2022 Outcrop Awards

The RMAG Outcrop editors reviewed the 2022 publications and voted on the Best Lead Article and Best Cover Photo awards. As always, the decision was difficult, with a variety of interesting, unique and impactful articles and photos published. We greatly appreciate all of the efforts to contribute to The Outcrop over the past year.

The winner for the Best Lead Article of 2022 is Louis D. Hose’s “A World-Class Gem: In the Middle of the Basin and Range – Lehman Caves isn’t just another roadside attraction” published in the December issue. The Outcrop committee found this article to be a very entertaining and informative lead article, and was especially impressed with the multitude of eye-catching, high quality figures and images embedded within the article. We additionally would like to recognize the significant efforts by Jane Estes-Jackson, Donna Anderson, and Matt Silverman, to produce the four-part RMAG Centennial series throughout last year. Readers greatly appreciated learning about our history, and it was an excellent way to celebrate 100 years of RMAG!

The Best Cover Photo award also comes from the December issue, with Dave Bunnel’s photograph exploring the Gypsum Annex of Lehman Caves. The photograph was a favorite for its unique composition, with the scale of the cave contrasted to that of Dave’s fellow spelunker.

The RMAG Outcrop editors would again like to thank all of our 2022 article authors and photographers. We encourage all of our readers to review the interesting articles from this last year, and to reach out if interested in submitting a future article or cover photo!

The Outcrop Editors

Scott Bowles is VP of Operations at The Cobalt Group, LLC and lives in St. George, Utah.

Michael Braunscheidel lives in Golden, Colorado.

Mason Dykstra is Vice President at Enthought and lives in Lafayette, Colorado.

Wesley Franklin is a Geologist at Mantle Oil & Gas, LLC and lives in Friendswood, Texas.

Daniel Halford is a student at University of Oxford and lives in Fullerton, California.

J L Jones is an Independent Geologist and lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Thomas Kirkwood is works for Wesco Operating Inc and lives in Casper, Wyoming.

Darren Kirkwood is an Engineer at Kirkwood Companies and lives in Evergreen, Colorado.

Dietrich Landis is Mgr Acquistion Sales and BD at NodalSeismic and lives in Signal Hill, California.

Jim Levy is President at Green Energy Minerals Inc. and lives in El Paso, Texas.

Chad Linzman is a Consultant at Gaia Earth Technologies and lives in Thornton, Colorado.

Genga Nadaraju is VP Subsurface at Avanti Helium Corporation and lives in Calgary, Colorado.

Sandra Perry is a Senior Geologist, Partner at Perry Remote Sensing LLC and lives in Denver, Colorado.

Michal Ruder is President at Wintermoon Geotechnologies Inc and lives in Glendale, Colorado.

Tim Rynott is CEO at Four Corners Helium, LLC and lives in Durango, Colorado.

James Wood works at Calaber1 Resources and lives in Calgary, Alberta.

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