The 2015 GSM field trip will be held July 25-26 at Isle au Haut, a town of about 40 year-round people, with a summer population of about 200.  The field trip will be held in the middle of the high season on Isle au Haut and will require advanced planning for lodging and transportation.  The trip leaders will be Dr. Marshall Chapman of Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, and Bob Gerber, CG, engineering and geologic consultant and summer resident of Isle au Haut. Marshall wrote his Ph.D. thesis on the bedrock geology of Isle au Haut and Marshall also is a summer resident of the island and owns the only Bed & Breakfast on the island: The Keeper’s House Inn.

Please read this pdf document so you know what the options are for accommodations and can take action soon:

2015 Field Trip info_12_15_2014 edits

People with questions that are not answered by this attachment can contact Bob Gerber via email at Aframe73@gmail.com.  Hope to see you at the GSM meeting this week.

Next summer (2015), Fred Beck (Geological Society of Maine) and Alison Jones (GSM and Geological Society of Arizona) will again be leading a raft trip through 188 miles of the Grand Canyon – - a 7 day trip on 2 motorized 34-foot inflatable rafts.  This will be the 7^th trip for Alison and 6^th for Fred.    We will be going “down section” from the late Permian into the Precambrian, and making numerous geologic and just fun stops along the way.   We will be camping out each night on sandy beach deltas.  As in the past, our trip will be run by Hatch River Expeditions, the oldest raft concessionaire in the Grand Canyon.

Hatch provides everything; two rafts which each comfortably carry 16 people, all camping gear and food, and three licensed experienced guides who run the boats, do the cooking, and assure that everyone will have the experience of a lifetime.    In the past we have had about 50% geologists and the rest spouses, teen-aged children, or just people who want to learn about geology in perhaps the grandest classroom in the world.  It may be that this trip would qualify for continuing education credits for those who need these credits.

This trip has proved very popular and the available spots usually are all filled by late summer or early Fall.   A deposit of $500 is required to hold a spot.  The balance of $2450 is due in March.  In case of cancellation, the deposit will be returned if the spot can be filled.   Since we always have had a waiting list, we’ve never failed to fill vacated spots.  For more detailed information, contact Fred Beck at fmbeck@fmbeck.net, or Alison Jones at ajones@clearcreekassociates.com.

Grand Canyon 2015 Announcement pdf file.

The 2104 GSM field trip will take place in the Bethel, Maine area on July 19 and 20.

Lodging
We have selected a campground that will reserve a group site or grouped individual sites for us http://www.betheloutdooradventure.com/. This place also has a lot of outdoor activities available in case spouses or children don’t want to look at rocks all day (I know, it’s hard to imagine). Camping is $7/night per person. Please let Chris Morrell (cmorrell@rwg-a.com) know of your camping intentions (# of people and nights) by June 2nd. Prepayment is not required but reservations are.

There also are many motels, inns, and lodges in the area, but be aware that Bethel is celebrating Molly Ockett Day that weekend and there is a professional road rally occurring in the area as well, so you should make reservations soon.  An internet search for ‘Bethel Maine lodging’ will bring up a number of choices.

Saturday Dinner
Dinner will take place at the campground under a tent and will consist of gourmet BBQ and side dishes provided by a caterer who is also a licensed land surveyor (you never know…). The tentative menu consists of Ribs, Pulled Chicken, Jalapeno Poppers, Beans, Coleslaw and Cornbread. The Jalapeno Poppers are something to be experienced! There will be a few hotdogs and burgers for kids. Bring your own drinks.

GSM will subsidize the cost so adults will pay $15 and children $10. Prepayment is required by June 14th! Send a check (or cash) made out to GSM to Bruce Hunter (GSM Treasurer), 44 Old Fairgrounds Rd., Readfield, ME 04355.

More information on the field trip agenda will be provided soon. Hope to see you there!

Please note that we are still accepting student abstracts through March 19th for this meeting.  See the previous post, below.

Geological Society of Maine Spring Meeting 2014

Bowdoin College
Friday, April 4, 2014

11:30 – 1:00pm  Executive Committee lunch meeting through the line in Thorne Hall
1:00 – 2:30pm  Student Poster Presentations, Druckenmiller Hall Atrium
2:30 – 3:30pm   Student Oral Presentations, Druckenmiller Hall Room 016
3:30 – 4:00pm   Business Meeting, Druckenmiller Hall Room 016
4:30 – 5:30pm   Keynote Speaker, TBA, Druckenmiller Hall Room 016
5:30 – 6:00pm   Reception following the Talk – Druckenmiller Atrium

Time for student oral presentations is based on an unknown number at this point.
Map of Campus: bowdoin-campus-map-2014
Druckenmiller Hall is #31 on map; Thorne Dining Hall is #67 on map.
Parking:  There should be ample parking in the Dayton Lot (site of the old Dayton Arena on
Harpswell Rd.)  and Coffin St. Lot (off of College St.).
Student Participants:  Call for Abstracts Deadline is Wednesday, March 19, 2014
See GSM website www.gsmmaine.org for details and an abstract example

For details about the Spring Meeting see the newsletter, which has just been posted to the newsletters page.

GSM members and the public are invited to a talk at Bowdoin College sponsored by the Earth and Ocean Science Department.

Volcanoes and the Great Dying: the end-Permian extinction will be presented by Lindy Elkins-Tanton, director of the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.

7 pm, Room 16 Druckenmiller Hall, Bowdoin College.  Volcanoes and the Great Dying

Note that the GSM Spring Meeting will be held at Bowdoin College on April 4.  More information will be forthcoming.