Lecture

Mike and Volunteers with Grey Wolf jaw bone Mike Full will present an introduction to the Ice Age Megafauna found in the Willamette Valley and the basics of fossil hunting for them. Mike's presentation will be 7:00 - 7:45PM in the Tualatin Public Library meeting room. Columbian Mammoth partial tusk socket fossil The Willamette Valley Pleistocene Project explores the late Pleistocene and early Holocene of the Willamette Valley in Northwest Oregon. Composed of local volunteers and resources, avocational paleontologists, land owners, and local government working alongside trained professionals and museum staff, our goal is to discover, study and preserve our prehistoric past. Every fossil is collected according to scientific standards, documented, stabilized and curated into a database open to the public. The entire collection is destined to stay within the public domain and will ultimately be donated to an appropriate educational institution. Join us beforehand at 6:30PM for a special Library Tour of Ice Age fossils on display. Mike's talk will follow in large Meeting Room at Library entrance. Library Director, Jerianne Thompson, will give tour of unique megafauna ice age fossils on permanent display. Please note the Library closes at 8PM sharp. Mike is a retired Police Officer and native Oregonian with a life long fascination of fossils and prehistoric life. Each summer finds him along a river in the Willamette Valley searching for fossils accompanied by friends, volunteers, students and researchers. He has collected megafauna fossils from the Willamette Valley including mammoth, mastodon, giant ground sloth, bison, horse, camel, elk, deer, giant beaver and wolf.

Bill Burgel While J Harlen Bretz was exploring the Scablands with his grad students, Joseph Pardee was quietly amassing convincing data about the existence of Glacial Lake Missoula. Pardee's work ultimately led to acceptance of Bretz' theory of catastrophic outburst flooding as an important tool in the shaping of our world. Come hear Bill Burgel in person discuss JT Pardee's critical role in the evolution of the science of geology! This presentation is In-Person Only on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 7:00PM, at Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Drive, Tualatin, OR 97062 About our presenter: Bill Burgel Bill retired from the railroad industry after a successful 40 year career. He worked for several railroads in the engineering and operating departments.His interest and training in geology was often called upon to resolve landscape issues and rerouting studies, implement early earthquake warning strategies and conduct numerous long railroad tunnel analyses.He has given many talks on rail issues as well as earthquake preparedness and topics pertaining to regional geology to local audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest. Bill is a graduate of The University of Michigan, BS in Engineering and MS in Structural Geology from Idaho State University.