National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Pacific Northwest Section
WELCOME to the PNW Section!
Welcome to the home of the Pacific Northwest Section of the NAGT. Our section is comprised of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and the Canadian Provinces of British Columbia and Yukon.
The goal of the PNW Section is to provide educational resources to NW geoscience community, via our website, periodic (Spring, Fall, Winter) newsletters, the annual field conference, and our Facebook page. The field conference is our #1 outreach program; geoscientists from around the PNW and further afield congregate the 3rd week in June each year for our Sectional Meeting, which includes a day of talks and several regional geology field trips. To learn more, check out the Meetings page.
If you are not yet a member of our section, please visit the registration section on the national NAGT page and register online.
Join us for the 2013 PNW NAGT Annual Conference, in beautiful Coos Bay, OR, June 24-28th. Accepting abstracts now!
NAGT Pacific Northwest Section
2013 Summer Conference
Southwestern Oregon CC - Coos Bay
June 24-28, 2013
The Pacific Northwest Section of NAGT has a strong history of hosting annual field conferences dating back to 1999 in Spokane. The annual conference this year will take advantage of great exposures along the Oregon Coast to provide a backdrop for discussions about local geology, Cascadia and landscape change.
Conference Schedule:
Mon. 6/24: Blacklock Point & Cape Blanco—Shear Zone Geology
Tues. 6/25: Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area & Coquille Tribe Community Plankhouse
Wed. 6/26: Conference Day at Southwestern Oregon CC.
Abstract Deadline is 5/1/13.
Thur. 6/27: Seven Devils and Bandon
Fri. 6/28: Cape Arago and Closing Night BBQ.
For more information, visit the conference website (see tab above).
Missed the Spokane PNW NAGT Conference, June 2012?
If so, you can still purchase the conference book through Joe Hull, our guidebook keeper. See the "Store" section of this website. You can also reminisce by checking out the "Pictures" page. Images will slowly be added as they are sent to us, both on the Facebook page and at our email addresses, so keep checking back!
Image (left) courtesty of the Portland Tribune, photo by L.E. Baskow, 2009; Image (right) by R. Metzger.
At the 2012 meeting, Dr. Scott Burns of Portland State University was honored for his contribution to the Section. Scott has been an active leader & participant in our section for many years, and is one of the 'foundations' that hold us together. (His specifically is built on Jory soils, we presume).
We have confirmed the next several years worth of conference venues, so please check out the "Annual Conferences" page to see where we are heading in the future.
