Meetings

Meeting
Meetings are held once a month September through May, usually on a Tuesday, depending on weather and speaker's schedules.
(For those eating lunch, we ask for $5 to help offset the cost).
Meeting Location
Department of Mineral Resources
(1000 E. Calgary Ave. in Bismarck)
or
North Dakota Heritage Center
(located on state capitol grounds in Bismarck)
The meeting place and time may vary due to special speakers, field trips, picnics, etc.
Meeting Time
12:00 noon, for luncheon meeting with presentation

Upcoming Meetings

May 2022 Meeting


Date & Time:  12:00 PM (Noon), Tuesday, May 31, 2022


Location:  DMR Conference Room, 1000 E Calgary Ave, Bismarck (or virtually via Microsoft Teams)


Speaker: Jeff Bader, Director of the Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library, NDGS


Topic:  Stratigraphic Framework of the Deadwood Formation in North Dakota


Cost:  Free! ($5 for pizza & soda)

December 2021 Meeting

Date & Time:  12:00 PM (Noon) Tuesday, Dec. 14th, 2021


Location:  DMR Conference Room, 1000 E Calgary Ave, Bismarck (or virtually via Microsoft Teams)


Speaker:  Lance G. Loken, President/Senior Geologist/Professional Soil Classifier, Western Plains Consulting, Inc.


Topic:  Expedited Soil and Groundwater Remediation Using In-situ and Ex-Situ Treatment


Cost: Free! ($5 for pizza & soda)

October 2021 Meeting

Date & Time:  12:00 PM (Noon) Wednesday, Oct. 27th, 2021


Location:  DMR Conference Room, 1000 E Calgary Ave, Bismarck (or virtually via Microsoft Teams)


Speaker:  Dr. Timothy Fisher, Prof. of Geology, University of Toledo


Topic:  A status update on our understanding of glacial Lake Agassiz


Cost: Free! ($5 for pizza & soda)

September 2021 Meeting

Annual Fall Picnic — Pitchfork Steak Fondue


Date & Time:  6:00 PM Wednesday, September 15th, 2021


Location:  Sertoma Park, Bismarck (Shelter 7)


Cost:   $10 per person (Guests welcome — kids eat free!)

May 2021 Meeting

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams


Date & Time: 12:00 PM (Noon) Wednesday, May 26th 2021


Location:  Online (check your email for the Teams invite)


Speaker:  Dr. Clint Boyd, Senior Paleontologist, NDGS


Topic: An unexpected pathway for soft tissue preservation revealed by an exquisitely preserved dinosaur mummy


Cost:  Free!

March 2021 Meeting

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams


Date & Time: 12:00 PM (Noon), Wednesday, March 31, 2021


Location:  Online (check your email for the Teams invite)


Speaker:  Benjamin York


Topic: Analysis and Modeling of Selected Lakes in Kidder, Logan, and Stutsman Counties, North Dakota, for Evaluating Viability of Lakes as Long-Term Fisheries


Cost:  Free!

February 2021 Meeting

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams


Date & Time: 12:00 PM (Noon), Wednesday, February 24, 2021


Location:  Online (check your email for the Teams invite)


Speaker:  Fred Anderson


Topic: Mineralogy of Eolian Sand Deposits in North-Central North Dakota Evaluated for use as In-basin Sourced Proppant


Cost:  Free!

October 2020 Meeting

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams


Date & Time: 12:00 PM (Noon), Thursday, October 20, 2020


Location:  Online (check your email for the Teams invite)


Speaker:  Timothy Nesheim


Topic: Examination of Downward Hydrocarbon Charge Within the Bakken-Three Forks Petroleum System - Williston Basin, North America


Cost:  Free!

Recorded Meetings