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FY2019 GSA ANNUAL REPORT

Marie Jimenez at work during her
2018 National Park Service Geo-
scientists-in-the-Parks position at
Fossil Butte National Monument.

FIELD AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

GeoCorps America and the National Park Service Geoscientists-in-the-
TM
Parks Program
GSA is driven to provide young scientists with
real-world experiences that enable their learning and
contributions beyond the classroom. Through part-
nerships in GeoCorps America and the National
Park Service Geoscientists-in-the-Parks program
(NPS-GIP), GSA supports our community’s
involvement in science-driven projects that help meet the current scientific questions,
management needs, and stewardship goals of public lands nationwide. GSA partnered
with federal agencies, including the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the
Bureau of Land Management, and other organizations, including the Stewards Individual
Placement Program and Aerotek Inc., to engage more than 185 participants through these
programs in FY2019. “I am hugely grateful that this sort of recogni-
tion exists.”

The EarthCache™ Program GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp
The EarthCache program, a longstanding partnership between Programs
GSA and Geocaching HQ (Geocaching.com), is now in its 15th year. The GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp
This educational program gets members of the public outdoors to Excellence Award is given annually to a
EarthCache
experience geology in the field, thus increasing their knowledge geology field camp that demonstrates safety
The Geological Society of America ®
and support of the geosciences. At the 2018 Annual Meeting, GSA awareness, diversity, and technical excel-
hosted a series of presentations about Indiana geology aimed at the lence. In May 2019, the US$10,000 award
geocaching community, educators, and the general public, with the goal of engaging went to the University of California
more people in the Earth-Cache program and in the geosciences. In February 2019, Riverside.
14 members of the volunteer review team joined GSA and Geocaching HQ staff for a The GSA/ExxonMobil Bighorn Basin
teleconference to discuss the program, which resulted in some positive updates to the Field Award offers students and faculty
guidelines for participants. There are more than 28,500 EarthCaches in 205 countries. an introduction to integrated basin and
petroleum systems analysis and is taught
by ExxonMobil staff. In August 2019,
three faculty, seven graduate students,
and 15 undergraduate awardees headed
to the Bighorn Basin.

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