Ellensburg Vantage Highway Corridor Field Trip

Wildhorse Wind and Solar Facility and Renewable Energy Center 25901 Vantage Hwy 98926, Ellensburg, WA, United States

The Ellensburg Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will host a field trip that covers the Vantage Highway corridor between Ellensburg and Vantage on Saturday 18 May 2024. We will meet at Wildhorse Wind and Solar Facility and Renewable Energy Center parking lot at 11:00am on the 18th. The trip will include stops at: 1) Renewable […]

Ellensburg Field Trip – Wildhorse Wind/Solar to Vantage – May 18

Wildhorse Wind and Solar Facility and Renewable Energy Center 25901 Vantage Hwy 98926, Ellensburg, WA, United States

The Ellensburg Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will host a field trip that covers the Vantage Highway corridor between the Wild Horse Wind & Solar Facility & Renewable Energy Center (east of Ellensburg) and Vantage on Saturday 18 May 2024. We will meet at Wildhorse Wind and Solar Facility and Renewable Energy Center parking […]

Dr. Jerome Lesemann Presents “Subglacial/proglacial mega floods from the Cordilleran Ice Sheet on the Channeled Scablands”

Bellevue College 3000 Landerholm Cir SE, Bellevue, WA, United States

From Wikipedia Glacial Lake Missoula is most commonly invoked as the sole source of water to form the Channeled Scabland. However, early work by Bretz (and others) suggested more direct contributions of meltwater from the Cordilleran Ice Sheet to explain formation of some Scabland flood tracts. In some cases, these contributions may have been subglacially […]

Columbia Gorge Geology Field Trip, June 1

Original Wasco Co. Courthouse Museum 410 W 2nd Pl., The Dalles, Oregon, United States

  Lloyd DeKay, president of the Columbia River Gorge Chapter of IAFI, has volunteered to lead a day-long presentation and field trip 0n June 1, 2024,  to explore the geology of the central-east portion of the Columbia River Gorge for participants from the Original Wasco County Courthouse Museum. The day will begin at 8:30 AM with […]

June Jamboree in Spokane, WA

CenterPlace Regional Event Center 2426 N Discovery Pl, Spokane Valley, WA, United States

Save the date for a June Jamboree and membership meeting in Spokane! We will have a member appreciation barbecue and a variety of local hikes guided by geologists to view many Ice Age Floods related features in the area.

UNESCO International Geodiversity Day – Oct. 6th

The International Geodiversity Day was established today by the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference!! From now on, the 6th of October will be an annual worldwide celebration, raising awareness across society about the importance of non-living nature for the well-being and prosperity of all living beings on the planet! The winner of the […]