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Field Experiences by the Numbers

141
GIP participants
70
different NPS sites

25
GeoCorps and GIP alumni presented
their project-related work at the
Field and Research Experiences GSA 2019 Annual Meeting

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GEOCORPS AMERICA AND THE geology field camp that demonstrates
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) safety awareness, diversity, and technical
GEOSCIENTISTS-IN-THE-PARKS excellence. In May 2020, the US$10,000
(GIP) PROGRAM award went to the University of Louisiana.
Over the past 24 years, the NPS
Geoscientists-in-the-Parks program has “The award was used to update
engaged 1,912 participants in scientific our field and audiovisual
work with 207 national parks and offices. equipment. We plan to record 20
This year, GSA helped connect 141 GIP student videos on their field years of programming
participants with projects taking place at experiences so contribution
70 different NPS sites. GeoCorps America will affect a large student 55
celebrated its 20th year by renewing part- population on our campus GeoCorps participants
nerships with the U.S. Forest Service, through our intro classes.”
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and 27,082
BLM Direct Hiring Authority for Resource hours worked on projects
Assistant Internship Program. Fifty-five THE EARTHCACHE™ PROGRAM for national forests and BLM lands
GeoCorps participants contributed 27,082 The EarthCache program, a longstand-
hours to geoscience-related projects on ing partnership between GSA and
national forests and BLM lands. Twenty- Geocaching HQ (Geocaching.com), is now
five GeoCorps and GIP alumni presented in its 16th year. This educational program
their project-related work at the GSA 2019 gets members of the public outdoors to EarthCache
Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. experience geology in the field, thus The Geological Society of America ®
GSA offers its special thanks to federal increasing their knowledge and support of
partners, mentors, and partnering organiza- the geosciences. Geocaching HQ has coor-
tions like Stewards Individual Placement dinated with a team of international volun-
Program and Aerotek, Inc., for providing teers to translate the EarthCache guide- 205
career-building opportunities that support lines into other languages; 11 languages countries host an EarthCache site
the science and stewardship of public lands. were added to the website in FY20. The
GSA EarthCache web pages were updated 11
GSA/EXXONMOBIL FIELD CAMP in spring 2020 in alignment with concepts new languages were added to the
PROGRAMS that are being employed across our market- EarthCache guidelines web pages
The GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp ing and outreach efforts to achieve clearer
Excellence Award is given annually to a and simpler messaging.

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