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MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY
PUBLICATION RECEIVES AWARD

The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology's 2012 publication Information Pamphlet 6, "Coalbed Methane Basics: Ten years of lessons from the Powder River Basin, Montana," by Elizabeth Meredith, John Wheaton, and Shawn Kuzara has won the John C. Frye Memorial Award from the Association of American State Geologists and the Geological Society of America.

Pit safety talk draws crowd— soughing, water level among residents' concerns
Posted March 20, 2013 •
By John Grant Emeigh

A sloughing of the southeast corner of the Berkeley Pit that occurred on Feb. 8 can be seen in this photo taken Tuesday 3/19/13. The wall has been the site of three small slides in the past year. Photo by Walter Hinick

Sliding pit walls raise concern
Posted March 10, 2013 12:00 am •

By John Grant Emeigh

Photo by Walter Hinick

Montana Bureau of Mines geologist Kaleb Scarberry says the obscure elements go into things "that are becoming iincreasingly more important to what we need as a society."
The demand is driven by the properties of the 17 rare earth elements, especially their magnetic qualities.
"As technology improves and we make gadgets that are smaller and smaller, and presumably more and more durable, you're going to require components, specifically magnets to keep those tiny moving parts together," Scarberry said.

posted by Dennis Bragg -
KPAX News Missoula 11/1/12

Hug a geologist It's Geologic Map Day —Today is Geologic Map Day, part of Earth Science Week. Sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, the American Association of State Geologists, and the American Geosciences Institute, Earth Science Week encourages everyone to learn about the geosciences. At the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, we’re all about Earth Science. Friday, October, 19, 2012

Armed with data: Bureau of Mines helps Shields Valley prepare for fracking —Sunday, July 8, 2012 LAURA LUNDQUIST, Chronicle Staff Writer

New director of Bureau of Mines named  —John Metesh, Ph.D., has been named the new director of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. He'll start the position in September —Sunday June 14, 2012

Each year the Montana Tech Research Office gives several awards to honor and reward those faculty and staff who have contributed to the success of the campus research and scholarly activity enterprise.  Each of these awards consists of a certificate of recognition and $1,000.

Announced at Montana Tech's Annual Awards TGIF, May 4th, 2012, this years winners are:

Distinguished Researcher Award.

• Jeff Lonn  - Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
• Chris Danielson - Liberal Studies
• Chris Gammons - Geological Engineering

Lifetime Distinguished Researcher Award

• Robin McCulloch - Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology

Decade Awards
Honor accomplishments in mentorship, inventorship and grantspersonship over the last ten years.

Grantpersonship.  Who received the most grants and contracts to support service, education and research over the last ten years?  And the answers are,

• Dan Trudnowski – Electrical Engineering
• Ted Duaime – Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
• Amy Verlanic – Institute for Educational Opportunities...

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  On February 23^rd, Ed Deal, representing the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, and Jon Axline, representing the Montana Department of Transportation, received First Lady Awards for their organizations’ significant work with the Governor and the First Lady in creating and installing geologic highway road signs across Montana. The MBMG not only helped create the signs, but also participated in several official openings, presenting geologic information to Montana students and citizens. Congratulations to the MBMG staff who helped with this important project.

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  Montana Water Well Drillers Association Award — Luke Buckley recently attended the Montana Water Well Drillers Association annual convention in Billings. During the convention’s banquet, the Board of Water Well Contractors publicly presented him with a plaque acknowledging his long-standing work developing MBMG’s Ground Water Information Center (GWIC) and the ‘DrillerWeb’ on-line water-well-log filing system used by Water Well Contractor,

• State agency monitoring Big Sky water —— Thursday, January 12, 2012

• MBMG hosts Mineral Museum 110th Anniversary — Mineral Museum's colorful history— The Montana Standard, Sunday Oct 30, 2011

• Examining an Eagle Cliffs rock slide— Jay Gunderson of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology explains how weather changes cause rock slides — David Grubbs—Billings Gazette —Friday, March 4, 2011

• Drinking, bathing come with a price— By K.J. HASCALL — Hungry Horse News— Hagadone Corporation — Wednesday, March 2, 2011