T214 Ensuring Geologic Controversies are Addressed with Good Science in the Classroom, the Community, and the Capitol

Tuesday, 20 October 2009
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
B113

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  GETTING IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR: It PAYS TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY BEFORE SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSIES ARISE
  Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, IL
  163060 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  CREATIONISM IN TEXAS' 2009 EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE STANDARDS
  Steven Newton, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA
  161343 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  WHEN SCIENCE IS CONTROVERSIAL MUSEUMS CAN MEDIATE WITH COMPELLING EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMMING FOR DIVERSE AUDIENCES
  Karen Wizevich, People, Places and Design Research, Northampton, MA and Maritza Macdonald, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY
  164975 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  INTRODUCING POLICYCOMNET AS A GEOSCIENCE POLICY NETWORKING SITE TO ASSIST GSA MEMBERS EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH POLICYMAKERS
  James F. Davis, Former California State Geol (retired) & Pres. COSMOS, Carmichael, CA and Richard Berg, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL and D. Craig Cooper, Energy Resoruces Recovery and Managment, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
  163458 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE, AND TRANSPARENT REGULATORY DECISION MAKING
  Miriam Juckett, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX and Bret Leslie, Arlington, VA
  162551 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  PROCESS BY WHICH THE NRC IS REVIEWING THE LICENSE APPLICATION FOR A REPOSITORY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
  Bret Leslie, Arlington, VA and Miriam Juckett, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX and Janet P. Kotra, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Bethesda, MD
  161197 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  ASBESTOS AND RATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY: ARE THESE TWO TOPICS IMMISCIBLE?
  Mickey E. Gunter, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  163362 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  FACTORS INFLUENCING NITRATE DISTRIBUTION IN GROUNDWATER OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT AREA
  Jessica Goin, S. S. Papadopulos and Associates, Portland, OR and Dimitri Vlassopoulos, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc, Portland, OR and Mark Nielson, Franklin Conservation District, Pasco, WA
  164712 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  REMEDIATION OF CHEMICAL AND RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS IN GROUNDWATER ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER - HANFORD SITE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS
  Dibakar Goswami, Washington State Department of Ecology, Richland, WA and Nancy Uziemblo, Washington State Department of Ecology, Richland, WA
  162516 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION AS A METHOD TO BENEFICIALLY USE COALBED METHANE PRODUCED WATER: INITIAL IMPACTS TO GROUNDWATER, SOIL WATER, AND SURFACE WATER
  Mark A. Engle, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Carleton R. Bern, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Richard W. Healy, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and James Sams, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA and John Zupancic, BeneTerra, LLC, Sheridan, WY and Karl T. Schroeder, U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA
  162485 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  WATER RESOURCES AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION FROM THE MARCELLUS SHALE
  Daniel Soeder, U.S. Department of Energy, Morgantown, WV
  166144 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  LOOKING BACK TO WATER USE PROJECTIONS IN THE GAS-PRODUCING BARNETT SHALE OF NORTH TEXAS
  Jean-Philippe Nicot, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  164758 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  AVAILABILITY AND INTERDEPENDENCY: EVALUATING THE ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GROUNDWATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY GENERATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS
  Suzanne A. Pierce, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  164303 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS TO ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; HOW WATER RESOURCE LIMITATIONS CONSTRAIN DECISION MAKING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION
  D. Craig Cooper, Energy Resoruces Recovery and Managment, Idaho Falls, ID and Gerald Sehlke, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID and Thomas R. Wood, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
  164141 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  TREATING GEORGIA'S ADDICTION TO WATER WITH GEOLOGY
  Robin John McDowell, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  164377 (Technical Sessions)