Scientist Emeritus Accomplishments – collected May/June 2014

Information obtained about 71 of USGS Scientists Emeriti

Les ArihoodI am assisting the Groundwater Resources Program in using my GIS programs (based on arc macro language or AML) to convert State well log data bases into data sets (point coverages) useful for hydrologic analysis. The programs convert a state’s computerized well log records into a point coverage containing each well’s lithology, water level, well depth, land-surface altitude, screen and casing information, construction date, water use, owner, and specific capacity data (pump rate, pumping time, and resulting drawdown) whenever available. The greatest value from this effort comes from converting a driller’s lithologic description, which follows no particular protocol, into standardized USGS lithologic codes. Then those lithologic codes are further defined into either coarse or fine grained deposits. This effort unlocks a vast geologic data source that was previously unavailable for hydrologists interested in:1. Measuring the total thickness of sand and gravel deposits in the glacial deposits or the total

thickness in any given interval of the glacial deposits2. Estimating horizontal and vertical hydraulic conductivity, as well as transmissivity 3. Visualizing in three dimensions the extent of aquifers and confining units4. Obtaining input for horizontal and vertical hydraulic conductivity for groundwater models5. Assessing groundwater vulnerability through measuring the total fine-grain deposits above a

water-supply well screen6. Calculating low-flow and recharge statistics from the measurement and position of sand and

gravel content in the glacial deposits7. Water-level data points 8. Water use informationThrough use of the AML’s, the project is producing state-wide GIS grids of:1. Average horizontal hydraulic conductivity of the glacial deposits based on percent of coarse-

grained deposits2. Average vertical hydraulic conductivity of the glacial deposits based on the distribution of

coarse- and fine-grained deposits3. Total transmissivity of the glacial deposits based on an assumed value of 100 ft/d for sand

and gravel hydraulic conductivity4. Total sand and gravel thickness within the glacial deposits5. Thickness of the glacial deposits6. Actual hydraulic conductivity and transmissivity based on specific capacity data from the

well logs7. Bedrock surface altitude

In addition to the grids, the AML’s generate a State-wide figure of the location of large pumpages and a zip file that contains the necessary data sets and programming to generate geologic cross sections for any area in the State. The data sets generated have already been used by the National Cancer Institute and by groundwater modelers in the NAWQA program and in the Willison Basin project that extends through Montana, North Dakota, and Canada. The data has been considered so valuable to NAWQA goals that the NAWQA program has given the Indiana office funds to enter pdf file

records of well logs into computerized text files that can be processed into the point coverages for their vulnerability analysis and computer modeling. The grids are also being used by the Indiana office in an innovative manner to help predict low-flow statistics at ungagged sites in Indiana. We are currently looking for an opportunity to use the grids to help predict recharge rates and recharge rate recurrence intervals for a State.

John Behrendt I gave several invited public lectures on the history of Antarctic geophysics since 1956

(International Geophysical Year), also a Pardee lecture at the 2013 GSA meeting. I reviewed several scientific manuscripts and proposals. I presented scientific talks at West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) meeting, GSA meeting and

AGU meeting. I wrote an invited “New and Views” short article for Nature Geoscience. I have been a scientist emeritus since 1995 and during this time I have authored or

coauthored 24 peer reviewed scientific papers in national and international journals and two books. I have also published abstracts and made presentations at 3-4 national and international scientific meetings each year.

I am a Senior Research Scientist, and Fellow Emeritus at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder where my office is located.

Kenneth Bencala Journal Reviews

o Water Resources Research (7) o Reviews of Geophysics (2)

USGS Colleague Review o Washington Water Science Center

Proposal Reviews o NSF - Hydrologic Science (2)o Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research

Professional Recommendation and Review o US Forest Serviceo Montana State Universityo University of Colorado

Letters of Support o AGU Honors nominations (3)

For the AGU Fall 2012 Meeting, the following session was organized. The session recognized the significance of long-term research conducted by USGS and university colleague in flow and transport influenced by groundwater-surface water connections.Session: Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions: Three Decades of Transient Storage Analysis to Understand River Transport and Watershed ConnectionConveners:Adam S Ward, University of Iowa; Judson W Harvey, USGS; Roy Haggerty, Oregon State UniversityDescription:

"Bencala & Walters' Simulation of solute transport in a mountain pool-and-riffle stream: A transient storage model (1983) has been cited 320 times, making it one of the most referenced Water Resources Research papers (99.5th percentile). This work is largely responsible recognizing transient storage as an important hydrological phenomenon in streams and helped to launch collaborations between ecologists and hydrologists. We invite contributions on developments in measurement of transient storage (via tracers or pairing with other techniques), new applications of the transient storage concept, and new ideas for modeling transient storage.

The Invited Abstract of Aaron I Packard, Northwestern University, reflects upon the significance: Reflections on solute transport in rivers: Historical developments, present approaches, and future promise.Thirty years after Bencala and Walters’ landmark paper on transient storage seems like a good time to reflect on our understanding of hyporheic exchange and solute transport in rivers. Bencala and Walters’ work, and the related fieldwork of many others at the U.S. Geological Survey, changed the paradigm for flow in river corridors. Previously, the prevailing view had been that in-stream transport was regulated primarily by advection and dispersion. This thinking was rooted in well-established theory derived from the work of G.I. Taylor on dispersion processes, and supported by extensive fieldwork in the 1960’s and 1970’s. River and groundwater flow were strictly separated at the channel boundary. After Bencala and Walters (and a lot of follow-up work!) we now understand that water continuously exchanges across stream channel boundaries. This has profound implications for not only solute transport in rivers, but also a wide variety of biogeochemical, ecological, and even geomorphological processes. In this talk, I will review the historical development of theory for solute transport in rivers, try to convey why Bencala and Walters was so important to both hydrology and biogeochemistry, and discuss how recent developments in measurement methods and stochastic transport theory can be used to further advance our understanding of surface-groundwater connectivity.

George Billingsley The Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon was selected as a main focus of National Geologic

Map Day, coming up on October 13, 2014. NGM Day is sponsored by AGI, NPS, USGS, and other organizations.

Working to scan and archive a career’s worth of slides of the geology and biology of the Grand Canyon for eventual publication as a web site or Google Earth.

Dale BlevensThe only committee that I am now participating in is the Missouri River Basin Interagency Roundtable's Sediment Management Workgroup.  We try to find sediment objectives for the Missouri River that the USACE, USFWS, USEPA, and the NPS can agree to. Not sure if it counts, but I am also on the Board of the Missouri Prairie Foundation. I'm not in an official mentorship program, but continue to consult with MWSC management (mostly Kansas City Office) on various issues - both new and old.

Jim Bliss

Taken over administration and indexing of four mineral resources archives: the Latin American Archive consisting of 55 feet of files, 61 feet of books and journals, and

39 drawers of maps, the Art Daily Placer collection, 25 feet of files on placer mineral deposits world-wide; 3) the Union Carbide Data Archive, 68 feet of files on tungsten deposits and exploration and

27 feet of phosphate. There is no index, and Jim has started to compile this. 4) The Dan Mosier Modeling Data Archive, an index of mineral deposits worldwide that

needs to be indexed.

Art Bookstrom I retired and went on Emeritus status at the beginning of 2011. I spent the first year and a half

helping to finish the USGS global mineral resource assessment for undiscovered porphyry copper deposits. Since then I've been working on a lithotectonic database and derivative maps of the northern Rocky Mountain region and a geologic map of the Blackbird Co-Cu mine area (where I once worked on mineral resources of the Salmon National Forest). Based on that work, I led a field trip of the Idaho cobalt belt for the Tobacco Root Geological Society and the Belt Association in late July-early August of 2013. 

While working on the Blackbird map, I mentored my field assistant, Shane Koski, an undergraduate intern from Eastern Washington University, who is now applying to graduate schools with the intention to get a PhD in geology. 

This year, I have been helping Niki Winzer, a young USGS geologist, get started on a structural geologic study of the Yellowpine Au-Sb-W deposit in the Payette National Forest, where I once did a mineral-resource assessment project.

On June 3-4, I will lead 2-days of morning and afternoon field sessions for grade-school students, showing them geologic features in the Dishman Hills urban forest in Spokane, WA.

On June 10, I will lead a field trip of the Coeur d'Alene drainage basin, downstream from the Coeur d'Alene Pb-Zn-Ag district. This trip is for environmental geology students from Richard Stockton College (NJ). I will show them results of previous USGS work on the character and distribution metals-contaminated sediments in the Coeur d'Alene River valley.

On Aug. 3-10, I will help Steve Ludington and Niki Winzer run a week-long field trip for visiting Chinese geologists. We will visit the Yellowpine mine, the Blackbird Co-Cu deposit, and the Bingham porphyry Cu mine. 

I continue to attend (and represent USGS) at meetings of the Geological Society of America, the Tobacco Root Geological Society (for studies of the northern Rocky Mountain region), the Belt Association (for studies of the Belt-Purcell basin), the Columbia Basin Geological Society, the local chapter of AIME, and the Ice-Age Floods Institute. 

Roger Borcherdt Member of two EERI committees (Oral History and Strong Motion) Serves on the Engineering Criteria Review Board for the San Francisco Bay Conservation

and Development Commission Consults with representatives of the Canadian building code group Responds to media requests, including about the new Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge

Michael BothnerMentorships:

During this calendar year I have been contributing research advice and laboratory assistance to two post-docs who have been using the mercury analysis instrumentation at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. A rewarding exchange of information concerning mercury research has been with Dr. Pryia Ganguli, (Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and Dr. Anjali Kumar, (Postdoctoral Associate in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).In March 2013, I provided training and the loan of the USGS Hydraulically Damped Gravity Corer to Dr. Linda Kalnejais, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire. Dr. Kalnejais requested this assistance in order to collect undisturbed sediment cores from Massachusetts Bay.Similar assistance was given to Dr. Timothy Kenna, Associate Research Professor, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, who needed to collect undisturbed sediment cores from Long Island Sound in June 2013.

Public Lecture:"Mercury Contamination in Coastal Environments: Should We Worry?"February 2, 2013. Hosted by the Harwich Conservation TrustHarwich Community Center, 100 Oak Street, Harwich, MA

Dave Brew Technical Review Committee of the Resort of Squaw Creek, California. Evaluates water

quality runoff from golf course, and directs needed changes in the operating or monitoring plan.

Squaw Valley Public Service District , S.V. Mutual Water company, S.V. Municipal Advisory Council, and S.V. Design Review committee participant. Dave brings understanding of geology to these councils.

Art Bookstrom Serving as mentor on geology and ore deposits of Yellow Pine, Idaho, mineral deposit

district. Lead several field trips, Yellow Pine, Blackbird, Coeur d’Alene districts for Tobacco Root

Geological Society, Geological Society of America, and universities. Present several talks at GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting and Tobacco Root Geological

Society meetings Lead local Spokane field trips for junior high schools. Review GMEG and outside journals.

Laurel Bybell Continue work with Sky Bristol and Ricardo McClees-Funinan to develop a USGS Paleo

Database that will be connected to the PaleoBioDB. This database will contain as much of the USGS paleontology information as possible.

Continue to be a member of the NAGT committee. Serve as Scientist Emeritus Liaison with Scientists Emeriti and OSQI Collect Scientist Emeritus accomplishment data Primary collector and organizer of USGS Bradley Scholar Program data and served on

evaluation committee

Editor for International Nannoplankton Association 14th Conference Abstracts (2013) Co-constructor of INA14 Web site Will be editor for International Nannoplankton Association 15th Conference Abstracts (2015) Review several scientific papers each year

Jim Calzia Lecturer, Volunteer-in-Park and Roads Scholar Programs in Death Valley National Park, Jan

2014 to present Bradley Scholar, FY13-14, and FY12; Research title: Late Cenozoic magmatism and

tectonics of the southern Death Valley region, CA: Evolution of an extensional terrain. Coordinator, three papers at the 24th Goldschmidt Conference, Sacramento, CA, June 12-13,

2014; five papers in Geology of the Greenwater Range: The dawn of Death Valley, one of two field trip guidebooks for the First Death Valley Natural History Association Conference (in press); and the workshop Magmatism in the central Death Valley volcanic field, Menlo Park, CA, Dec 2011. Currently planning Neogene crustal extension and coeval magmatism in Death Valley, CA, a five-day field trip scheduled for Fall 2015.

Speaker and co-Field Trip leader at the First Death Valley Natural History Association Conference: Death Valley, Furnace Creek, Nov 15-17, 2013

Coordinator, Lauren A Wright Memorial Service: Shoshone, CA, March 23, 2013 Instructor, Extensional tectonics and the Basin and Range: Finnish Doctoral Program Short

Course, Department of Geosciences, University of Helsinki, Oct 15-19, 2012 Speaker, Neotectonics of the Basin and Range, USA: University of Helsinki Seminar in

Evolving Continents, Oct 18, 2012 Speaker, Ask-A-Geologist booth, USGS Open House, May 19-20, 2012 Speaker, Society Advancing Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National

Conference, San Jose, CA, Oct 2011 Co-Leader, Field Excursion to the western US (Vasara): University of Helsinki, Division of

Geology Annual Student Field Trip, Aug 18-30, 2011 Speaker, Career Day at Borel Middle School, San Mateo, CA, Dec 12, 2013; and John Muir

Middle School, San Jose, CA, May 18, 2012Paul Carrara May 2013 - Gave talk to Geology Club, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh,

“Snowmastodon site at Snowmass Village, Colorado” September 2013 - Gave talk to undergraduate geography class, University of Colorado at

Denver, “Snowmastodon site at Snowmass Village, Colorado” November 2013 – Announced that Lisa Binder, Mary Berger, and Paul Carrara won a USGS

Shoemaker Award for the “Surficial geologic map of Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado”.

Am a volunteer with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on their Snowmastodon Project. 

Thomas J. Casadevall Support for several international activities on behalf of the USGS; on advancing a variety of

activities in the area of Geologic Heritage; and for support of USGS work on volcanic hazards and aviation safety.

As chair of the USNC for IUGS, my time during FY2013 was focused on working with NSF and NAS to secure out-year funding for the USNC’s activities. I was the program chairman of the December 2012 meeting US National Committee Chairs hosted by the Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO) in Washington DC. I stepped down as chair of the US National Committee for IUGS in October 2013 and will continue as past-chair of the committee for a four-year appointment.

A major task for FY 2013 was the planning and convening of an invitational workshop on “America’s Geological Heritage” which was held in Denver in March 2013. The USNC for IUGS was the principal convener of the workshop, while the USGS, NPS, USFS, AGI, GSA, and the Colorado Geological Survey were the principal sponsors for the workshop. A summary of the workshop including PDF files of the presentation can be found at: http://nature.nps.gov/geology/americas_geologic_heritage/index.cfm

Have started a 4 year term on the Editorial Board for the journal Geoheritage. Co-convener of a technical session at the October 2013 meeting of GSA in Denver on the

topic Geoheritage and Sense of Place. I participated as a member of a World Heritage Field Mission to assess a volcanic geology

property nominated by France as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Travel and related expenses for this World Heritage Field Mission were paid for by the International Union of Conservation Networks (UCN).

I will also continue working as a member of the core committee on the America’s Geologic Heritage working group.

I have accepted an invitation to join the Editorial Board of the new geoscience journal “The Arabian Journal of Earth Sciences”.

During FY 2014 I’ll continue to document and archive my science collections (rock samples, 35mm slide collection, reprint and science papers), and to reduce my “footprint” in Buildings 20 and 810. I’ll also continue my efforts in support of USGS International Programs including the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) including work in Argentina with the Province of Neuquén.

John Czarnecki I will be reviewing a USGS report from California.

Walter Dean 2009 International Paleolimnological Association Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Twenhofel Medal for a Career of Sustained

Contributions to Sedimentary Geology

Sharon DiehlI am a member of the Acid Drainage Technology Initiative (ADTI) and serve on the Acid Drainage Prediction committee. "ADTI addresses drainage quality issues from abandoned, active, and future coal and metal mines. The guiding principle of ADTI is to build consensus among industry, federal and state regulatory agencies on acid drainage technology development and technology transfer issues. ADTI is focusing its efforts on mine drainage prediction, sampling/monitoring, modeling and avoidance/remediation, mitigation and pit lakes."http://ese.mines.edu/adti/

Jack Epstein At the request of the Pennsylvania Water Science Center, the Eastern Regional Director, and

the USGS Director of International Program, I prepared a 23-page road log and geologic map, and presented a five-hour bus dialogue of the geology between the USGS Reston headquarters and Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. The trip was arranged for a dozen members of the European Geologic Society. Shell Oil Company invited the Europeans and USGS to examine a well site that is fracking the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Plateau.

An outcome of the above trip resulted in discussions with Bryce McKee, Shell Oil Company, to study the thermal maturity of rocks at the Wellsboro site with the use of CAI (conodont alteration index).

Met with and had follow-up discussions with Mike Horne, FWS, regarding geologic conditions necessary for the location of bog turtles in the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Pennsylvania. Communication has been stalled because of sequestration.

Several conferences with the interpretation staff at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, New Jersey-Pennsylvania, included production of or review of wayside exhibits, trail guides, and landslide hazards.

Consulted with David Ruess, National Park Service Harpers Ferry, WV, about mitigation of rockfall hazards at Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania. This is a site along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

With members of our Science Center and the Eastern Regional Geologist, met with Bruce Heise of the National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, in discussions about future geologic compilation of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

Discussed the geology of the Fossil Cycad National Monument with Tim Connors of the NPS Geologic Resources Division. The monument has been de-authorized and is now transferred to the Bureau of Land Management.

With several geologists of the EGPC Science Center, I met with staff of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey discussing potential future geologic mapping in southern Pennsylvania by the USGS. Possibly contribute my services if the project develops.

Compiled information and listed web sites for landslide, rockfall, and blasting-related seismic shaking for a citizen’s request in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Contributed to a very recent field trip for four members of the Office of Management and Budget and several USGS staff members, including the Geologic Mapping Program Director, and the Associate Director of Core Science Systems, demonstrating how geologic maps are made and extolling their usefulness, while concentrating on the karst hazard in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.

PowerPoint presentations (Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center Seminar Series and Pennsylvania Geological Survey seminar) on the surface and subsurface evaporate geology of the Williston Basin, North Dakota, discussing the effects of evaporate dissolution on hydrocarbon occurrences.

PowerPoint presentation of the geology and my field-assistant experience of the 1959 Hebgen Lake Earthquake, Montana, for the Pennsylvania Geological Survey Seminar Series.

Organized and led the 2012, 77th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, “Journey Along the Taconic Unconformity, Northeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Southeastern New York”. It involving 150 geologists and included arranging for and contributing to all 10 field stops and coordinating all invited leaders and article authors. I

wrote most of the 372 page guidebook, and arranged conference logistics. I also led a pre-conference geology-canoe trip down the Delaware River about Delaware Water Gap.

As part of the 77th Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, I encouraged the preparation of one field write-up contribution by Chris Oest, geology student at Kutztown University, and reviewed his manuscript, and included him as a field leader in the conference. He is presently pursuing a career with the Pennsylvania Geological Survey.

Conferred via email with a citizen group of concerned ranchers in the Sundance area, Wyoming, about a 2012-planned 525-mile-long pipeline by Oneok Partners from North Dakota through the Black Hills, and finally to Kansas. The proposed route extended through gypsiferous and karstic Triassic red beds. Based on my previous mapping in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, I sent them my published information discussing the geology and potential hazards of the area. I coordinated this discussion with colleagues at the South Dakota School of Mines.

As part of my volunteer contributions, I have reviewed many scientific papers and administrative reports for Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center colleagues, the Geologic Mapping Program, the 2012 Sinkhole Conference, and geologic maps for the New Jersey geological Survey.

As geologic representative for the EGaPC Science Center, I attended several conferences and webcasts of the Water Smart Program.

Scientific contributions include a paper authored Dan Doctor on karst in Mississippian through Jurassic rocks in South Dakota and Wyoming for the 2012 Sinkhole Conference. Sequestration disallowed travel to the meeting in Carlsbad, New Mexico, so the presentation was delivered by Webcast.

I am presently finishing field work as a co-author of the Flatbrookville quadrangle, Pennsylvania-New Jersey, which is one of the New Jersey State Map requirements for their State map contract this year.

Dennis EvansHave helped sample storm events and is mentoring my replacement.

Gary Fellers Participated in island night lizard field work on San Nicolas Island Advised FWS and the Navy on concerns regarding the delisting of the island night lizard Assisted Point Reyes NS by evaluating presence of bats at a park residence Assisted Sonoma Co parks department by conducting a bat survey on their lands Advised Patrick Kleeman on various research amphibian projects Advised Brian Halstead on island night lizard research Provided detailed written comments to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife

regarding potential listing of Townsend's big-eared bat Reviewed 4-5 manuscripts for professional journals Provided phone and email support for graduate students at several universities  Advised multiple private citizens on concerns related to bat biology Served as Associate Editor for a professional journal and oversaw the review process for

manuscripts Collaborated with Yosemite NP and a private biologist to integrate three decades of

amphibian survey data

Created a multiple week study project on amphibians for the Gifted Student program at a local school

Gave a lecture on bat biology for both a fourth and fifth grade class Gave a lecture on amphibian biology for both a fourth and fifth grade class Participated in Career Day activities at a local school by giving five presentations Participated in the Point Reyes Christmas Bird Count Assisted the Point Reyes summer camp program by meeting with all their naturalists and

offering insight regarding local wildlife they might encounter Consulted with local naturalists regarding mammal surveys in and near Point Reyes NS

Mike Field The Department of Interior Distinguished Service Award (awarded in 2013) The United States Coral Reef Task Force Award for Significant Research

Contributions (awarded in 2013) Appointed to Advisory Panel, Hawaii Surfrider Foundation: Jan, 2014—present.  Lead Co-convener and speaker, two symposia scheduled for the Hawaii Conservation

Conference (July, 2014). Symposia titles are: 1. Coral Reefs of Maui Nui: Physical and Biologic Complexity and Connectivity; and 2. Coral Reefs of Maui Nui: 21st Century Threats and Potential Resilience.

Advisory teleconference for The Nature Conservancy, 4/30/2014, Coral reef investigations and water quality, west Maui.

Advisory teleconference for The Nature Conservancy, 5/8/2014 Coral reef investigations, South Kohala, Hawaii.

Gary Fuis Wrote two “GeoTales” describing the experiences of long-time friends and colleagues at

GFZ, Potsdam, on a) Fall of the Berlin Wall (Nov. 9. 1989), and b) events of 9-11 (Sept. 11, 2011), where I was temporarily trapped in Berlin, and one of my GFZ colleagues was temporarily trapped in Canada.

Co-wrote USGS Fact Sheet 2014-3018 entitled “The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunamis—a Modern Perspective and Enduring Legacies” (see below).  I was responsible for some of the text and the block diagram.

Participated (along with Dave Schwartz) in a day-long web interview entitled “Alaska Disasters AMA: 1964 Good FridayEarthquake and 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: AskHistorians” at http://redd.it/20wt9u.

Gave a talk (April 17) in Fresno to the Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists.

Is giving a talk as part of the ESC seminar series.

Gordon HaxelElected Fellow of Geological Society of America

Pat Hill I completed the revisions to the digital and digitized web sites and turned it over to Phil

Brown and Eric Anderson.  The projects database and other information were placed in the geophys_db section on the mainframe for them to access.

After sorting out certain historical documents, I turned over several filing cabinets containing contract information and early project information to Bill Christiansen.  All file cabinets have been sorted and emptied.

I gave all the digital data CDs to Phil Brown as well as numerous boxes of supplies, backup CDs, and selected files for him to sort and use.

All the important historical documents pertaining to our airborne program have been sorted, some scanned to pdf, and compiled in a history.  This history of our airborne surveying is in the final stages of editing.  One or two more documents may still need scanning.  It is expected to be finished before the end of summer.

Roger Hothem Provided reviews for four manuscripts, one for Neobiota, one for Southwestern Naturalist,

one for Ecotoxicology, and one for Chemistry and Ecology Attended one meeting of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory’s Science Advisory Board

and, as a member of that board, I provided a critical review of SFBBO’s Science Plan Provided several reviews of USGS products (OFRs and manuscripts) Consulted with the Whiskeytown NRA regarding potential for PCBs in biota at the park and

with a private consultant regarding methods to evaluate mercury contamination at a mine site.

Coordinated the review of the Draft Lake Nacimiento (OU 3) FSAP - Klau/Buena Vista Mines Site and submitted a draft final report to USEPA.

Provided reviews of Brianne Brussee’s Master’s thesis.Keith Howard Reviewed several proposals for Mendenhall Fellowships (2013). Named as an Exceptional Reviewer by GSA  (for Geosphere, 2013) Co-led geological tour (with Emeritus S. Ludington) of 4 China Geological Survey

geologists around the Southwest (2012). Co-led GMEG Team field trip in NE Nevada (2012). Gave 4 lectures and visited numerous geologic sites in China organized by the China

Geological Survey  (2012). Presented a paper at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2013). Presented a poster at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2013). Present an invited paper at a Geological Society of America sectional meeting (May 2014). Peer-reviewed 16 papers or maps and a NSF proposal (2012-2014). Served as an Exit Interviewer for 8th-grade students about to enter high school (2012, 2013,

2014).

John HuffI am a co-Principal Investigator on and NSF Grant through 2015. Catherine M Pringle, John H Duff, Alonso Ramirez.  National Science Foundation LTREB Grant: Emergent landscape patterns in stream ecosystem processes resulting from groundwater/surface water interactions.

Malcolm Johnston Is an active member of the IUGG EMSEV (Electromagnetic Studies of Earth and Volcanos)

and represents this group with IASPEI.  He is organizing the 2016 annual meeting in Prague.

Fields many calls from the media on questions of earthquake prediction. Performs many peer reviews for journals.

Bob Kamilli Adjunct professor at University of Arizona Serve on PhD committees for three dissertations Served on University of Arizona faculty search/selection committee Run University of Arizona fluid inclusion lab Judge at University of Arizona “Geodaze” symposium for the last two years Arizona Geological Society, Vice President for Programs. Review USGS manuscripts Tutor science and math at Imago Dei Middle School, a church-run school for disadvantaged

children

Steve Kirby Organized a lecture series at Tohoku University - Science of Global Geohazards. Participated as one of the leads in the USGS SSPT process and document writing.

Randy Koski Elected to Academy of Science and Engineering of the Swenson College of Science and

Engineering, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Reviewed numerous manuscripts for Economic Geology. Present lecture at University of Minnesota, Duluth Mentoring students at University of Minnesota on careers in geology.

Gary Krapu I received the L. H. Walkinshaw Conservation Award from the North American Crane

Working Group on 17 April 2014 at Lafayette, Louisiana in recognition of having successfully conducted a long-term research program to guide conservation and management of the mid-continent population of sandhill cranes and for collaborative efforts with crane biologists from other nations to help guide crane conservation internationally. 

I serve on the Science Advisory Team for the Whooping Crane Eastern Population Partnership.  This task involves reviewing scientific studies being proposed and conducted in support of efforts to re-establish a second wild population of whooping cranes in North America.

Willie LeeVery actively works to scan and archive seismograms from around the world

Lynn Lefebvre In 2012, I participated in the USGS Leadership Intensive Program, and served as a facilitator

for the LI at the Columbia Ecological Research Center. In 2013 and 1014, I have been collaborating with USGS, Kennedy Space Center, and

National Ocean Service (retired) colleagues to complete analyses on a study we conducted in the early 1990s on manatee grazing impacts on seagrasses.  A manuscript is in preparation.

In 2014, I am starting to work with personnel in the Mammal Range of the Florida Natural History Museum to ensure complete documentation of the round-tailed muskrat, Neofiber alleni, specimens that I collected in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as an employee with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Approximately 500 skulls, skeletons of 25 known-age specimens, and 15 skins will be transferred to the museum, with accompanying data.  The museum is interested in obtaining these specimens because they have few from the region where I collected them (sugarcane fields in the Everglades Agricultural Area), and the status of this species is of concern.

Harry Lins President, Commission for Hydrology, World Meteorological Organization

Guides and coordinates the activities of the commission and its working groups between sessions of the commission; carries out tasks prescribed by decisions of the WMO Congress and the Executive Council and by the regulations of the Organization; ensure that the activities, recommendations and resolutions of the commission are in accordance with the provisions of the Convention, decisions of Congress and the Executive Council and the regulations of the Organization; reports to Congress at its regular sessions on the activities of the commission; presents the views of the commission at sessions of the Executive Council; and conducts, either directly or through the Secretary-General on behalf of the commission, correspondence on matters relating to the activities of his commission. In this role, I have continually sought opportunities to ensure that USGS capabilities are influential in WMO operational activities related to water resources; these include training on stream gaging and related data quality issues, involvement in the preparation of technical reports and manuals, participation in expert meetings and workshops, and expert support to the Commission’s Advisory Working Group.

USGS Professional Paper on the Outer Banks of North CarolinaCoordinated the finalization of the report to obtain Director’s approval. Currently the report is being modified in response to Sandy Cooper’s questions and comments. When complete and approved, report will be returned to publications unit in Denver for preparation of page proofs.

WaterWatch Annual Streamflow Summaries – 2012, 2013Contributed to, reviewed, and coordinated the completion and approval of the summaries.

Respond to emails related to the Hydro-Climatic Data Network, and how to obtain data from the newest version of it.

WaterWatch – continue to participate in Xiaodong’s quarterly review WaterWatch – promoted the development of, and provide guidance to the new North

American WaterWatch website. Participated in the Ninth USGS-PWRI-NILIM Workshop. Presented paper on the activities

of the Commission for Hydrology that relate to the operations of National Hydrological Services.

Serve as an Associate Editor of the Hydrological Sciences Journal.

Baerbel Luccitta Summer 2013.  As part of the annual picnic of the Astrogeology Team and to celebrate the

50th anniversary of the Astrogeology Branch/Team, Baerbel Lucchitta organized a reunion of retired Astro members who still live in the vicinity of Flagstaff.   Nineteen "old-timers"

attended.   Fourteen were members of Astrogeology before 1970 and are shown in the attached picture, taken by George Ulrich. Not shown are Eric Eliason, Henry Holt, Jim Torson, Juanita Velasco, and Wes Ward.  It was a great opportunity for the "young" scientists and staff of the current Flagstaff Science Center to link up with so many venerable people and become personally exposed to some living history. 

Spring 2013.  Baerbel Lucchitta was co-leader (together with Ivo Lucchitta, USGS emeritus), on a rafting trip down the Colorado River from Lees Ferry to Whitmore Wash.  The 10-day trip was organized by the Geology Club of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the purpose was to learn about the geology of the Grand Canyon.  Ivo’s expertise on the origin and history of the Grand Canyon was greatly appreciated; Baerbel was co-interpreter on the second boat. 

March 20, 2014.  Nasa’s Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program accepted a proposal by Chris Okubo, PI, titled:  Inferring the geologic history of the layered deposits in east Candor Chasma.  Baerbel Lucchitta is a collaborator on this proposal. As part of the Review Summary Evaluation, the following was noted:  “The PI has assembled an experienced and knowledgeable team, including collaborator Baerbel Lucchitta, who carried out much of the Viking-era mapping of this region.  Collaborator Lucchitta will be consulted on a regular basis as the new higher resolution maps are created. 

February 13, 2014.  Baerbel Lucchitta was highlighted in the Flagstaff newspaper The Arizona Daily Sun for being a coauthor on a map published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2013:  Global Geologic Map of Ganymede, scale 1:15,000,000.  This map incorporated a substantial amount of information from a previous unpublished map at the same scale, based on Voyager images and prepared by Baerbel Lucchitta. 

Mary Ann Madej Serves on a Humboldt County Technical Advisory Committee to review design alternatives

and planning for restoration of the Redwood Creek estuary in Redwood National Park (quarterly meetings).

Participated in planning efforts with Redwood National Park for studying the effects of our recent drought on aquatic resources and streamflow. 

Regularly advises NPS staff on hydrologic and geomorphic monitoring protocols and how to interpret results. 

Served as a judge for the Humboldt County Science Fair.  Met with Humboldt State and U.C. Santa Cruz students several times to discuss their

geologic studies in this region. Working with NPS Soil Scientist on quantifying soil organic carbon under various land use

activities.  Regularly reviews manuscripts for professional journals.

Ed Mankinen Collaborating with Southern Nevada Water Authority geologists and geophysicists to

understand geologic framework of sedimentary basins in southern Nevada and western Utah. Reviewed NSF proposal. Reviewed numerous GMEG manuscripts.

Alec Maule

Member: Independent Science Review Panel (ISRP) for the Northwest Power & Conservation Council (January 2014 to present)

See: http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/isrp/isrp-background/ Member: Independent Science Review Panel (ISRP) for the Northwest Power &

Conservation Council. (January 2014 to present) See: http://www.nwcouncil.org/media/14734/terms.pdf

Invited attendee: 9th International Workshop on Salmonid Smoltification, in Iceland August 2013

Continued mentoring of Rachel Reagan, Pathways Employee working on M. Sci. at Oregon State University.

Award: Forging the Future of USGS Science (for activities prior to retirement)                                         

Phil MedicaAs Emeritus Phil has generally been present at his old office Tuesday and Thursday each week since retirement. He has been primarily involved with USGS administrative types of issues pertaining to the Henderson Building Security, and the potential move to the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Campus in Boulder City, Nevada. The Draft Henderson Building Security document was first drafted in December 2012 and after a number of revisions by USGS staff and comments by Homeland Security was accepted and signed by Center Directors of NVWSD and WERC in Jan.-Feb. 2014. Phil has participated in a number of visits to the BOR Campus and the development of floor plans for the BOR 500 office building, BOR 800 laboratory building, and BOR 700 warehouse building. All the above plans have been submitted to WERC and NVWSC administrative channels for comment and revision and are still in a state of flux at the present time. He has served on the joint committee to initiate the move from Henderson to Boulder City, NV. The latest document he has being revising to effectively move to the BOR campus is the revision of the “Space Requirements” required by USGS (WERC, NVWSC, and Office of Communications personnel) which is needed as part of the Business Case Analysis (BCA) to be submitted to the Regional Office for approval. Additionally, he has assisted Todd Esque in the yearly revision of the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), Real Estate/Operations Permit (REOP), which enables WERC continued access to the NNSS to conduct field projects located there. At the February 2014 Desert Tortoise Council Symposium in Ontario, California, Phil was presented with the Robert C. Stebbins Research Award for lifetime accomplishments in the field of desert tortoise research and herpetology after his presentation entitled “50 years of Herpetology in the Southwestern Deserts”. In early April 2014 Phil spent two days in the field assisting in the release of desert tortoises in the burn and unburned locations at the Coyote Springs, NV study sites. Additionally, Phil spoke before Ian Devlin’s ecology class at Bishop Gorman high school on the subject of Habitat Conservation Plans and USGS desert tortoise ecological research studies in Nevada. He has continued to assist the field research and manuscript preparation of several papers in the past year pertaining to the behavior of desert tortoises in burned habitat, and the growth and survivorship of immature Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) at the Nevada National Security Site.

Allen Moench I retired in February 2007 and remained engaged in research by contributing to the literature

of groundwater hydraulics (on more than one occasion) until my last publication in October

2012 or shortly thereafter.  The latter contribution was a Comment on a paper published in the Journal of Hydrology by well-known authors for which no Reply was published.  Since retirement I have provided occasional technical reviews for journals.

Contributions that support the USGS mission and/or the broader scientific community are limited to attendance at USGS seminars, ongoing discussions with fellow scientists and emeriti, and attempts to clear out and redistribute items that accumulated in my office over the last 40 years.  The latter is a difficult task.

Warren Nokleberg For the E-Book on the Northern Cordillera (Alaska and Western Canada), working with

senior scientists from other agencies, companies, and universities (including senior emeritus scientists of Geological Survey of Canada, former scientist of Alaska State Geological Survey, and professor of University of Alaska, Fairbanks).

Briefing Director of Geophysical Institute and Dean of Sciences of University of Alaska Fairbanks on E-Book and Virtual Tectonic Transects across the Northern Cordillera.

Presenting two, one-hour GMEG Seminars on 2014 Virtual Field Trip Across Southern Alaska.

Obtaining U.S.G.S. review and approval for a suite of 44 geologic maps of the Eastern Alaska Range (1:63,360 scale) and explanatory text for publication by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Sciences.

Presenting posters at 2014 National G.S.A. Meeting on a Virtual Tectonic Transect Across Southern Alaska, and a Virtual Tectonic Transect Across the Southern Canadian Cordillera.

W. R. Osterkamp For a number of years, ending in 2012, I served as a board member of The Research Ranch

Foundation (an AZ non-profit promoting biophysical research on native grasslands) and as VP for science.  In the VP role I led the awarding of fellowships, evaluation of research proposals at the Research Ranch, Elgin, AZ, and the conduct of research by Foundation scientists.  The last activity led to a study of ground-water resources of the Sonoita Plain, a water-deficient area southeast of Tucson and east of a highly controversial proposed open-pit copper mine on the east slope of the Santa Rita Mountains near Tucson.  The study identified potential adverse effects to the ground-water resource of the Sonoita Plain, surface-water resources of the region, possible water contamination, and likely economic consequences. As a result, conservation groups have requested input from me regarding the water issues, and I have tried to comply while maintaining a posture of scientific objectivity and neutrality. The input has taken the form of videos describing the possible degradation of the water resources, letters and opinion pieces to local newspapers and various conservation groups, and interaction with lawyers involved in legal aspects of the controversy.

Earlier this year colleagues of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) held a celebration of 60 years of research at the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, Tombstone, AZ.  Because I conducted research there on the geology, hydrology, geomorphology, and vegetation of the watershed, I was asked to lead field tours during the celebration.  Feedback was positive, which resulted in ARS personnel asking me to do a video version of the field lectures.  The video was taped about 6 weeks ago.

Into 2012 I was the principal coordinator of the Vigil Network, a volunteer oversight position to administer data acquisition and internet access of those data.  That role was then shifted to Faith Fitzpatrick, USGS, Madison, WI.

I continue to serve as an Adjunct Professor, University of Arizona.  As such my principal role has been to serve on committees for graduate students and to oversee research for the MS and PhD students. 

Jeffrey Phillips I reviewed abstracts for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists 2014 annual meeting. I participated in planning meetings for the Geophysical Methods Development Project

(MRP), the Alaska Airborne Geophysics Project (MRP), Science Center OFA research, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) cooperative research.

I continued software development for the Geophysical Methods Development Project (MRP), the Alaska Airborne Geophysics Project (MRP), and the Probabilistic Mineral Assessment Project (MRP).

I contributed to development of a new Project website for the Geophysical Methods Development Project (MRP).

I continued editorial duties for the Integrated Methods Development Project Circular.

Kenneth Pierce A theme session honoring my work in the greater Yellowstone area at 2014 GSA A keynote talk on "Pleistocene glaciations of the Greater Yellowstone area" at 2014 GSA Field Trip Leader "Glacial and Quaternary geology of the northern Yellowstone area" for

2014 GSA  In June of 2012, I received the "Distinguished Career Award " of the American Quaternary

Association at its Biennial Meeting in Duluth, Minnesota.    On August 16 and 17, 2012,I co-led a field trip to Yellowstone for the Geologists of Jackson

Hole. On Sept 20, 2012, I gave a talk on the Pleistocene glaciation of the greater Yellowstone area

for the Geologists of Jackson Hole.  . In November, 2013, I received the "Distinguished Career Award" of the Quaternary Geology

and Geomorphology Division of the  Geological Society of America at its annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina.    

October, 2012 and again in 2013, I gave a class lecture and then led a one-day field trip on the Pleistocene glaciation of the greater Yellowstone area for Montana State University. 

In July, 2013, I gave a talk on Yellowstone Geology at Bozeman Lodge, a retirement community.  

In 2013, I served on a committee to evaluate and rank more than 70 applications for the position of geomorphology Professor in the Earth Science Department at Montana State University.   

In 2012 and 2013 (planned for 2014) I led a one day field trip on the glacial and Quaternary geology of the northern Yellowstone area for lay people in a Bozeman church group.     

In 2012 I led a field trip (90 scientists) for the Binghampton Geomorphology Symposium on the glacial and Quaternary geology of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  

For the Geological Society of America meeting of the Rocky Mountain and Cordilleran Sections in Bozeman, Montana on May 21, 2014,  there was a theme session  “Honoring Kenneth L. Pierce and the breadth of his research in Greater Yellowstone.”

On May 22, 2014, I led a field trip tilted  “Glacial and Quaternary Geology of the Northern Yellowstone Area, Wyoming and Montana" for the Geological Society of America.  

I have served on several Masters committees of graduate students in the Earth Science Department of Montana State University.    

I have served on the Ph.D. Committee of  Theresa Krause in the Earth Science Department of Montana State University.  

George PlafkerParticipated in numerous activities commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami

Donald PlouffWrote three validated geographic-based global application programs, a program applicable to Alaska, and the associated elevation database methodology for gravity data processing.

C. Wylie PoagI've reviewed several manuscripts for a variety of professional journals each year.

Allan Randall Since retiring in 1991, my principal accomplishments/contributions to the USGS mission

were completing and revising after review several manuscripts planned as part of the Northeast Glacial Aquifers RASA project, plus collecting data, analyzing, and writing USGS reports on two aspects of bedrock hydrology that were matters of personal interest.

In 2012-2014, I have analyzed and written a Ms. on estimating low-streamflow statistics at ungaged sites in the lower Hudson River basin of New York, and another on hydrogeology of a reach of the Susquehanna River valley near Binghamton.  Each of these manuscripts is or soon will be in colleague review.   I have also served as colleague reviewer for several manuscripts generated at the New York Water Science Center, and one at the request of a journal, and have occasionally replied to inquiries from the public.  Also, l have been called upon to act/sing in several skits honoring colleagues upon their retirement.

Douglas Rankin Co-convener of a symposium, The Northern Appalachians: “What We Have Learned in the

Past 40 Years”, honoring Chris Hepburn at the 2013 NEGSA Section Meeting. I also wrote an abstract and presented a paper at the symposium. 

I led a field trip (with a guidebook, published as an Open File Repot 2014-1026). Technical Review of Tucker and others “Geologic map of the Dusar Deposit, Heart Province,

Afghanistan, modified from the 1971 original compilation of V.I. Tarasenko and others” Co- recipient of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, GSA 2013 Outstanding

Publication Award for the map “Hibbard, J.P., van Staal, C.R., Rankin, D.W., and Williams, H., 2006, C.R., Rankin, D.W., and Williams, H., 2006, Lithotectonic map of the Appalachian orogen, Canada-United States of America; Geological Survey of Canada, “A” Series Map 2096A, 2 sheets (1:1,500,000), doi: 10.4095/221912.

Member of the Board of Trustees, Geological Society of America Foundation. A major effort has gone into organizing and plotting the considerable chemical data available

for igneous rocks within and adjacent to the Littleton-Lower Waterford map area, NH-VT. The three age groups (Ordovician: Ammonoosuc Volcanics /Oliverian-Highlandcroft Plutonic Suites; Silurian: Comerford Intrusive Complex; and Devonian: Littleton Formation/”New Hampshire plutonic suite”) are distinct. A surprise is that the Devonian mafic rocks are compositionally similar to the Comerford and unlike the Ordovician. Based on the data set, the map pattern for the manuscript map has been revised.

John Reed 2013. Prepared section on geology along the Colorado Trail for inclusion in new guide book

published by the Colorado Trail Foundation Spring 2013. Gave evening lecture on “The Earth’s Changing Climate” at Lookout

Mountain Nature Center (part of the Jefferson County Open Space Program) Summer 2013. Visited Grand Teton National Park to present discussions of geologic

mapping in the Teton Range videotaped under a grant to Pro. Carol Frost (University of Wyoming) from the National Park Service and Grand Teton Natural History Association to conduct interviews with geologists who have made significant contributions to Teton geology

Fall 2013. Conducted class and field trip on “Reading the rocks in your backyard” of University of Denver Senior learning program

Fall 2013. Taught all day geology class for Lookout Mountain Nature Conducted local field trip for participants in the class

Presented paper at GSA Annual Meeting on “ Rocks above the clouds: the Colorado 14ers and their bearing on the uplift history of the central Rocky Mountains”

Winter 2013. Prepared discussion on geology of the Jefferson County Open Space Parks for the Open Space web site.

Spring 2014. Prepared biographic sketch for publication in Rocky Mountain Geology”

Reginald Reisenbichler Critically reviewed a manuscript for Mike Hayes, et al.    Administer diver proficiency test to two candidates for WFRC dive team Critically reviewed another manuscript for Mike Hayes, et al.  

Rich Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of Oxford, Jan. 2012-Jan. 2014. University of Oxford, 2013 School of Geography and the Environment, Colloquium on Dust

and Human Health. Invited seminars and talks: Environmental Protection Agency Directorate for Sustainable Development and NGO

Partners for Livable Communities, Washington, DC, 2013: Atmospheric dust in the American West – Sources, amounts, sizes, and its effects on ecosystems and people.

University of Arizona, Dust and Human Health Conference, Evaluating health risks of atmospheric dust from understanding the sources, compositions, and transport pathways of dust.

International Society for Aeolian Research, Board of Directors, elected 2014; guest editor, Aeolian Research 2013-14.

Graduate Faculty, University of Colorado Affiliate, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado

Jim SavageServes on an examining committee for post-PhD HDL degrees in France

Woody Savage Woody Savage been an Adjunct Professor in both the Geoscience Department and the Civil

and Environmental Engineering and Construction Department of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, since 2008. His role is to provide a professional and real-world practice perspective on both the research the graduate students are conducting and on their presentational and writing skills. He served on the thesis committees for one PhD and one MS during the past school year (both passed!).  

Woody has served as the Southern Nevada Geosciences representative on the Nevada Earthquake Safety Council (NESC) for about six years.  NESC is hosted by the Nevada Division of Emergency Management, meets quarterly alternately in Reno/Carson City and Las Vegas and is supported in part by FEMA.  He has been active in NESC in giving presentations on the need for improved seismic instrumentation, serving on the committee that updated the NESC Strategic Plan, and providing assistance to the NESC leadership when asked. 

Woody is completing his sixth year of service to the Seismological Society of America as a member of the Board of Directors under the auspices of the USGS.  He also served as the Vice President during the time when the SSA developed a detailed strategic plan to guide future activities and evolutions of the organization.

Woody continues to serve as the designated USGS representative to COSMOS (the Consortium of Organizations for Strong Motion Observation Systems).  COSMOS has a small membership, a motivated Board, and is one of the sponsors of the Bruce Bolt Medal. He serves as one of the two COSMOS representatives on the Bolt Medal Panel, which conducts the selection of the recipient of the Bolt Medal on an annual basis.

Laurence Schemel Continuation of data collection for a joint USGS-CA Dept. of Water Resources field site in

South San Francisco Bay.  Record at the site started in 1989 and we are funded by DWR to extend the record to 2016 water year.  Data are reported to various entities, but a summary report that will not be formally published is in preparation.

Identify and archive important historical data and materials from early USGS studies in San Francisco Bay (mostly 1968-1980).  Deaths and retirements left a large amount of "boxed" materials that I am going through.

Presentations to various groups on a variety of earth science topics.  These include oral presentations and a wide variety of poster presentations.  Many of these involve collaboration with other USGS scientists.  These are given at meetings and various shows in the area.  I also have participated in a variety of events where USGS has had a booth or other presence.

Collaboration with emeritus and volunteer scientists from Geologic Div. to perform various live-music/visual shows relating to the music of Antarctic Exploration.  We are given shows

at the Smithsonian in DC, the Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg RU, and several SCAR international meetings (last one was in Portland OR in 2012).  We have also performed a version of the hour-long presentation on the Menlo Park campus, Stanford University, and at other local venues.

Member of the USGS string band, which performs at nearly all of the Menlo Park Campus social events and occasionally at other locations.

The program was developed because the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty was in December 2009.  We started the celebration with small presentations at the USGS Open House in Spring, and developed an hour-long presentation with both live audio and projected visuals by Fall.  It was approved by the Smithsonian, and we presented it at the gala anniversary celebration event in the National Air and Space museum.  Since then, we rewrote the program, added a bunch of original Russian music that was written by a meteorologist in Antarctica, and translated the entire slide show into Russian.  We took this to St. Petersburg in 2012 and presented it in the historic Russian Geographical Society auditorium.  We don't have any plans for a repeat performance at this time.  We do, though, hope to record some of the Russian music, now that the sheet music has been recently published.  There might be some info on our web site:  http://www.leftbanktrio.com 

David Scholl Presented 6-8 oral papers at international and national meetings, for example at the annual

and section meetings of the Geological Society of America and the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. 

Annually hosted and conducted the Chapman Seminar Series for the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Presented 4 invited seminars at Kyoto and Tohoku Universities, Japan, on subduction zone seismicity and the habitats of high-magnitude megathrust earthquakes.

Participated as a member on NSF's Marcus Langseth Scientific Oversight Committee. 

Gary Scoppettone From November 2013 through February 2014 I assisted Reno Field Station Staff in

recovering fish tags from the American White Pelican colony on Anaho Island, Pyramid Lake, Nevada. Reno Field Station was contracted by Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge to estimate the magnitude of endangered Cui-ui taken by American White Pelican.

In January 2014 I participated in a presentation by folks from the Columbia River USGS and Reno Field Station to the Moapa Dace Biological Action Committee on the WFRC Moapa Dace population viability analysis.

In January 2014 I represented WFRC and received the Partners In Conservation Award from the Secretary of Interior. The award was for “Restoring Threatened &Endangered Fishes of the Truckee River Watershed Partnership”.

In February 2014, I attended a ceremony hosted by The Nature Conservancy to present individual awards to all members of the Truckee River Watershed Partnership.

In February 2014, because of my experience and expertise pertaining to the predator/prey relationship between American White Pelican and Cui-ui, I was requested to review the following document by the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge staff; “Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge Natural Resource Management Plan”. The review was returned in a timely manner.

In April along with the Reno Field Station staff, former staff members (volunteers), and I assisted the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Fisheries folks in capturing fish for the Cui-ui hatchery, and for determining year class structure. Year class structure is determined by sacrificing 500 adult fish, and using their operculum for aging. Carcasses are iced and disseminated by a tribal representative to tribal members allowing them to continue this cultural tradition. The tribe is known as the “Cui-ui eaters”.

Also in April I was called by the United States Attorney to be deposed on a United States District Court, District Court of Nevada trial pertaining to habitat restoration activities on Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. I was called in for deposition because I was a former member of the Ash Meadows Recovery Implementation team, and conducted studies on the habitat requirements of the refuge’s threatened and endangered fishes.

In May I worked in the Reno Field Station lab cleaning operculum and after cleaning began attributing an age for each fish. The information will be given to the Reno Field Station staff, and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Fisheries staff.

John Stuckless I have received the Department of Interior's Citizen's Award for Exceptional Service. I was elected as a fellow in the Geologic Society of America. I was an invited speaker at a National GSA and at the High Country Rotary Club. In both

cases, I was introduced as USGS Emeritus.  

Rowland Tabor Lecture, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA: Living the high life (well, mostly)

in the North Cascades: An overview of North Cascades Geology Lecture, Jefferson county Land Trust, Port Townsend, WA: Mapping a tectonic plate

collision: Rocks and Rain in the Olympic Backcountry. Lecture: Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA: Mapping a tectonic plate collision: Rocks

and rain in the Olympic backcountry Review USGS manuscripts

Kenneth Tanaka Member, NASA Special Regions Science Advisory Group: Advises NASA and the

international community what areas are permissible for future landing sites on Mars, to make risk of biologically contaminating the surface of Mars acceptably low.

Member, Charles Brothers' PhD Committee. University of Texas, Austin. Member, Giovanni Leone's PhD Committee, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Member, Mars Task Group, Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature,

International Astronomical Union Guest Editor (1 of 3), special issue of Planetary and Space Science, May 2014 issue.

Larry Tieszen I have continued to finalize primary research in “Land Cover Applications and Global

Change.” I also participated in the Fall American Geophysical Union meetings and presented. Compiled NDVI and rare but valuable stable isotopic data for the Great Plains grasslands and

posted them for access on the web site at the EROS Center.

Compiled stable isotopic data for detailed grassland sites at Makoce Washte and prepared these for deposition and data access from my web site.

Provided numerous lectures and seminars about EROS to local community organizations. Organized and implemented 3 outreach programs on “EROS Center: The Hidden Jewel in

Sioux Falls” Backyard” for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. These included very valuable seminars on the history and role of EROS, a special detailed tour of EROS, and presentations on exemplary activities.

Compiled citations of all my professional publications and provided them to the web site with access to most articles.

Delivered two courses on “CO2 and Climate Change” with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute” with presentations by EROS staff and a tour of the center.

Member Science Advisory Board (SAB) USGS John Wesley Powell Center for Earth System Analysis and Synthesis

Reviewed numerous proposals and publications for the USGS, other agencies, and journals. Identified potential applications of EROS Center data sets for use by Sierra Club, The Nature

Conservancy, and other conservation organizations.

John Tinsley Federal Firearms Instructor (FFI), Pacific Region.  Tinsley is 1 of 6 Pacific Region FFI

personnel who conduct firearms safety training for USGS field personnel who may elect to carry a firearm for defense against wild animals while conducting fieldwork in Alaska or other areas of the conterminous United States. Three (3) courses are taught annually.

STAMP (Safety Training at Menlo Park).  This group meets monthly for a couple of hours under the direction of Menlo Park Safety Officer Michael Ramirez, and consists chiefly of the Collateral Duty Safety Officers  (CDSO) from the respective Science Center located in Menlo Park. Tinsley represents the Firearm Safety Committee.

Aviation Response Plan Updates and Maintenance: Tinsley tracks changes in Interior Department regulations concerning use of aircraft for post-disaster reconnaissance missions, and provides updates as needed to the Science Center’s internal website. 

California Earthquake Clearinghouse: The USGS is one of the principal members of the California Earthquake Clearinghouse, a consortium headquartered in the California Geological Survey. Following the State Governor’s declaration of a disaster, the Clearinghouse decides how best to articulate the response to that disaster, and also serves as a point of exchange for reliable information about the event, be it earthquake, fire, or tsunami. Tinsley occasionally attends meetings and participates in drills and related events.

Ask A Geologist:  Tinsley serves one day per month as an expert, who responds to questions emailed to the USGS-sponsored website, giving the questioner scientifically accurate but not overly technical responses to the questions distributed by the server.

Secretary, Supervisory Committee, Menlo Survey Federal Credit Union (MSFCU): Tinsley is the recording secretary and archivist for the 5-member MSFCU Supervisory Committee, an oversight body that ensures that management and the Board of Directors take actions that conform to regulations promulgated by the National Credit Union Association, a national organization that sets and enforces standards for Credit Unions nationwide. 

Household Battery Recycling: Tinsley operates the household battery recycling activity, at least the recycling that occurs in Building 3 at the Earthquake Science Center mailboxes. This activity was initiated long ago by Ms. Clarissa Nixon, who has since retired. As Nixon

neared retirement, Tinsley took over hauling the batteries to San Mateo County’s household recycling center located in San Carlos, CA, near US 101 and Ralston Avenue. This occurs about once per month, at present rates of consumption.

Michele Tuttle Since retiring in January, 2014, I have been working to complete obligations related to grants

from three outside government agencies (Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, and Utah State Department of Environmental Quality). This includes preparation of a talk of final results delivered at two meetings.  I presented the talk at a meeting with the Bureau of Land Management and Colorado River Salinity Control Science working group and my co-investigator delivered the talk at a stakeholders’ meeting in Utah. The final deliverable for these grants is a U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (OFR) that will include all data collected and a summary of methods used in the study.  I am in the process of accumulating and culling all geochemical data collected and writing the OFR (I anticipate releasing report for review in early July 2014). In April, I participated in a field trip to the study area to collect additional samples for the Utah State work (this work will be now be spearheaded by co-investigator as the grant continues until end of the year).

Additional work includes continuation of scientific reviews, scientific inquires, scientific mentoring, and maintaining a soils laboratory.

Jan van WagtendonkHe reviewed two articles for the USGS internal review process. He also coordinated peer reviews of the Merced River Plan, the Tuolumne River Plan, and the Mariposa Restoration Plan for Yosemite National Park.  

Roland Von HueneRoland Von Huene is organizing a meeting to interpret the 3D seismic reflection data acquired by RV Langseth off Costa Rica for CRISP (Costa Rica Seismogenesis Investigation Program).  The objective is to drill the active seismogenic zone with DV Chikyu.  

Gary A. Wedemeyer Based on current technical information needs identified by the WFRC directorate,

Wedemeyer reorganized the Center’s technical library to promote user efficiency, identify and archive documents of historical importance, and reduce the storage space required for journals and books.

Provided technical assistance to fisheries resource managers as requested to promote the physiological health, quality, and survival of Pacific salmon released from federal and state mitigation and conservation hatcheries.

Provided external peer review of numerous articles requested by editors of scientific journals Provided internal peer review of WFRC research proposals and technical reports as

requested. Assisted with WFRC outreach activities and WFRC website content as requested. In 2012, Wedemeyer was inducted into the Northwest Fish Cultural Conference Hall of Fame

in recognition of his lifetime contributions to fisheries biology.

In 2013, Wedemeyer was inducted into the American Fisheries Society Hall of Fame in recognition of his lifetime contributions to fisheries biology.

Wedemeyer received the 2010 WFRC Special Recognition for Services Award for contributions enhancing the mission of the Center

Wedemeyer’s 1996 textbook "Physiology of Fish in Intensive Culture" was chosen by the Springer Book Archives project to be digitized and made available at little or no cost to achieve the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals to provide the developing world with access to critical scientific research needed to empower universities, colleges, research institutes, and government ministries responsible for fishery resource development.

Wedemeyer gave a seminar on the biological consequences of Global Warming as part of the Horizon House Retirement Center Invited Speaker Seminar series.

Began work to assist the center directorate in making the WFRC publications database more accessible to user groups by adding Digital Object Identifies and/or URL hyperlinks, particularly to those papers which have become citation classics in their field.

Richie WilliamsDr. Barnhardt and his center staff have provided outstanding support to me and my colleagues as we have worked assiduously to publish the remaining books and maps in two USGS series.  In addition, the fine staff at the Pembroke, NH PSC, Debra Foster, Chief, has prepared and published the text and graphics for the several books;  Jim Estabrook, Cartographic Unit (Reston) and his staff have done a superb job in preparing and publishing the Antarctic maps. Both of these efforts are major, collaborative international projects with foreign scientists and institutions directed at supporting the USGS obligations to the inter-agency U.S. Global Change Research Program mission and represent an international obligation of the USGS as a science agency.  Rapid changes in the Earth's glaciers are causing an annual rise in global sea level, hence the critical scientific importance of completing the publication of these products by the USGS.As you know, many retired U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have one or more other affiliations that provide multiple opportunities for lecturing, publishing, travel, providing scientific advice, improving the “public understanding of science,” mentoring young scientists, leading geologic field trips, service as Trustees on foundations, etc. My affiliations, in addition to being an Emeritus Senior Research Geologist (ST), USGS, are Emeritus Vice Chairman, Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society; Adjunct Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center; Trustee, Leifur Eiríksson Foundation; and Director-Science, Geoscience Information Services. Since my retirement from the USGS in January 2008, I have made many professional contributions to each of these institutions; it all depends on my obligation to each and how much support I am provided as to what I work on professionally.In the case of the USGS, since January 2008, I have worked 1/3 to ½ time (with my retired co-editor and author, Jane G. Ferrigno) completing three important scientific efforts, two of which have been supported by sequestered and protected Working Capital Fund monies to publish several books in the USGS Prof. Paper 1386-A-K series (Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World) and the I-2600-A-X, Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations map series (Coastal-Change and Glaciological Maps of Antarctica). You stated in your 7 May 2014 e-mail not to worry about citing these publications (10 volumes of PP-1386 and 10 maps of I-2600 published to date), because they will be taken care of by the USGS Library staff. There is one more book (1386-D, Glaciers of Iceland, with map) and one more map (I-2600-J/-K, Coastal-Change and

Glaciological Map of the Drygalski Ice Tongue/Oates Coast) in production and recorded, with IPPA numbers, as products to be produced by the Enterprise Publications Network (Pembroke, NH PSC).I also have another NASA-funded book, “Geomorphology of the Volcanoes of Iceland and Mars,” (authored by me and two Icelandic geologists); it is the third professional obligation as an Emeritus Senior Research Geologist (ST) that needs to be finished to fulfill, in this case, an inter-agency obligation. The three products (two books and one map, although one of the books includes a map plate) noted above are my only USGS obligations remaining from a long and productive career with the agency.However, a very serious problem associated with publishing these last three products under USGS auspices will be addressed in a letter to be sent to you after mid-July 2014; I am currently on extended foreign and domestic travel and can't do so now.  The problem falls within the purview of your Office of Science Quality and Integrity, especially the latter.I have only one non-publication accomplishment relating to my USGS emeritus status to report at this time. In the summer of 2012, I lectured on the geology of Cape Cod as part of a USGS/BIA/MWT collaborative effort to conduct a summer science course for young people in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (MWT).  The course was held at the Natural Resources Center and environs of the MWT.

S. Jeffress Williams Organized and chaired two sessions (oral session and poster session) on climate change

impacts on coasts for the AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu Helped organize and moderated a USGS-sponsored 2-day workshop on modeling storm

surge flooding hosted by Staten Island College Continue to serve as USGS-appointed commodity expert on marine sand and gravel

resources. Respond to 4-6 requests @year. Served as an invited expert reviewer for coastal and ocean parts of the UN's IPCC AR5

Climate Assessment report Served as an invited author of the 2014 US National Climate Assessment Report. I was lead

author of chapter 2 of the book on coastal vulnerability that served as technical input to the NCA report

Served as thesis advisor on two MS theses Served as invited expert reviewer of 8 manuscripts to peer-review journals Served as invited internal reviewer for 5 USGS-staff manuscripts  Made 7 presentations on coastal and climate change topics to various professional, school,

and civic groups Served as invited expert for a film on severe by NPR Science Friday, Boston Globe,  NYTs,

and various other newspapers and news organizations Collaborating with NPS Cape Cod National Seashore on writing a book w/ 2 co-authors on

Cape Cod geology and coastal processes    

Toshio Yasutake Dr. Toshio Yasutake has completed the initial draft of the project "Histopathology of selected

parasitic salmonid diseases: a color atlas". The atlas consisting of 26 plates of color photomicrographs. Each plate consists of 3 photomicrographs, with explanations of each photograph. Two WFRC senior scientists have reviewed the manuscript. Presently, the

corrections and suggested changes by the reviewers are being incorporated. After the final manuscript is completed, it will be recorded on a DVD and will be included in the WFRC website and will be available to any interested individuals. The plan is to also make it accessible on the American Fishery Society/Fish Health Section website.

Yasutake answered requests for technical assistance in difficult to diagnose fish disease problems from federal and state conservation hatcheries, and from the aquaculture industry worldwide.

Yasutake provided technical assistance on fish pathology as requested by WFRC staff scientists.

Yasutake provided technical assistance to senior investigators of the WFRC with selected photomicrographs as needed.

Yasutake was presented with the 2010 WFRC Special Recognition for Services Award for his contributions to enhance the mission of the Center.