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Investigative Methods for Controlling Groundwater Flow to Underground Mine Workings
Phyllis Hargrave has a bachelor’s degree in geology from St. Lawrence University and a master’s degree from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology. She worked as a geologist in the mineral exploration industry for 15 years before joining the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology in 1994. She works primarily for the Bureau’s abandoned and inactive mines program.
John J. Metesh is an associate research hydrogeologist and associate professor for the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology at the Montana Tech of the University of Montana. He received a bachelor’s degree in geology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in geological engineering (hydrogeology) from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology. He is certified as a professional geologist by the State of Wisconsin.
Ken McBride graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in botany. Graduate studies in soil science led to a position conducting soil surveys in southern Colorado for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (then known as the Soil Conservation Service). Three years later he transferred to the Rio Grande National Forest, where he continued soil mapping. In 1988 he became a soil surveyor for the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. He has been the forest’s soil scientist since 1990.
Steve Oravetz graduated from the University of Washington in civil engineering and is a licensed professional civil engineer. He began his career on the Wenatchee National Forest in 1980. While there, he worked on timber sale roads and was involved with many recreation facility projects. He became chief engineer for the Northeastern Research Station in 1993. Steve became engineering program leader at MTDC in the spring of 1996. In 2001 he became the facilities management group leader for the Northern Region.
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