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By Landslide Hazards Program

See below for past meeting agendas.

Interest Group Updates: Using Model Climate to Improve Situational Awareness of Atmospheric River Related Hazards in Southeast Alaska
Presentation and Discussion: FY24 Landslide Grant Work Report Outs
- Geologic hazards mapping at First Mesa Consolidated Villages, Hopi Tribe, Arizona: A Collaborative Risk Reduction Project, by Brian Gootee (AZ GS)
- North Dakota Phase III Landslide Inventory: Mapping Active Landslides in the Bismarck 1:100,000 Quadrangle, by Chris Maike (ND GS)

Interest Group Updates
Presentation and Discussion: FY24 LH External Grants report out
- Kentucky Geological Survey FY24 grant work overview, by Matt Crawford
- Mapping Indiana’s Landslides: An Inventory in Progress, by Victoria Leffel

Regional Spotlight: Virginia Department of Energy: Geology and Mineral Resources by Anne Witt
Interest Group Updates
Presentation and Discussion: NLHRR Retrospective: A look back on 2025 NLHRR Activities

October and November NLHRR meetings were cancelled due to a lack of appropriations.

Regional Spotlight: Montana Geological Survey by Amanda Willingham (MBMG)
NLHRR Proceedings Document Planning
Presentation and Discussion: FY24 USGS LHP External Grant Report & Oregon Regional Spotlight, by Bill Burns (DOGAMI)

Regional Spotlight: California Geological Survey, by David Slayter
Presentation and Discussion: The ‘What The Heck Is Geologic Planning’ Talk, by Tricia Sears and Anna Smith (WA Geological Survey)

Regional Spotlight: Landslide Hazards Activities at the Idaho Geological Survey, by Zach Lifton
Presentation and Discussion: Tracking Landslide Loss: Perspectives from State and Federal Agencies, by Curran Mohney (OR DOT), Lauren Palermo (USGS), and Aleeza Wilkens (USGS)

Regional Spotlight: An introduction to the Center for Land Surface Hazards Catalyst (CLaSH), by Marin Clark (University of Michigan)
Interest Groups: Workplans and Updates
Presentation and Discussion: Landslide Forecasting and Warning in Puerto Rico, by Stephen Hughes (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez) and Bill Schulz (USGS)

Regional Spotlight: Landslide Hazards Activities at the Colorado Geological Survey, by Kassandra Lindsey (CO GS)
Presentations and Discussion: National assessment of road and population exposure to areas susceptible to landslides, by Nate Wood (USGS)

Regional Spotlight: Landslide Hazards Activities at the North Dakota Geological Survey, by Chris Maike (ND GS)
Presentations and Discussion: Landslide Event Response (two 15min presentations):
- The USGS “LASER” project: a framework for landslide event response, by Kate Allstadt (USGS)
- Landslide Response in Southeast Alaska, by Travis Eckhoff (AK DOT & PF)

Regional Spotlight: Landslide Hazards Activities at the Maine Geological Survey, by Lindsay Theis (ME GS)
Discussion of Interest Groups
Presentation and Discussion: Landslide Mapping, Schema and Inventory Methods, by Stephen Slaughter (USGS)

Discussion of Potential Interest Groups
Presentation and Discussion of The New National Landslide Susceptibility Map by Ben Mirus (USGS).

Overview of the USGS Landslide Hazards Program Coordination Efforts, External Landslide Grants , and USGS Hazards Ready Nation Initiative.
Introduction to the USGS National Landslide Susceptibility Map
Updates from existing landslide-focused professional groups
Proposed timeline and contours of this new working group

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