Michigan Tech was well-represented at the 72nd annual meeting for the Institute on Lake Superior Geology (ILSG), held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, from May 20-23.
- Professor Emeritus Bill Rose (GMES) was posthumously honored with the 2026 Goldich Medal at this year’s meeting. Erika Vye (GLRC/GMES) prepared and delivered (virtually) the citation for this prestigious award.
- Research Professor Jim DeGraff (GMES/GLRC) presented an oral presentation titled “Digital Preservation and Enhanced Utility of Exploration Core Descriptions, Keweenaw Copper District, Michigan: Progress Toward a Map-based Web Portal”; co-authors include Lindsay Hiltunen (VPOL), Don Lafreniere (SS), Erika Vye, Ted Bornhorst (GMES), Bill Rose, Daniel Lizzadro-McPherson (GRF/GLRC) and Bob Cowling (VPOL).
- Geospatial Research Scientist Daniel Lizzadro-McPherson (GRF/GLRC) delivered an oral presentation titled “Interactive Geospatial Geoheritage: Efforts to Support Place-based Exploration and Digitally Preserve Keweenaw’s Geoheritage” with co-authors Jim DeGraff, Bill Rose and Erika Vye.
- Tech alum Abraham Stone ’24 (B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) of the Michigan Natural Features Inventory presented an oral presentation titled “Rocks and Roots: The Role of Geoheritage in Biodiversity Stewardship”; co-authors include Daniel Lizzadro-McPherson and Erika Vye (this work was funded by a 2025 Great Lakes Research Center Rapid Research Seedling grant).
The ILSG is a nonprofit professional society that provides a forum for promoting better understanding of the geology of the Lake Superior region. The major activity of the institute is an annual meeting with geological field trips and technical presentations. Next year’s meeting will be held in Baraboo, Wisconsin, from May 2-5, 2027.