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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS New and Revised
John C. Frye Environmental GSA Position Statements
Geology Award
GSA Council has approved a new position statement and a major
Deadline: 31 March revision to an existing statement. In addition to the summary state-
ment below, full versions of these and all position statements are
What’s the best paper on environmental geology available online at www.geosociety.org/positions/. GSA members
you’ve read lately? are encouraged to use the statements as geoscience communication
tools when interacting with policy makers, students, colleagues, and
This US$1,000 cash award recognizes the best paper on envi- the general public.
ronmental geology published by GSA or by a state geological
survey within the past three years. To nominate a report, please The Role of the Geoscientist in Building and Maintaining
submit a letter describing its importance, with up to three letters Infrastructure (New)
from users of the publication, along with three copies of the publi-
cation, to GSA Membership Recruitment and Programs, The Geoscientists have a fundamental role in the engineering and
Geological Society of America, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301- architectural design, planning, construction, and maintenance of
9140, USA, awards@geosociety.org. For more information, go to infrastructure systems with respect to their relationship to local
www.geosociety.org/awards/fryhow.htm. geology, hazards, and the environmental setting.
Integrating Geoscience with Sustainable Land-Use
Management (Revised)
To ensure sustainable land-management practices that meet
present and future needs of people and the natural systems on which
they depend, GSA advocates the use of comprehensive earth-science
information in land-use planning and decision making. The geosci-
ences address the origin, character, and interconnection of natural
resources, as well as the natural and human-induced processes that
affect these resources. Earth-science information is critical to
addressing natural and human-induced hazards, such as landslides,
earthquakes, subsidence and sinkholes, floods, or droughts; natural
resource availability, such as energy, water, soils and mineral
resources; and environmental issues, such as soil erosion, surface
water quantity and quality, groundwater supply and contamination,
and wetland destruction. Therefore, earth science should be incor-
porated into all land and natural resources management decisions to
enhance their integrity and sustainability.
GSA TODAY | MARCH/APRIL 2015 Browse GSA’s Journals & Books at www.gsapubs.org.
Geology – GSA Bulletin – Geosphere – Lithosphere
Special Papers – Memoirs – Field Guides – Reviews in Engineering Geology
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