NLHRR - Archives

May 8th, 2025

• Introductions, Updates, and Announcements
• 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)
• Schedule and Next Steps

April 10th, 2025

• Introductions, Updates, and Announcements
• 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)
• Schedule and Next Steps

March 13th, 2025

• Introductions, Updates, and Announcements
• 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)
• Spring-Summer Schedule and Next Steps

February 13th, 2025

• Introductions, Updates, and Announcements
• 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)
• Spring Schedule and Next Steps

January 30, 2025 Meeting Agenda:

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

November 14, 2024 Meeting Agenda:

• Introductions, Updates, and Announcements
• 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
• Discussion and next steps