September 1996 – Dr. William Kelly,  Minerals of the NTS Museum Collection

October 1996 – Dr. K. Douglas Nelson,  Project in Depth: Exploring the Crust beneath the Root of the World

November 1996 – Dr. Todd W. Rayne,  Delineation of Wellhead Protection Areas for Municipal Wells in Complex
Carbonak Rock

December 1996 – Dr. Charles Driscoll,  Are you mad as a hatter: The Environmental Chemistry of Mercury

January 1997 – Dr. Cathryn Newton,  Biological Activity in Mars Meteorite

February 1997 – Dr. Robert Titus,  Geologic Images in the Catskills, Writing Geology for the Public

March 1997 –                               Dendrochronologic Record of 100 Years of Solution Brine Mining within the Tully Valley

April 1997 – Dr. Donald Siegel,  Wetland Characterization: The Conflict Between Science and Politics

May 1997 – Dr. Eugene Domack,  Journey to the Middle of Nowhere: Heard Island, A Geological and Biological Paradise