About Us

The National AIPG:

• certifies geologists based on their competence, integrity, and ethics.
• presents testimony and position papers to federal and state legislators and agencies on matters affecting geologists and geologists’ employment opportunities.
• intervenes with regulatory boards and agencies on behalf of individual geologists, at the geologist’s request.
• publishes a monthly magazine, The Professional Geologist, and a variety of publications for both the profession and the general public.
• provides liability insurance for errors and omissions, designed specifically for geologists, and a full line of health, life and accident insurance.
• provides international comity through agreements with professional societies in other countries, provides access for its Members to professional registration, certification, or chartered status in those countries.

The Northeast Section (CT, ME, HN, MA, NJ, NY, RI, and VT) of AIPG:

• provides a scholarship to undergraduates in pursuit of a career in geology.
• supports state licensure of geologist in the Northeast.
• publishes a Newsletter four times a year and an annual Directory of Members.
• has an executive committee that meets 6 times a year to discuss the current happenings and future activities of the NE Section.
• attempts to plan two membership events per year, one in the Spring and one in the Fall.

More information about the Section Executive Committee Officers, By-Laws, Angelo Tagliacozzo Memorial Geological Scholarship, Spring and Fall meetings, Newsletters, etc., can be found at the links on this page.

Registration to the Section is available through the registration page on AIPG National's website, https://aipg.org/. 

Being a professional geologist with a state license is not a substitute for joining and being Certified by the AIPG. A professional geologist should have a state license to practice geology and be a member of the AIPG for the same reasons why a doctor has a state license to practice medicine and is a member of the AMA. The state license allows a geologist to practice his or her profession in a state and protects the health and welfare of the residents. That is why the AIPG supports the licensure of geologists. However, the license does not protect or support the geologist, but the AIPG does! Therefore, a geologist should have a state license and be a member of the AIPG. It just makes good sense!

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