Events
The Geological Society of Maine organizes three events each year - a spring meeting, a summer field trip, and a fall meeting. Visit the News page for information on the upcoming meeting. When meeting registration is open you can sign up on our Upcoming Events page.
Spring Meetings
The spring meeting program consists of student research oral and poster presentations, with students from Maine colleges, universities, and high schools participating. Cash awards from the Walter Anderson Fund are given to the best oral and best poster presentation, chosen by a panel of geologists.
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Spring Meeting Rotation: Spring meetings are traditionally hosted by geology or earth science departments at Maine colleges and universities. The established rotation, which is subject to change is the order shown below.
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Bates College, Lewiston
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University of Maine at Presque Isle
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University of Maine at Farmington
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Bowdoin College, Brunswick
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Colby College, Waterville
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University of Maine, Orono
Year | Title | Dates | Location | Convenors |
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2019 | Student Showcase | University of Maine at Presque Isle | Kevin McCartney |
Summer Field Trips
The summer field trip program usually includes a weekend itinerary of field visits to geologic localities in a region that are interesting from a bedrock, surficial, hydrogeologic, and/or environmental geology perspective. A banquet or cookout is held Saturday evening.​
Year | Title | Dates | Location | Convenors |
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2025 | Geology, Hydrogeology, and Hydrology of Maine's Capital Region | July 12-13 | Central Maine | Andrew Collins |
2024 | Geology of Islesboro and Eastern Penobscot Bay | July 27-28 | Penobscot Bay | Fred Beck, Rich Campbell, Marlon Jean, Doug Reusch, Taury Smith, Justin Strauss, Luis Torres |
2023 | Geology of the Cambro-Ordovician Miramichi Terrane and adjacent Silurian Turbidites | July 22-23 | Greenfield-Bangor | Allan Ludman, Stephen Pollock |
2019 | Munsungun Anticlinorium region | North Maine Woods | Chunzeng Wang, David Putnam, Steve Pollock | |
2018 | Cape Neddick to Spring Point - In Arthur's Footsteps | Southern Maine | Henry Berry |
Fall Meetings
The fall meeting program usually includes a symposium with speakers invited from the geologic consulting and regulatory communities.​
Year | Title | Dates | Location | Convenors |
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2018 | Geoscience Education in Maine | November | Augusta Civic Center | Sarah Hall |
2019 | Climate Change and Adaptation Planning in Maine | November | Augusta Civic Center | Sarah Hall |