Update on HB 2613
From our friends at AIPG / AEG Arizona Section: Here is a brief update of where we are regarding the deregulation of geologists as originally proposed in HB 2613. Yesterday, the bill...
Apply Now! Summer Writing Internship at the WRRC
The WRRC is offering a summer internship supported by Montgomery & Associates, an Arizona-based consulting firm specializing in hydrology and water resource issues. The selected intern will contribute to research...
Government Goings-on: To Kill a Board
— Alan Dulaney Note: Since this article was published, geologists have been removed from the bill. Read an update as of March 4, 2016, here. A movement is apparently growing...
New Textbook on Erosion Control Available
Local Tucson author Pablo A. Garcia-Chevesich, Ph.D., has published a new book entitled Erosion Control and Land Restoration. This book is used as a required text for undergraduate, graduate, and...
Call for Abstracts for the AHS Annual Symposium
We want you to participate in the 29th Annual Symposium! The best way to do so is by submitting an abstract. A list of topic is suggested on the form, but others are welcome. We...
An Update of Yesterday’s Hearing on HB 2613
— Stephen D. Noel, R.G., Principal Hydrogeologist, Southwest Groundwater Consultants The vote went as expected — passing the Commerce Committee and heading towards a vote of the House. The vote was 5:3. Several...
Registered Geologists Must Read This — Important Information about HB 2613
HB 2613 proposes to de-regulate assayers, cremationists, citrus packers, athletic trainers, landscape architects — and geologists. In its letter to the Legislature in August 2015, the Board of Technical Registration...
Government Goings-On: Sierra Vista Strikes Back
by Alan Dulaney Last month, I described the lawsuit brought by BLM and other plaintiffs against ADWR over the issuance of a Designation of Adequate Water Supply to Pueblo del...