T47 Injecting Geoscience Into Public Policy: Strategies That Work

Sunday, 27 October 2002
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Presentations

• 1:00 PM
  STATUTORY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: A MODEL FOR SUCCESS
  David R. Wunsch, New Hampshire Geological Survey, Concord, NH
  44778 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:15 PM
  A STRATEGY TO AFFECT NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY AT THE STATE LEVEL: THE KANSAS FIELD CONFERENCE
  Robert S. Sawin, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS and Rex C. Buchanan, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS and Liz Brosius, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS and James R. McCauley, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS
  42773 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:35 PM
  INJECTING GEOLOGY INTO PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH A SINKHOLE
  Thomas M. Scott, Tallahassee, FL and Guy H. Means, Tallahassee, FL
  44947 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  CONSEQUENCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE, CONNECTING THE DOTS FOR CONGRESS
  Peter F. Folger, Oakton, VA
  44670 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  HOUSE PASSAGE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2002
  Craig M. Schiffries, National Council for Sci and the Environ, Washington, DC
  43804 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  INFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY WITH SOUND SCIENCE: CURRICULUM AND THESES OF EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE & POLICY PROGRAM, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY MONTEREY BAY
  Suzanne J. Gilmore, California State Univ Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA and Douglas P. Smith, California State Univ - Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA
  42998 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  A CAUCUS APPROACH TO RAISING CONGRESSIONAL AWARENESS OF NATURAL HAZARDS
  David Applegate, American Geol Institute, Alexandria, VA and Peter F. Folger, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
  46518 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  US VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS: CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY
  Gregory E. van der Vink, Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ
  44359 (Technical Sessions)