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Upcoming events for 2024

    • February 19, 2025
    • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Polish Cadets - 927 Grant St, Buffalo, NY 14207
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    A Common Sense Guide to Business Practices in New York

    1 PDH Credit Available (pending approval)

    John M. Nadeau PG (NY, LA, UT, MO, NE)

    Executive Director, New York Council of Professional Geologists

    COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMERS — Columbine Corporation

    NYSCPG - Ethics Webinar: Your P.G ...

    Talk Overview -

    A refresher on the permissible forms of business entities that may practice geology, the Certificate of Authorization and who requires one, and professional conduct. The topics will be presented in the view of the business and how this can affect the individual licensee. 

    The presentation will also explore topics from the design of professional ethical guidance, tort law, and generally recognized concepts of the Standard of Care. There will be practical examples of the Standard of Care and how it can apply to various elements of the profession. 

    Speaker Bio -

    John M. Nadeau is a NYS Licensed Professional Geologist with 25 years of focusing on solution mining, slat mining, cavern stability studies, and geologic investigations. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the New York State Council of Professional Geologists (NYSCPG) which is the principal organization of professional geologists responsible for the advancement of the competent and ethical practice of geology in New York State. Mr. Nadeau is also the President of Alpha Geological Services, D.P.C, and serves as the Executive Director for the Solution Mining Research Institute (SMRI). SMRI is an international organization that provides specialized education, technical reference information, and current issue research to those in the solution mining and storage cavern industries. In addition to being registered as a Licensed Professional Geologist in New York, John is a Licensed Professional Geologist in Louisiana, Utah, Missouri, and Nebraska. 

    Past events

    January 22, 2025 ASCE/BAPG Joint Meeting
    November 20, 2024 Communicating Complexities of Mathematical Models in Multistakeholder Negotiations
    October 12, 2024 WESTERN NEW YORK EARTH SCIENCE DAY
    September 18, 2024 BAPG September 2024 Meeting - Geophysical Monitoring
    May 15, 2024 BAPG May 2024 Meeting - Scajaquada Remediation
    April 10, 2024 BAPG April 2024 Meeting - Earth Science Student Forum @ the Buffalo Museum of Science
    March 21, 2024 BAPG March 2024 Dinner Event
    February 21, 2024 BAPG February 2024 Dinner Event
    January 24, 2024 ASCE Joint Event - Geohazard Identification, Monitoring and Mitigation of Critical Assets in the Appalachian Region
    November 16, 2023 BAPG November 2023 Dinner Meeting
    October 18, 2023 BAPG October 2023 Dinner Meeting
    May 17, 2023 BAPG May 2023 Dinner Meeting
    April 19, 2023 BAPG April 2023 Dinner Meeting
    March 22, 2023 BAPG March 2023 Dinner Meeting
    February 22, 2023 BAPG February 2023 Dinner Meeting
    November 16, 2022 2022 Geology Scholarship Event
    September 17, 2022 Fall 2022 Zoar Valley Geology Hike
    May 18, 2022 BAPG May 2022 Dinner Meeting
    April 28, 2022 2022 Annual Enrichment Seminar
    March 19, 2022 BGS Buffalo Gem and Mineral Show Volunteers
    February 16, 2022 BAPG February Webinar (PDH Approved)
    January 26, 2022 ASCE/BAPG January Meeting
    November 18, 2021 BAPG 36th Anniversary Celebration
    May 19, 2021 2021 Virtual BAPG Geology Scholarship Event
    March 17, 2021 BAPG March 2021 Presentation (Virtual)
    November 19, 2020 BAPG November 2020 Virtual Presentation
    October 18, 2020 BAPG Niagara Gorge Hike
    May 27, 2020 2020 Virtual BAPG Geology Scholarship Event
    March 12, 2020 BAPG - Technical Societies Council of the Niagara Frontier (TSC) - Joint Dinner Meeting
    February 19, 2020 BAPG February Dinner Meeting
    January 29, 2020 ASCE and BAPG Joint Dinner Meeting
    November 20, 2019 BAPG November Dinner Meeting
    October 29, 2019 Modern Technologies and Emerging Techniques for Assessing Complex Hydrogeologic Systems in Fractured Bedrock (2-Day Technical CE Course)
    October 16, 2019 October Meeting - University at Buffalo Prof. Bursik Presents - Stones in the Sky
    September 21, 2019 BAPG/NSSWNY Geology Hike in Cattaraugus Creek
    May 15, 2019 BAPG May Meeting - PART 2 - Meltwater on, in, and under the Greenland Ice Sheet
    April 17, 2019 BAPG April Meeting - Student Poster Presentations
    March 14, 2019 BAPG - Technical Societies Council of the Niagara Frontier (TSC) - Joint Dinner Meeting
    February 19, 2019 Recruitment and Retention in Geosciences
    January 16, 2019 2019 BAPG/ASCE Meeting: Advantages of Ground Improvement Techniques over the Conventional Approaches
    November 07, 2018 BAPG November Meeting - Meltwater on, in, and under the Greenland Ice Sheet
    October 17, 2018 October NYSCPG/BAPG - Technical Symposium
    September 19, 2018 BAPG September Meeting - Updating the Evidence for an Undocumented Glacial Advance in Western New York
    May 16, 2018 BAPG May Dinner Meeting
    April 18, 2018 Student Poster Presentations
    March 13, 2018 BAPG-Technical Societies Council of the Niagara Frontier (TSC) – Joint Dinner Meeting
    February 21, 2018 BAPG February Dinner Meeting
    January 17, 2018 Joint ASCE/BAPG Meeting - Using Soil-Cement Mixing for Soft Ground Improvement at a Landfill
    November 15, 2017 BAPG November Dinner Meeting
    October 18, 2017 October Meeting - Revising the Middle to Late Glacial History of Central & Western NY
    September 20, 2017 September Meeting - Springville Dam Restoration - Sediment Management Investigation
    May 17, 2017 May Meeting - Shutting Off Niagara Falls
    April 19, 2017 April Student Poster Session Meeting
    March 25, 2017 Buffalo Geological Society 49th Annual Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show
    March 14, 2017 BAPG-Technical Societies Council of the Niagara Frontier (TSC) – Joint Dinner Meeting
    February 15, 2017 February Meeting - NYS Professional Geologists Licensing Update
    January 18, 2017 Joint ASCE/BAPG Meeting - Foundation Design and Construction of the New NY Bridge
    November 16, 2016 November Meeting - Seismotectonic analysis in volcanic regions
    October 19, 2016 MODELING MODELS… A LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN
    October 08, 2016 2016 Western New York Earth Science Day
    September 21, 2016 BAPG - September Meeting - NYS PG Licensing UPDATE
    July 30, 2016 Member Appreciation Picnic at Penn Dixie
    June 25, 2016 BAPG Guided Hike of the Lower Niagara River Gorge and Picnic
    May 18, 2016 May Meeting - A Recent History of the Corps of Engineers’ Contribution to the Restoration of the Buffalo River Area of Concern (AOC): Lessons from the Sand Box
    April 20, 2016 April Meeting - 130 YEARS OF ROOM-AND-PILLAR SALT MINING IN NEW YORK STATE
    March 16, 2016 Technical Societies Council of the Niagara Frontier (TSC) – Joint Dinner Meeting
    February 17, 2016 February Meeting - Hydrofracking, Climate Change, and Evolution Outreach Yield Rules of Thumb for Addressing Controversial Issues
    January 20, 2016 Joint ASCE/BAPG Meeting - Unique Foundation Wall, Where Temporary Becomes Permanent
    November 18, 2015 BAPG - November Meeting - A Redux - Buffalo-Niagara Corridor Historically Smelted, Refined, Processed and Fabricated Metal Sources
    October 21, 2015 October 2015 BAPG Presentation
    October 10, 2015 Earth Science Day 2015
    September 26, 2015 BAPG Day at the Penn Dixie Site
    September 16, 2015 BAPG - September Meeting - Buffalo-Niagara Corridor Historically Smelted, Refined, Processed and Fabricated Metal Sources
    May 20, 2015 NYS Licensing Presentation and Q&A/Student Presentation
    April 16, 2015 Buffalo Remediation Workshop - Free
    April 15, 2015 BAPG - April Meeting - Unexpected NORM Waste in the Niagara Region
    March 18, 2015 Technical Societies Council of the Niagara Frontier (TSC) – Joint Dinner Meeting
    February 18, 2015 Hydrogeologic Modeling and the Development of Preliminary Remediation Goals for the Guterl Specialty Steel Site, New York
    January 21, 2015 Joint ASCE/BAPG Meeting - Geologic and Geotechnical Aspects of the Maid of the Mist Drydock Project
    December 03, 2014 Upper Devonian Shale Potential in the Northern Appalachian Basin
    October 22, 2014 Open-Lake Placement of Dredged Materials on Western Lake Erie Basin: Beneficial or Too Green?
    October 11, 2014 Earth Science Day 2014
    September 28, 2014 Exploring New York: Little Rock City
    September 17, 2014 Waterflooded Shallow Oil Fields of the Northern Appalachian Basin: Past, Present, & Future Practices and Issues
    July 01, 2014 Exploring New York: An Evening at the Penn Dixie Site
    May 21, 2014 The Hydraulic and Hydrogeologic Modeling of the Lower Scajaquada Creek for Environmental Restoration Planning
    April 16, 2014 Conodonts in Time and Space
    March 18, 2014 Technical Societies Council of the Niagara Frontier (TSC) – Joint Dinner Meeting
    February 19, 2014 Faults in the Appalachian Basin of New York State: A Reprise
    January 23, 2014 Solving Difficult Brownfield Soil & Groundwater Remediation Problems on Five Continents
    November 20, 2013 Establishment of the Profession of Geology in New York State
    October 16, 2013 October 2013 Meeting: Scientists Make Mistakes Too
    October 12, 2013 Earth Science Day
    September 28, 2013 Canceled - BAPG September Field Trip- Canceled
    September 18, 2013 GLLA Remedial Investigation of Eighteenmile Creek AOC
    May 15, 2013 Seismic Retrofit of Soft-Story Woodframe Buildings
    April 17, 2013 Hudson River PCB Superfund Site Update
    April 16, 2013 In-Situ Remedial Technologies Symposium
    March 21, 2013 March 2013 BAPG Monthly Meeting
    February 20, 2013 February 2013 BAPG Monthly Meeting
    February 19, 2013 Managing Groundwater Beneath the Agricultural Landscape
    January 23, 2013 Joint ASCE and BAPG January Dinner Meeting
    November 14, 2012 November 2012 BAPG Dinner Meeting
    October 17, 2012 October 2012 BAPG Dinner Meeting
    September 21, 2012 2012 WNY Geological Symposium
    September 20, 2012 TWIN TIERS - Society of Petroleum Engineers
    August 28, 2012 Eastern Oil & Gas Conference and Trade Show
    May 16, 2012 May 2012 BAPG Dinner Meeting
    April 18, 2012 April 2012 BAPG Dinner Meeting
    March 22, 2012 March 2012 Joint Dinner BAPG-TSC
    February 15, 2012 February 2012 BAPG Monthly Meeting
    January 18, 2012 Joint ASCE and BAPG January Dinner Meeting
    November 16, 2011 November 2011 BAPG Monthly Meeting
    October 22, 2011 NYSCPG ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
    October 19, 2011 October 2011 BAPG Monthly Meeting
    September 23, 2011 BAPG September Picnic
    July 25, 2011 Four Nights for Better Data, Maps & Visualization
    June 29, 2011 The Cost of Power
    May 18, 2011 May 2011 BAPG Monthly Meeting
    April 20, 2011 April 2011 BAPG Monthly Meeting
    April 13, 2011 The Marcellus Shale: Energy Development and Enhancement by Hydraulic Fracturing Conference
    April 13, 2011 Air Waste Management Association
    March 31, 2011 Marcellus Shale Lecture Series
    March 26, 2011 Gem Mineral Fossil Show - Buffalo Geological Society
    March 24, 2011 March Joint Dinner BAPG-TSC
    February 17, 2011 University at Buffalo Pegrum Lecture Series
    February 16, 2011 February BAPG Monthly Meeting
    January 26, 2011 January 2011 Joint Monthly Meeting - BAPG-ASCE
    January 19, 2011 Developing Shale Gas Resources: Environmental, Economic and Policy Perspectives
    January 19, 2011 Green Remediation
    December 15, 2010 No December Meeting
    November 17, 2010 November Monthly Meeting - Brad Gill
    October 11, 2010 October Monthly Meeting - Dr Paul Marinos
    September 15, 2010 BAPG 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
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