Sharing the Fascinating Ice Age Floods Story Since 1995
The Spokane Aquifer is a legacy from the giant Ice Age floods that roared through the Spokane Valley, leaving behind a porous, coarse gravel that hosts our communities' water supply. The Aquifer story includes tales of fascinating, unique geologic processes and community historical events that formed and harnessed this resource. Presented by Geologist Michael Hamilton from the Ice Age Floods Institute
During this presentation, we follow the path of the floods from western Montana across the Idaho Panhandle, through the Columbia Basin and Gorge, into the Willamette Valley and finally to the Pacific Ocean. We look at some of the major floods features found within the four-state area-features you can see out your windshield as you travel through the floods area. Presented by Dr. Gary Ford, president of the Ice Age Floods Institute Brochures prepared by the Ice Age Floods Institute and National Park Service will be available. Books, videos, and maps on the floods will be available for purchase from the Cheney- Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods institute.
Follow along on this imaginative look at the period when Lake Missoula was carving out our shrub-steppe scablands. Paul Lindholdt writes environmentally inflected nonfiction and journalism. His 10 books include In Earshot of Water, an ecological memoir that won the Washington State Book Award, The Spokane River, and Interrogating Travel. Presented by Paul Lindholdt, of the Ice Age Floods Institute
(21Feb2024) We have invited Ralph Haugerud, USGS to give a talk in "wasting of the Southern Margins of the Cordilleran Ice sheet" on March 18,2024. Please note that this date has moved the Chapter Meeting to 18 March 2024. Or the third week of March. While we don't have the details yet, I bet it will be more than a review of the Mima Mounds.  Our new location is Bellevue College, Bldg R, Rm103, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue, WA 98007-6484. See our website for directions/parking. For this meeting only, there will be NO presentation by zoom,
Thursday, April 4, 2024. 7:00 pm. What Happened to the Spokane Ice Sheet? Friday, April 5, 2024. 7:00 pm. The Missoula Floods versus Bretz's Spokane Flood Saturday, April 6, 2024. 7:00 pm. Was Moses Coulee Carved by Subglacial Floods? Doors open at 6:30 pm each night. 700 seats. Open seating. Free. Will be filmed for YouTube. Morgan Auditorium. 400 E 1st Ave. Ellensburg, Washington, USA.
Dear Members, Former Members, and Friends, I trust this message finds you in good health and spirits. I'm Mike Doran, a fellow member of the Ellensburg Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute, and I'm reaching out to you with an important invitation. Our chapter has a storied past filled with enriching field trips, captivating lectures, and engaging speakers. However, it's time for us to refocus our efforts and ensure that we're set for continued growth and success in the future. To achieve this, a dedicated group of us has been actively discussing strategies and ideas. Now, we're eager to invite you to join us for a special meeting where we can gather your invaluable input, ideas, and concerns. Your participation, in any capacity you choose, is vital as we navigate our path forward. We're fortunate that Karl Lillquist has arranged for us to convene on Friday, April 5th, at 4:30 PM in a meeting room at Dean Hall on the Central campus. (Please note that parking restrictions on campus ease after 4:30 PM as there is no cost then. Use parking lot O-5. Just be sure to park in General Parking slots and not Staff slots. ) The meeting time aligns perfectly with Nick's Bretz lectures, providing an ideal opportunity for us to meet before attending his 7:00 PM talk. During our gathering, we'll create an open forum for discussion and have light refreshments available. Additionally, we will be conducting elections for the following officer positions: Secretary, Vice-President, and President. This is an excellent opportunity for members to get involved and help shape the future direction of our organization. Whether you're interested in taking an active role in the organization, standing for election, or simply wish to share your thoughts, your presence will be immensely valued. Together, we aim to bolster Karl and Nick's efforts and ensure the sustained success of our chapter. We're genuinely excited about the possibilities that lie ahead and eagerly anticipate seeing you there. Should you have any questions or concerns beforehand, please feel free to reach out to me at 253-278-3470. Warm regards, Mike Doran
The Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 PM, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 127 S. Mission, Wenatchee. Or via Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84520197937 Webinar ID: 845 2019 7937 Dr. Earl F. Cater, Director of the Douglas County Museum in Waterville, will present “The Geology of Sunset Highway.” Topics he will discuss include: Early Euro-American explorations of the Big Bend country; Difficulty in getting to Douglas County because of elevation and size; Barriers to Euro-American settlement: Rocks and no roads, Banks Lake area’s 800-feet high basalt cliffs, Corbaley Canyon’s fractured gneiss and schist, rockslides from basalt layers; Obstacles from glaciation: Yeager Rock and multiple haystack rocks and other glacial features; The first stage in Okanogan, March 1884: The Jack Smith story; 1913 Declaration of the Sunset Highway as the Red Trail; 1926 Declaration of the Sunset Highway as the Yellowstone Trail. The program is free and open to the public. Contact information: Dr. Earl F. Cater Director, Douglas County Museum efcater@gmail.com 515-371-3535 Susan D. Freiberg Erratics Chapter Publicity wenvalerratics@yahoo.com
This live musical experience immerses the musicians and audience in large-scale projections of landscapes animated to the contemporary classical program. Using photogrammetry and LiDAR, the scenes are rendered in three-dimensional point clouds that animate to reveal the sculptural aspects of the geology and landforms. The second half of the evening’s program is “He Who Saw the Deep,” which are five studies for a larger piece in development about the ice age floods. Principally drawing on floodscapes in the Channeled Scablands, these five works explore the enigmatic landscapes that inspired J Harlen Bretz’s cataclysmic flood theory set to a musical program performed by Pyxis Quartet. Friday, April 12, 2024 at 7:00PM Straub Collaborative 3333 NW Industrial St, Portland, ORMore information can be found here. Get your tickets at 45th Parallel website. WORKS Andy Akiho: Prospects of a Misplaced Year PERFORMERS Ron Blessinger, violin Greg Ewer, violin Charles Noble, viola Marilyn de Oliviera, cello Yoko Greeney, piano Brad Johnson, visual artist Meanwhile, enjoy this trailer video
On Thursday, April 25, four classes of 7th grade science students from Henkle Middle School will be visiting Fort Cascades Park on the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam for talks by Jeanette Burkhardt and Margaret Neumann of Yakama Fisheries and Mid-Columbia Fisheries, and Lloyd DeKay of the Ice Age Floods Institute. All together, 90 students will learn more in the field about fish, natural resources and Gorge geology. The presenters also volunteer in leading field trips for the Columbia Gorge Master Naturalist program.
Lloyd DeKay, president of the Columbia River Gorge Chapter of IAFI, has volunteered to lead a day-long presentation and field trip on June 1, 2024, to explore the geology of the central-east portion of the Columbia River Gorge for winning donors at the Skyline Health Foundation's Cultivate Columbia fundraiser on April 13, 2024. The day will begin at 8:30 AM with a slide presentation about the origins and geohistory of the Gorge. Then participants will board a bus for a 40+ mile roundtrip to see and discuss a number of uniquely interesting places and geologic features found in the Gorge between White Salmon and The Dalles. Basalt Pillows We'll see and discuss lahar deposits, kolk ponds, tree casts, differences between pillow basalts and Maar deposits, Ice Age Floods features, indigenous petroglyphs and even a brief trip through Africa USA. Lunch will be no-host at a local restaurant along the way. Maar Deposits This field trip is donated in support of the Skyline Health Foundation. The Cultivate Columbia fundraiser is currently sold out, so if you don't have tickets and you wish to participate, you should contact the foundation director, Elizabeth Vaivoda at 509-637-2602 for more details.