation program

  Don Hegburg, PG, Program Manager, Office of Oil and Gas Management Subsurface Planning and Development (PA Department of Environmental Protection)

  Mapping Groundwater Recharge Potential in the Susquehanna River Basin

  Graham Markowitz, PG, Hydrologist (Susquehanna River Basin Commission)

  Complaints and Disciplinary Actions Against Professional Licensees Overseen by the Pennsylvania Department of State

  A BPOA: State Licensing Board Prosecutions

  Angela Solomon, Prosecuting Attorney, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (PA Department of State)

  
  

  4:30-6:00

  Continental Drifters Networking Event & Tricky Tray Fundraiser for Bard Dunst Memorial Fund

  
  

  Be sure to visit the Tricky Tray prize page before enrolling for meeting. Option to purchase tickets available at time of enrollment.
  

  
  

  Hotel Room Block: Group room rate of $115.95++ expires January 15 or when sold out. Phone hotel by dialing 717.561.2800 and request PA Council of Professional Geologists rate. Be sure to verify cancellation policy.

  
  

  
  

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• Western PA Continental Drifters (Networking)

  • When
    March 06, 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    The Sports Grille Cranberry, 1294 Freedom Road, Cranberry Township, PA 16066

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  Western PA Continental Drifters
  

  Join PCPG for conversation and complimentary beer/wine/soda and snacks on Thursday, March 6th from 5:30-7:30 PM at The Sports Grille Cranberry.  Complimentary registration is requested.

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• Southeastern PA Continental Drifters (Networking)

  • When
    March 12, 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Victory Brewery, 420 Acorn Lane, Downingtown, PA 19335

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  Southeastern PA Continental Drifters
  

  Join PCPG for conversation and complimentary beer/wine/soda and snacks on Wednesday, March 12th from 5:30-7:30 PM at Victory Brewery Company Downington.  Complimentary registration is requested.
  

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• PCPG Memorial Fund Honoring Barbara J. Dunst, P.G., C.P.G.

  • Start
    December 31, 2025
  • End
    December 31, 2029

  Barbara J. Dunst, P.G., C.P.G. Memorial Fund
  

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  Dear PCPG Community,

  Barb passed away unexpectedly at Akron General Hospital on August 29, 2022.

  PCPG extends its deepest condolences to her husband Brian, their four children, her professional colleagues at Musser Engineering, Inc., where she was employed as Senior Regional Director, and all in the geologic community who had the privilege and honor to know and work with Barb throughout her career.

  With her husband’s support and guidance, PCPG plans to establish a memorial initiative honoring Barb’s boundless energy and passion both for PCPG, and geology.

  A champion of PCPG’s mission, Barb was currently serving as Communications Committee co-chair and past president. She spent nearly a decade sharing her passion through service to PCPG. While winding down her term this year, she continued to be a dedicated participant preparing for PCPG’s November strategic planning session and recently delivered the Economic Geology-Mining component of the PCPG PG Review Course webinar series. Barb served two 3-year terms as an elected board member (2013-2018), five years as Membership Services chair (2014-2018), President Elect (2019), and two 1-year terms PCPG President (2020, 2021).

  Barb will be dearly missed by the PCPG community and will be remembered in many ways, but perhaps most notably by our members as a friendly, well-respected Professional Geologist who was a continuous source of wonderful ideas – ideas that greatly strengthened and advanced our organization.

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• Certificate Replacement

  • When
    January 01, 2026
  • Location
    See order form

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  To order a replacement certificate for a previously attended PCPG event, please complete the order form and remit payment.
  
  Replacement will occur only if attendee initialed the sign-in/sign-out sheet.
  
  During busy periods, certificate replacement may take 7-10 days.
  
  Questions? Contact Rose Jeffries by phoning (717) 730-9745.
  

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