Sharing the Fascinating Ice Age Floods Story Since 1995
The Spokane area was the Ice Age Floods pathway to the Channeled Scabland Tracts and Coulees of Central Washington.
The flood waters passing through the area from Glacial Lake Missoula undoubtedly carried large volumes of rock and iceberg debris. Much of the rock debris that was deposited along this Floods breakout path formed the Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, an underground reservoir of water that is the source of drinking water for the citizens of Spokane.
The greater Spokane area has its fair share of recessional cataracts, waterfalls, including Spokane Falls in downtown Spokane, Floods carved basalt formations, scablands and debris-dammed lakes. The flood waters were saturated with great volumes of rock flour and soil that transformed them into the ultra-dense and highly erosive flows that carved massive Floods features throughout the central Washington basin.
The Pathway area and the Gateway to the Channeled Scabland are varied and fascinating landscapes
IAFI’s Cheney-Spokane Chapter serves Eastern Washington and represents the region that includes:
Chapter Mission Statement
With its affiliate, the Ice Age Floods Institute, the Cheney-Spokane Chapter is an alliance of individuals dedicated to promoting the Ice Age Floods story and to serving a growing community of Ice Age Floods enthusiasts by offering educational, cultural, and social activities to foster knowledge of the Ice Age Floods, no matter their background or experience.”
Chapter Meetings and Lecture schedules are posted on IAFI.org and distributed to the Chapter’s Media email listing via MailChimp. See the Upcoming Events or the General Events Calendar for a listing of all chapter meetings and events.
In 2020 we started recording our lectures and uploading them to our YouTube channel: Ice Age Floods – Cheney-Spokane. If you can’t make it to a lecture, we generally have the video uploaded to YouTube in the next week. We welcome you to visit our channel and browse the videos there!
The Cheney-Spokane Chapter provides presentations on the Great Missoula Ice Age Floods for organizations, classrooms, senior facilities, etc. We also schedule speakers, writers, geologists and other scientists on various topics related to the Floods. Contact Speaker Bureau Coordinator, Glenn Cruickshank, for speaker information.
President
Linda McCollum
Vice-President Glenn Cruickshank
Secretary
Michael McCollum
Interim Treasurer
Don Chadbourne
Past-President
Melanie Bell Gibbs
| National Trail and Education Coordinator | Dr. Gary Ford, 208.660.3757 |
| Membership and Publicity Coordinator | Dr. Linda McCollum, 509.235-8086 |
| Scientific Advisors | Dr. Gene Kiver, 360.299.2759 |
| Program, Field Trips, and Trails Coordinators | Michael Hamilton Don Chadbourne Chris Sheeran Sarah Doyle, Ex-Officio BLM |
| Media Manager | Chris Sheeran |
| Publicity Committee | Melanie Bell Gibbs, 509.954.4242 |
| Speaker Bureau Coordinator | Glenn Cruickshank, 703.283.7342 |
| Transportation Ex-Officio | Dick Jensen, 509.939.7836 |
We’re reaching out to ask for your help. As we work toward our mission of promoting public awareness and education
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