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Updated Position Statements

GSA Council recently approved minor revisions to two that affect these resources. Geoscience information is critical
position statements: “Integrating Geoscience with Sustainable to addressing natural and human-induced hazards, such as
Land-Use Management” and “The Role of the Geoscientist in landslides, earthquakes, subsidence and sinkholes, floods, or
Assuring the Safety and Integrity of Infrastructure.” Summaries droughts; natural resource availability, such as energy, water,
are below; full versions of all position statements are online at soils and mineral resources; and environmental issues, such as
www.geosociety.org/positionstatements. GSA members are soil erosion, changes to surface- and groundwater quantity and
encouraged to use the statements as geoscience communication quality, and wetland destruction. Therefore, geoscience should
tools when interacting with policy makers, students, colleagues, be incorporated into all land and natural resources management
and the general public. decisions to enhance their integrity and sustainability.

Integrating Geoscience with Sustainable Land-Use The Role of the Geoscientist in Assuring the Safety and
Management Integrity of Infrastructure
To ensure sustainable land-management practices that meet Geoscientists have a fundamental role in the engineering and
present and future needs of people and the natural systems on architectural design, planning, construction, and maintenance of
which they depend, the Geological Society of America (GSA) infrastructure systems in the built environment, and in under-
advocates use of comprehensive earth-science information in standing the functionality and sustainability of natural infrastruc-
land-use planning and decision making. The geosciences ture, with respect to their relationship to local geology, hazards,
address the origin, character, and interconnection of natural and the environmental setting.
resources, as well as the natural and human-induced processes

36th International Geological Congress (IGC)

Mentoring and Travel Grant Program

Delhi, India | 2–8 March 2020

GSA is accepting applications for its mentoring and travel-grant Applications must be received electronically no later than
program to the 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) in 30 Sept. 2019 at https://rock.geosociety.org/eo/igc.
Delhi, India. Graduate students and early career professionals
(within seven years of receiving their Ph.D.) are welcome to apply. This program is organized in collaboration with the GSA
To be eligible, the applicant must be a resident or citizen of the Foundation, the U.S. National Committee for Geological
United States and be enrolled in, or employed at, a U.S. institu- Sciences (of the National Academy of Sciences), and the Society
tion. Each award is anticipated to be a maximum of US$3,500. of Economic Geologists.

Complete applications will consist of Questions? Contact Jennifer Nocerino, jnocerino@geosociety
• An online application form; .org, +1-303-357-1036.
• A cover letter addressing your reasons for attending the meeting;
• A prioritized budget of expenses;
• A copy of your submitted abstract; and
• One letter of recommendation.

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