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Emerald Lakes, Tongariro National Park, North Island, When Life Gives You Lemons… The Bowfort Towers...........................................22 New Zealand. This park encompasses the active volcanoes of Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. The Emerald Lakes are hosted in UPCOMING EVENTS explosion craters resulting from this volcanic activity. Their distinctive green colour is due Technical Luncheons..............................................................................................23 to the dissolution of volcanic minerals in the water. Mike Lam Honorary Address Luncheon .................................................................................24 Division Talks ..........................................................................................................28 SOCIETY NEWS 2017 – Frosty Sunshine Arrives For The CSPG Mixed Golf Tournament ...........36 Bulletin Of Canadian Petroleum Geology – Editorial Transitions ......................38 2017 Core Conference Wrap Up ............................................................................39 RESERVOIR ISSUE 6 • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 5 NEW ISSUE OF THE BULLETIN Check out the newest issue of the CSPG Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology online today at www.cspg.org Issue Contents: The Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation of west-central Saskatchewan: stratigraphic architecture and sequence stratigraphy of a conventional heavy oil reservoir L.E. Chabanole and L.A. Buatois Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the middle Turonian-late Santonian interval in southern Saskatchewan, Canada J.F. Diaz and M.I. Velez An allostratigraphic and paleogeographic framework for the Joli Fou and Pelican formations and contiguous strata (Late Albian, Early Cretaceous) in central Alberta K.M. Vannelli, A.G. Plint, R.A. Buckley, J.R. Krawetz and C.M. Cunningham MESSAGE FROM THE CSPG FOUNDATION GREETINGS FROM YOUR CSPG FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES By Tony Cadrin Chair he CSPG Foundation Board of funding soon became the CSPG itself, CSPG outreach programs along with Trustees is comprised of David Clyde, with the Board of Directors routinely independent programs that also fulfill the TKirk Osadetz, Samantha Etherington, transferring society surpluses into the mandate of the Foundation. Endowment fund. Tom Sneddon, Keith Yaxley, Michael Webb The CSPG Foundation allocates funding and myself, Tony Cadrin. Jassie Kang and Beginning in 1990 the Society began to through the following means: Kathleen Shannon are Board Trustees broaden the scope of funding beyond • providing bursaries, scholarships, field who provide invaluable expertise in SIFT, beginning with support of the study grants Accounting and Legal Affairs respectively. EdGeo program and support of youth Katie Romansky is volunteering for the science fairs. The expanded scope of • donations to Canadian universities Foundation and is a Board Trustee in the 50th Anniversary Trust Fund was • grants to organizations that