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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T183000
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SUMMARY:How the Ice Age Floods Changed the Course of the Palouse River
DESCRIPTION:Palouse Falls – Photo Glenn Traver\nBefore the Ice Age Floods\, the Palouse River would have flowed through present day Washtucna\, Kahlotus\, Connell\, Mesa\, and Eltopia before entering the Columbia River near the Pasco Airport. Today\, it takes a fifty-mile shortcut to the Snake River at Lyons Ferry via the Palouse Canyon and Palouse Falls. \nIn this presentation by Lloyd Stoess\, President\, Palouse Falls Chapter\, IAFI\, we look at the two factors that caused this dramatic shift—either one by itself would not have been enough. To examine when this happened\, we look at some possibilities and clues recently discovered by scientists. \nPresented in partnership with Ice Age Floods Institute (IAFI) \n(Registration required on SCLD website. Registration opens at 6:30 PM Monday\, March 31\, 2025.)
URL:https://iafi.org/event/how-the-ice-age-floods-changed-the-course-of-the-palouse-river/
LOCATION:Moran Prairie Library\, 6004 S Regal St\, Spokane\, WA\, 99223
CATEGORIES:Cheney-Spokane,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cheney-Spokane Chapter":MAILTO:iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T183000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20250310T195158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250419T170639Z
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SUMMARY:Tom Pierson - Geology of the Gorge
DESCRIPTION:Tom Pierson\, retired USGS Geologist/Hydrologist\, will present an overview of the catastrophic forces and events that have shaped the Columbia Gorge that we know today.  Our majestic ancient river has fended off unceasing\, violent geologic attempts to block it and divert it\, but it keeps on flowing–it’s quite a story. Tom will describe how small and huge volcanic eruptions\, colossal floods\, enormous landslides\, and the grinding forces of tectonic crustal deformation have all taken their shots\, yet the Columbia still flows to the sea. If you know where to look\, you can see the evidence of these old heavyweight knockout rounds.   \nThis talk will be hosted by the Columbia River Gorge Chapter of Ice Age Floods Institute at the White Salmon Community Library\, beginning at 5:30pm on Monday\, April 28.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/tom-pierson-geology-of-the-gorge/
LOCATION:White Salmon Valley Community Library\, 77 NE Wauna Ave\, White Salmon\, WA\, 98672\, United States
CATEGORIES:Columbia Gorge,Meeting,Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250415T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250415T193000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20250104T223758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T040447Z
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SUMMARY:Mapping the Pacific Northwest's Glacial Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Enhanced LIDAR images (WA-DNR)\nGlaciers have shaped much of the Pacific Northwest’s landscape over the past 15\,000 years. The Cordilleran ice sheet\, repeated ice age floods\, and expansive alpine glaciation have left their distinctive fingerprints on the topography of our region. \nGeologists and cartographers have been mapping and interpreting glacial landforms since the late 19th century. In the past decade\, the Washington Geological Survey has created new maps that build upon this rich cartographic history by fusing older datasets and techniques with modern insights and technology\, such as lidar. \nUsing both historical and modern maps\, this presentation by Daniel Coe\, Washington Geologic Survey\, Seattle\, will be a visual journey through the Pacific Northwest’s glacial past and present. \nPresented in partnership with Ice Age Floods Institute (IAFI) \nThis event will be live via Zoom. Watch at the library or from anywhere you have an internet connection. Register in-person at the library to view the online presentation at Cheney Library. Register online to view the online presentation from home or anywhere. \nNote: as of April 2 at 9 PM there are still 33 in-person seats available and 93 online seats available! \nRegistration is required.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/mapping-the-pacific-northwests-glacial-legacy/
LOCATION:Cheney Community Library\, 610 1st St\, Cheney\, WA\, 99004
CATEGORIES:Cheney-Spokane,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cheney-Spokane Chapter":MAILTO:iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250324
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20250320T064310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T064310Z
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SUMMARY:Othello Sandhill Crane Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 27th annual Othello Sandhill Crane Festival – March 21\, 22\, and 23! Founded in 1998\, the Othello Sandhill Crane Festival highlights the spring return of Sandhill Cranes to the greater Othello area and the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge. Not only are there bird lectures and tours on all three days\, but the Festival always incorporates many geology talks; and field trips into Flood Country. Please see the events brochure here: https://www.othellosandhillcranefestival.org/_files/ugd/00304c_e3ceea5f94c44279af5e6e7a1cd036d7.pdf?index=true \nGeneral admission is $10 and covers lectures and activities at the School and Church. All other tours and activities priced as noted in the schedule along with general admission. \n \nFriday Night Featured Lecture – Bruce Bjornstad – The Grand Coulee Nowhere is the evidence for Ice Age Megafloods so dramatic and awe-inspiring than Grand Coulee. The evolution of Grand Coulee will be presented via a unique bird’s eye view of this unique 50-mile-long canyon. Evidence for dozens of megafloods through Grand Coulee\, as recently as 15\,000 years ago\, will be examined. This Lecture is free to attend in the Red Room at 7 PM.\n \nSaturday\, March 22 there will be several talks on geology at the Crane Festival.. \nIce Age Floodscapes. Bruce Bjornstad tells of an appreciation of the huge scale of Ice Age Megafloods and the features they left behind are often hidden and lost at close range. An aerial perspective of dozens of different unique flood features will be presented to bring the immense power and magnitude of the Ice Age Floods into focus \nCoulees\, Canyons\, and Valleys\, Oh My! Lloyd Stoess will present a somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at how scientists can’t always agree on the definition of landforms\, like coulees. Coulees interlace the landscape of\nthe channeled scablands of eastern Washington which were carved by the Ice Age Floods\, but what really defines them and how do they differ from canyons and valleys? \nCoyote Canyon: A Mammoth Burial in Ice Age Floods Sediments. Gary Kleinknecht will introduce the audience to Columbian Mammoths\, North America’s elephant. He will present evidence for the assertion that this specimen is buried in slack water deposits left by a series of huge floods which created temporary Lake Lewis in the southern Columbia Basin. The discovery of mammoth bones\, the on-going excavation of the site\, and the paleoenvironmental study at Coyote Canyon will also be discussed. \nSunday\, March 23\, Geology Field Trips \nMega Floods Through Wild Drumheller Channels Hike\, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. $60.00. This moderately difficult 3-4-mile hike\, led by geologist Bruce Bjornstad\, will directly explore the flood channels (including the former path of the Columbia River)\, potholes\, erratic\, and streamlined basalt islands\nrimmed with towering 50’ basalt columns. One hundred years ago\, J Harlen Bretz recognized this area as one of the most spectacular examples of Ice Age Flood erosion in the Channeled Scabland. Note that there will be no restrooms available on this hike. Bagged lunches are available for order on the registration form. This tour is six hours in length\, so bring food\, drink\, and sturdy walking shoes. \nSONY DSC\nThe Great Escape of Quincy Basin\, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. $60.00. Join Lloyd Stoess and Ken Lacy on a tour to showcase some of the most impressive floodscape that they have ever shown. It will focus on the impact of flood waters escaping the Quincy Basin. Imagine 150 feet of water dropping 800 feet in less than 3 miles\, we will see this at the Potholes Coulee. We will also visit places with particularly dramatic views in the Drumheller Channels\, Frenchman Coulee\, West Bar\, and the Ephrata Fan. There will be no hikes but open-toed shoes will not be appropriate. There will be bathroom breaks along the way. This tour is about 8 hours from start to fin
URL:https://iafi.org/event/othello-sandhill-crane-festival/
LOCATION:Othello\, WA\, WA\, 99344\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trip,Hike,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Othello Sand Hill Crane Festival":MAILTO:othellocranefest@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250304T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20241206T005630Z
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SUMMARY:Terroir and the floods
DESCRIPTION:(12Dec24) Scott Burns is back in March to talk about the impact the Ice Age Floods had on vinticulture in the Pacific Northwset.  Join us as Scott explains how the Floods influenced the regional properties of Northwest soils and ultimately made the Pacific Northwest one of the prime wine producing regions in the United States. \nThe “virtual wine tasting” will happen at our chapter meeting 04Mar2025 at 7:00pm at Bellevue College\, Building B \,ROOM 104.  This lecture will be in-person and livecast on Zoom. \nClick on Zoom link:   https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82985244730 \nBellevue College\, Bldg B Rm 104
URL:https://iafi.org/event/terroir-and-the-floods/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:All IAFI,Presentation,Puget Lobe
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250226T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250226T183000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20250125T071134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250209T074726Z
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SUMMARY:Take a Bee-Line to the Wild Side
DESCRIPTION:Wild bees are a diverse group of bees that are important pollinators for many crops and plants. The U.S. has roughly 4\,000 species of wild bees that pollinate thousands of plants\, including many common foods like apples and almonds. Wild bees\, along with many pollinators\, are declining around the world due to land changes\, human activities\, pesticide use\, and other threats. Despite growing concern about population declines\, there are limited data about wild bees. You can help wild bees by providing nesting boxes\, restoring pollinator-friendly habitats\, and encouraging legislation that protects bees. In his “Take a Walk on the Wild Side” presentation\, Steve Castagnoli will provide an introduction to the natural history of wild bees in the Pacific Northwest.  \n \nSteve Castagnoli is an apprentice level melittologist with the Oregon Bee Atlas. The Oregon Bee Atlas Master Melittologist Program trains and equips citizen scientists to: a) create and maintain a comprehensive and publicly accessible inventory of the state’s native bees and their plant-host preferences\, b) to educate Oregonians on the state’s bee biodiversity and c) to conduct an on-going survey of native bee populations in order to assess their health. Specimen records are added annually to newly digitized historic records from the Oregon State Arthropod Collection to build the first comprehensive account of the native bee fauna of Oregon. \n \n 
URL:https://iafi.org/event/take-a-bee-line-to-the-wild-side/
LOCATION:White Salmon Valley Community Library\, 77 NE Wauna Ave\, White Salmon\, WA\, 98672\, United States
CATEGORIES:Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250218T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250218T193000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20250205T224630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T224630Z
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SUMMARY:Oregon Gold - This valuable mineral is brought to you by Geology
DESCRIPTION:Geologist and professor\, Sheila Alfsen\, will show how geologic processes that occurred in Oregon paved the way for the discovery and utilization of gold in our state. Sheila is an Adjunct Instructor of Geology at Portland State University\, Chemeketa Community College\, and Linn-Benton Community College. \nTuesday\, February 18\, 2025\, In Person 6:45PM PST at\nTualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Sweek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR 97062\nSimultaneous Live ZOOM from THC if you cannot attend the in-person THC meeting yourself.\nClick here for Zoom meeting\, Meeting ID: 869 4651 3479 Passcode: 322382
URL:https://iafi.org/event/oregon-gold-this-valuable-mineral-is-brought-to-you-by-geology/
LOCATION:Tualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Sweek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR\, 97062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lower Columbia,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lower Columbia Chapter":MAILTO:LowerColumbia@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250212T190000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20250104T191354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250104T225725Z
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SUMMARY:Google Earth & the Field Notes of Bretz & Pardee
DESCRIPTION:Join Glenn Cruickshank as he shares a look at 16 years of J Harlen Bretz’s field notes about the historic ice age floods and 30 years of Joseph Pardee’s USGS field notes\, now publicly available for the first time in 100 years and visible through Google Earth. This presentation will introduce you to a large and growing collection of historic notes by early ice age floods investigators\, but if you can’t make the presentation you can explore much of the material on Nick Zentner’s CWU webpage. \nPresentation will be by Glenn Cruickshank\, Vice President\, Cheney-Spokane Chapter\, IAFI\, Liberty Lake\nPresented in partnership with Ice Age Floods Institute (IAFI) \n(Registration required on SCLD website. Registration opens at 6:00 PM Wednesday\, January 15\, 2025.)
URL:https://iafi.org/event/google-earth-the-field-notes-of-bretz-pardee/
LOCATION:North Spokane Library\, 44 E Hawthorne Rd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99218
CATEGORIES:Cheney-Spokane,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cheney-Spokane Chapter":MAILTO:iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250129T200000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20241219T014823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T020015Z
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SUMMARY:New Interpretations of Old Strandlines
DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of the year! Time to contemplate ice ages and glacial lakes. Time for the Glacial Lake Missoula Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute’s Cabin Fever Lecture!  Warm up your curiosity about those iconic strandlines we can see from town with a lecture from renowned geologist James W. Sears. \nNew “LiDAR ” mapping techniques may imply that the famous Lake Missoula strandlines on Mount Sentinel and Mount Jumbo record only one draining of the ice-age lake. The draining coincided with massive erosion at the bottom of the lake\, but passive lowering of lake level at the top\, marked by short-term strandlines cut a few inches into thin colluvial soil on the mountainsides. \nAbout the Instructor: Dr. James W. Sears received his PhD from Queen’s University\, Canada\, in 1979\, and has taught at the University of Montana since 1982. \nThis is a live event that will not be recorded or streamed.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/new-interpretations-of-old-strandlines/
LOCATION:Montana Natural History Center\, 120 Hickory Street\, Missoula\, MT
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Missoula,Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250116T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250116T200000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20250112T190525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T190525Z
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SUMMARY:Richard B. Waitt - The "Debacle Which Swept the Columbia Plateau" 100 years on
DESCRIPTION:J Harlan Bretz\n“It was a debacle\,” wrote J Harlan Bretz in 1923\, that carved Washington’s Channeled Scabland. This prescient finale today brings to mind debacles geologic\, personal and periodic. \nThe cataclysm in Bretz’s “Spokane flood” initiated a famous controversy. Published arguments against great Scabland flood erupted in the 1920’s and raged on into the 1940’s–critics by various more conventional schemes calling for less water over more time. As Bretz had almost no published support\, it seemed to many his personal debacle. Yet re-reading the early reports\, and recently the summary field notes\, I sense that by the extraordinary field evidence he had documented throughout the region\, Bretz knew all along that his ‘catastrophysm’ would prevail. After J.T. Pardee showed in 1942 that huge glacial Lake Missoula had discharged abruptly. Bretz and colleagues in 1956 show with the old evidence–and with stark new evidence in giant current dunes adorning many gravel bars–that water from glacial Lake Missoula had indeed carved the ‘Channelled Scabland’. With detailed geomorphic field evidence they skewer Bretz’s critics–this in turn becoming their personal debacle. \nwaittThe story takes a more gradualistic turn with discovery that Lake Missoula drained periodically. In his final Scablands paper in 1969\, Bretz\, by geomorphic evidence counts seven floods at most. But hardly a decade later\, new stratigraphic evidence was showing that Lake Missoula released scores of giant floods during the last glaciation alone. These outbursts were both periodic and gigantic by degrees\, truly colossal and coming decades apart when the damming Purcell Trench lobe was thick\, but as the ice gradually thinned diminishing to coming only a decade or a few years apart\, and at the end one year apart. This ‘jokulhlaups’ idea erupted new controversy\, this one also lasting more than two decades. If it has simmered down lately\, this argument is also being settled by field evidence. \nIf Missoula floods were numerous and periodic during last-glacial marine-Isotope stage 2 (25-15 thousand years ago)\, what happened during seemingly equally deep glaciations of AR-isotope stages such as 6 and 12 (140-440 thousand years ago)? So far we know of no supporting field evidence–only scattered field sites that suggest one gigantic flood far back\, perhaps a million years ago. It will be for today’s young scientists to decipher this and other remaining enigmas. \nThursday\, January 16\, 2025\, In Person 6:45PM PST\nTualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Sweek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR 97062\nALSO Simultaneous Live ZOOM from THC if you cannot attend the in-person THC meeting yourself.\nClick here for Zoom meeting\, Meeting ID: 869 4651 3479 Passcode: 322382.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/richard-b-waitt-the-debacle-which-swept-the-columbia-plateau-100-years-on/
LOCATION:Tualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Sweek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR\, 97062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lower Columbia,Meeting,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lower Columbia Chapter":MAILTO:LowerColumbia@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241113T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20241019T200218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241019T200218Z
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SUMMARY:Geology Alive: Understanding Geologic Hazards in the Columbia Gorge
DESCRIPTION:The great scenic beauty of the Gorge owes much to the geological processes that have shaped it.  Earthquakes\, volcanic eruptions\, landslides and debris flows still occur in the area today\, and they can pose hazards to Gorge residents and visitors.  What is the scope\, severity\, and likelihood of these hazards?  How do scientists use evidence from the geological and historical past to evaluate the hazards\, and how do they use models to forecast future hazards and inform our efforts to prepare for them? \nJoin Dr. Richard “Dick” Iverson\, Scientist Emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory\, as he digs into the geological hazards of the Gorge—and explains why they don’t discourage him from living here! \nGET TICKETS HERE\nWhen: NOVEMBER 13th\, 2024 | Doors 6pm\, Show 7 pm\nWhere: Columbia Center For the Arts\, 215 Cascade Ave\, Hood River\, OR\nThis event will be livestreamed on our Givebutter page: https://givebutter.com/geologyalive\nDoors open at 6 pm\, show starts at 7 pm. * We encourage people to take their seats by 6:45. * Seats not filled by 6:45 will be made available to our waitlist. * Event tickets are non-refundable. \n\nRichard (Dick) Iverson spent 34 years as a research scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver\, Wash.\, and he remains affiliated with the observatory as a scientist emeritus. His work there has focused mostly on the dynamics of landslides\, debris flows\, and volcanic eruptions\, with particular emphasis on evaluating hazards downstream from Cascades volcanoes.  Iverson grew up in Iowa\, received his Ph.D. from Stanford University\, and moved from Vancouver to Hood River in 2018. \n 
URL:https://iafi.org/event/geology-alive-understanding-geologic-hazards-in-the-columbia-gorge/
LOCATION:Columbia Center For the Arts\, 215 Cascade Ave\, Hood River\, OR\, 97031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Columbia Gorge,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mt. Adams Institute":MAILTO:SOP@MtAdamsInstitute.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241112T203000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Scott Burns - Ancient Ice Age Floods Before the Missoula Floods
DESCRIPTION:Join in to Learn About The Unfolding Story of Ancient Ice Age Floods in the Pacific Northwest \nAges End – Stev Ominski\nWe have had Ice Age Floods in the Pacific Northwest over the past 2.8 million years. We mostly concentrate on the last ones which are called the Missoula Floods that happened between 15\,000-20\,000 years ago. But there is an unfolding story in the Pacific Northwest of many Ice Age Floods before the Missoula Floods. Erica Medley\, an MS student of Scott Burns\, did her thesis on the topic and discovered many outcrops of these ancient floods which are rarely discussed. Dr. Burns will talk about these oft-forgotten floods and the very interesting story of these neglected Ancient Ice Age Floods in the Pacific Northwest \nJoin on Zoom to learn more about these very interesting older Ice Age Floods\,\nTuesday\, Nov. 12\, 2024 at 7:00 PM (Pacific Time)\nOnly on Zoom – Click Here to Join Zoom Meeting\nMeeting ID: 867 5486 6921\nPasscode: 342192\nOne tap mobile: +12532158782\,\,86754866921#\nMeeting ID: 867 5486 6921\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdugrTW42K \nDr. Scott Burns taught geology for 54 years in Switzerland\, New Zealand\, Washington\, Colorado and Louisiana before coming in 1990 to Portland State University. He loves talking about the geology of the Pacific Northwest and this subject that is so many times neglected.\nProfessor Emeritus of Engineering Geology\, Portland State University\nPresident IAEG (International Association of Engineering Geologist and the Environment)\nMember Board of Directors\, Lower Columbia Chapter Ice Age Floods Institute.\nCo-Author revised Second Edition: “Cataclysms on the Columbia”\nEmail: BurnsS@pdx.edu Telephone: (503} 725-3389 Website: http://dr-scott-burns.com
URL:https://iafi.org/event/dr-scott-burns-ancient-ice-age-floods-before-the-missoula-floods-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:All IAFI,Lake Lewis,Meeting,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lake Lewis Chapter":MAILTO:lakelewis@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241111T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20241103T051847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241103T065701Z
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SUMMARY:Mammoths of Coyote Canyon
DESCRIPTION:On Nov11\, 2024\, Join the Ice Age Floods Chapter Puget Lobe for a look at the Coyote Canyon (Mammoth) dig site: This site was originally discovered in 1999; but left undisturbed until 2008\, with formal excavation beginning in September\,2010.  The accompanied photo shows the work done thru Jun 2014.  In the intervening 10+ years additional work has completed.  As you can see by the photograph\, the cinder block\, 5-gal bucket\, and the4x4 lumber bream\, this may be a small portion of the overall site. \nThe presentation will be Zoom only and given by IAFI Vice President Mr. Gary Kleinknecht.  Meeting starts at 7:00pm with sign-ins  starting  at 6:45. \nclick on Zoom link:   https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82985244730 \nWorking Site as of June 2012
URL:https://iafi.org/event/mammoths-of-coyote-canyon/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Presentation,Puget Lobe
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ORGANIZER;CN="Puget Lobe Chapter":MAILTO:pugetlobe@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241024T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241024T200000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20241009T191248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T191248Z
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SUMMARY:"Mega-Floods" - Presentation by Bill Burgel
DESCRIPTION:Bill Burgel\nIn a field of geological investigation first identified and then pioneered by J Harlen Bretz\, JT Pardee and Vic Baker\, Mega-Floods have been recognized throughout the world and on the planet Mars. These catastrophic floods are quite capable of sculpting the landscape wherever they occur with disastrous consequences. \nCan they happen today? What are some notable historic examples? Is Noah’s Flood one of these events? How are they different from Mega-Tsunamis that are also found around the globe? Bill will answer these questions and more at the October 24th meeting of the Lower Columbia Chapter of the Ice Age Institute. \nThursday\, October 24\, 2024\, In Person 6:45PM PDT\nat the Tualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Sweek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR 97062\nALSO Simultaneous Live ZOOM from THC if you cannot attend the THC meeting in-person. \nClick for Zoom meeting\, Meeting ID: 869 4651 3479 Passcode: 322382.\nFor more information contact: LowerColumbia@iafi.org
URL:https://iafi.org/event/mega-floods-presentation-by-bill-burgel/
LOCATION:Tualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Sweek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR\, 97062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lower Columbia,Meeting,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lower Columbia Chapter":MAILTO:LowerColumbia@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240926T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240926T193000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240912T230642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T230642Z
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SUMMARY:Mike Full\, Dave Ellingson - "Paleontology Panel"
DESCRIPTION:“Paleontology Panel” – The Willamette Valley Pleistocene Project – The river & landlocked search for Ice Age Fossils\nwith Mike Full & Dave Ellingson\, Moderator: Yvonne Saarinen Addington \nThursday\, September 26\, 2024\, Presentation 6:30-7:30PM\nSimultaneous/ZOOM presentation from the Tualatin Public Library\, 18878 SW Martinazzi Avenue\, Tualatin\, OR 97062\nNote: We must Depart Tualatin Public Library by 8PM Sharp!!!\nIf you cannot attend in person\, join us online. Click here to join zoom meeting Meeting ID: 869 4651 3479 Passcode: 322382 \nThe Willamette Valley\, at the time of the Ice Age Floods 18K-15K years ago\, was backwater many times for massive floodwaters raging through the Columbia River Gorge to the Pacific Ocean. It became known as Temporary Lake Allison for the Geologist who first studied the Willamette Valley as a lake. \nThe Willamette Valley Pleistocene Project explores the late Pleistocene and early Holocene of the Willamette Valley in Northwest Oregon. Comprised of local volunteers and resources\, avocational paleontologists\, land owners\, and local government working alongside trained professionals and museum staff\, the goal is to discover\, study and preserve our prehistoric past. Mike\, Dave and Yvonne are all members of this project. 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. \nMike Full\nDavid Ellingson\nMike Full is a retired Police Officer and native Oregonian with a life long fascination of fossils and prehistoric life. Each summer finds him searching rivers in the Willamette Valley for fossils. He is accompanied by friends\, students. volunteers and researchers. His fossil collection includes mammoth\, mastodon\, giant ground sloth\, bison\, horse\, elk\, camel\, deer\, giant beaver & wolf. \nDavid Ellingson\, a biologist and paleontologist\, teaches Paleontology at Woodburn High School. Here he has a dig going many years (25) for megafauna and fauna fossil bones which involves his students in summer months. \nYvonne Addington\nYvonne Addington is a native Oregonian. She has lived in Tualatin most of her life. In her public service career\, she has worked for five Oregon Governors. She is Tualatin’s first City Manager and had a role in the formation of the City. She also served for years as Municipal Judge. Her main interest has been preserving the history of the area\, particularly fossil bones and erratic rocks of the Ice Age Floods. She’s a member of the Tualatin/Willamette Ice Age Foundation. Yvonne is a Board Member of Willamette Falls Heritage Area Coalition representing LCC/ IAFI where she’s on the Lower Columbia Chapter Board of Directors. \nTualatin Mastodon\nShe rediscovered the bones of the Tualatin Mastodon at Portland State University\, which she then gave to the City of Tualatin where they are now on display on the Library’s glass wall (see photo). The Mastodon bones were found and originally dug by PSU student John George near the creek South of Tualatin’s Fred Meyer store. \n 
URL:https://iafi.org/event/mike-full-dave-ellingson-paleontology-panel/
LOCATION:Tualatin Public Library\, 18878 SW Martinazzi Avenue\, Tualatin\, Oregon\, 97062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lower Columbia,Meeting,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lower Columbia Chapter":MAILTO:LowerColumbia@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240815T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240815T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240729T203643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T151407Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Vic Baker: Martian Megafloods: Investigating the Ice Age Floods Helped Understand Ancient Mars
DESCRIPTION:Lower Columbia Chapter hosts Dr. Victor R. Baker presenting: “Martian Megafloods: How Investigating the Ice Age Floods Helped Advance Geological Understanding of Ancient Mars” \nDr. Baker collecting samples\nA few billion years ago the planet Mars was somewhat similar in its surface environmental conditions to the Ice Age Earth. At that time Mars had lakes\, flowing rivers\, glaciers\, and even a kind of planetary ocean\, the Ocean Borealis. This relatively recent understanding of Ancient Mars was partly achieved because of geological studies of the ice age floods that created the Channeled Scablands landscape of eastern Washington. This talk will focus on some of my personal experience with the relevant geological investigations and discoveries of the past 55 years. \nThis will be a simultaneous Live/ZOOM presentation Thursday\, August 15\, 7:00 PM PDT\, from Tualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Sweek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR 97062.\nIf you cannot attend the in-person meeting at THC\, join us on-line: click here to join zoom meeting\,\nMeeting ID: 869 4651 3479 Passcode: 322382\nFor more information contact: LowerColumbia@iafi.org \nDr. Baker at the Channeled Scablands\nOur speaker: Dr. Victor R. Baker is Regents Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences\, Geosciences and Planetary Sciences\, University of Arizona. Dr. Baker has authored or co-authored about 1200 scientific contributions\, including 22 books and monographs\, 450 research articles and chapters\, 560 abstracts and short research reports. His research concerns paleoflood hydrology (a field of study he defined in the 1970’s and 1980’s); flood geomorphology; channels\, valleys and geomorphic features on Mars and Venus; catastrophic Pleistocene megaflooding in the northwestern U.S. and central Asia; history/philosophy of Earth and planetary sciences; and the interface of environmental science with public policy. \nDr. Baker has received many honors in geology and geomorphology\, and he has supervised more than 70 graduate students\, including 31 for the P.hD. degree. His work on megafloods has been featured in multiple television documentaries\, including the 2005 NOVA production “Mystery of the Megaflood” and the 2017 NOVA production “Volatile Earth” episode on “Killer Floods.”
URL:https://iafi.org/event/dr-vic-baker-martian-megafloods-investigating-the-ice-age-floods-helped-understand-ancient-mars/
LOCATION:Tualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Sweek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR\, 97062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lower Columbia,Meeting,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lower Columbia Chapter":MAILTO:LowerColumbia@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240730T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240730T183000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240715T200018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240716T182554Z
UID:38179-1722360600-1722364200@iafi.org
SUMMARY:When Yellowstone was in Oregon: A Talk by Bill Burgel
DESCRIPTION:Bill Burgel\, retired railroad geologist\, will present a talk on “When Yellowstone was in Oregon”\, on Tuesday evening\, July 30\, beginning at 5:30 at the White Salmon Valley Community Library. \nApproximately 50 million years ago\, an island the size of Iceland docked onto the west coast of North American. That island was formed similar to the formation of modern-day Iceland\, which is being created by a relatively rare combination of mid-ocean ridge volcanism coinciding with a mantle plume. \nAfter colliding with the continent in the area of present-day Oregon\, this Iceland-like land mass\, now known as Siletzia (southern half) and Yakutat (northern half now in Alaska)\, was scraped off the subducting oceanic crust and imbedded on the west coast of the continent. \nAs the North American continent continued moving westward the motion of now-attached Siletzia was reversed. But the motion of the mantle plume continued its relative motion in the eastward direction\, creating volcanoes and calderas on the as the North American plate moved west over it. \nBill will explain the circuitous path the plume took through Oregon\, creating the Crooked River Caldera (including Smith Rock State Park)\, then into SE Oregon creating the voluminous Columbia River Flood Basalts before exiting Oregon around 16-million-years ago to form the McDermitt Volcanic area in Nevada\, the home of one of the world’s largest lithium deposits. Afterward\, the plume’s relative path motion was directly through Idaho\, forming the Snake River Plain\, arriving at its current temporary location in Yellowstone. \n \nThis saga\, though geologically complex\, is a fascinating one that will help you make sense of the new research into the 50 million year-long journey of the Yellowstone Hot Spot! \nBill Burgel\nAbout Bill Burgel – Bill retired in 2010 after a successful 40-year career working for several railroads in both the engineering and operating departments. His work for Union Pacific encompassed the design of the first computer-aided dispatching office in the nation. This office was located in Portland and Bill was the Regional Chief Dispatcher for several years before the office was moved to Omaha. \nWhile working for the railroad\, his interest and training in geology was often called upon to resolve landslide issues and rerouting studies\, implement early earthquake warning strategies\, and conduct numerous long railroad tunnel analyses. Bill has given numerous presentations on rail issues as well as earthquake preparedness and topics pertaining to regional geology to local audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest. \nAfter retiring from the railroad in 1989\, he assisted the Surface Transportation Board as their rail operations manager for two major mergers\, once in Washington DC and the second time in Chicago. Bill has managed many rail studies for both Oregon and Washington DOTs as well as for TriMet and Sound Transit in Seattle.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/bill-burgel-talks-local-geology/
LOCATION:White Salmon Valley Community Library\, 77 NE Wauna Ave\, White Salmon\, WA\, 98672\, United States
CATEGORIES:Columbia Gorge,Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240718T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240718T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240702T045821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T200941Z
UID:38106-1721329200-1721334600@iafi.org
SUMMARY:Dust in the Cockpit: Volcanic Ash Aviation Hazards
DESCRIPTION:Dust in the Cockpit: Volcanic Ash Aviation Hazards – The 50-Year Effort to Mitigate Them \n\nThe 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption was a watershed moment in our understanding of volcanic eruptions and their hazards. Among the lesser-known events during that summer was the first documented case of in-flight engine damage from volcanic ash on May 25\,1980. Two years later\, a 747 nearly crashed in Indonesia when it flew into an ash cloud from Galunggung Volcano and lost power to all four engines. \nA similar event in December\, 1989 at Redoubt Volcano\, Alaska finally convinced meteorologists\, air traffic regulators\, and volcanologists that we need a global infrastructure to detect volcanic ash clouds and communicate their trajectory to aviators. By around 2010 the infrastructure was in place. But it was shaken up again when the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull sent an ash cloud to Europe\, shutting down the world’s heaviest airspace\, costing $5 billion dollars in economic loss. \nThis talk summarizes the ups and downs of these crises\, and describes our efforts to mitigate the hazard through better technology and communication. \nLarry G Mastin\, Ph.D\nSimultaneous Live/ZOOM presentation from Tualatin Heritage Center. If you cannot attend the in-person meeting at THC\, join us on-line. Thurs. July 18\, 7:00 PM PDT\nclick here to join zoom meeting \nMeeting ID: 869 4651 3479 Passcode: 322382 \nBiography: Larry Mastin\, PhD. is indeed a qualified authority on the topic being presented to us\, having devoted his entire career to it. He is employed by USGS Volcanic Laboratory in Vancouver\, WA. \nHis education is BS University of California at Davis cum laude in Geology. He received his Masters and Ph.D from Stanford University in Engineering Geology and Geomechanics respectively
URL:https://iafi.org/event/dust-in-the-cockpit-hazards-of-volcanic-ash-to-aviation/
LOCATION:Tualatin Heritage Center\, 8700 SW Sweek Drive\, Tualatin\, OR\, 97062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lower Columbia,Meeting,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lower Columbia Chapter":MAILTO:LowerColumbia@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240601T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240601T153000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240408T203802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T222759Z
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SUMMARY:Columbia Gorge Geology Field Trip\, June 1
DESCRIPTION: \nLloyd 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. \nThe 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 The Dalles and Hood River. \nBasalt Pillows\nWe’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. \nMaar Deposits\nThis field trip is donated in support of the Original Wasco County Courthouse Museum\, so if you wish to participate please contact the organizer\, Karl Vercouteren\, kjverc@gmail.com\, 541 980-6558 for more details. Lunch will be no-host at a local restaurant along the way.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/columbia-gorge-geology-field-trip-june-1/
LOCATION:Original Wasco Co. Courthouse Museum\, 410 W 2nd Pl.\, The Dalles\, Oregon\, 97058\, United States
CATEGORIES:Columbia Gorge,Field Trip,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Karl Vercouteren":MAILTO:kjverc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240505T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240505T153000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240408T210531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T222840Z
UID:37630-1714897800-1714923000@iafi.org
SUMMARY:Columbia Gorge Geology Field Trip - May 5th
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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. \nBasalt Pillows\nWe’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. \nMaar Deposits\nThis 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.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/columbia-gorge-geology-field-trip-may-5th/
LOCATION:Skyline Health Foundation\, 211 Skyline Dr\, White Salmon\, WA\, 98672\, United States
CATEGORIES:Columbia Gorge,Field Trip,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Skyline Health Foundation":MAILTO:evaivoda@myskylinehealth.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T130000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240416T174155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T174155Z
UID:37699-1714039200-1714050000@iafi.org
SUMMARY:Field Presentations to 7th Grade Science Students
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/field-presentations-to-7th-grade-science-students/
LOCATION:Fort Cascades Regional Park\, North Bonneville\, WA\, 98639\, United States
CATEGORIES:Columbia Gorge,Field Trip,Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T220000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240202T000444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T000444Z
UID:37273-1712948400-1712959200@iafi.org
SUMMARY:45th Parallel’s Concert: Lost in Deep Time. April 12\, 2024
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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.\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, April 12\, 2024 at 7:00PM\nStraub Collaborative\n3333 NW Industrial St\, Portland\, ORMore information can be found here.  \nGet your tickets at 45th Parallel website.\nWORKS\nAndy Akiho: Prospects of a Misplaced Year \nPERFORMERS\nRon Blessinger\, violin\nGreg Ewer\, violin\nCharles Noble\, viola\nMarilyn de Oliviera\, cello\nYoko Greeney\, piano\nBrad Johnson\, visual artist\n\n\n\n\nMeanwhile\, enjoy this trailer video
URL:https://iafi.org/event/45th-parallels-concert-lost-in-deep-time-april-12-2024/
LOCATION:Straub Collaborative\, 3333 NW Industrial St\,\, Portland\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:All IAFI,Columbia Gorge,Entertainment,Lower Columbia,Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240329T185913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T195706Z
UID:37557-1712689200-1712694600@iafi.org
SUMMARY:The Geology of Sunset Highway
DESCRIPTION: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 \nDr. Earl F. Cater\, Director of the Douglas County Museum in Waterville\, will present “The Geology of Sunset Highway.” Topics he will discuss include: \n\nEarly Euro-American explorations of the Big Bend country;\nDifficulty in getting to Douglas County because of elevation and size;\nBarriers 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;\nObstacles from glaciation: Yeager Rock and multiple haystack rocks and other glacial features;\nThe first stage in Okanogan\, March 1884: The Jack Smith story;\n1913 Declaration of the Sunset Highway as the Red Trail;\n1926 Declaration of the Sunset Highway as the Yellowstone Trail.\n\nThe program is free and open to the public. \nContact information: \nDr. Earl F. Cater\nDirector\, Douglas County Museum\nefcater@gmail.com\n515-371-3535 \nSusan D. Freiberg\nErratics Chapter Publicity\nwenvalerratics@yahoo.com
URL:https://iafi.org/event/the-geology-of-sunset-highway/
LOCATION:Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center\, 127 S. Mission\, Wenatchee\, WA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Meeting,Presentation,Wenatchee
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ORGANIZER;CN="WENATCHEE VALLEY ERRATICS CHAPTER":MAILTO:wenatchee@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240228T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240228T193000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240112T060432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T203739Z
UID:36920-1709143200-1709148600@iafi.org
SUMMARY:Imagined History: Paddling Lake Missoula
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nPresented by Paul Lindholdt\, of the Ice Age Floods Institute
URL:https://iafi.org/event/imagined-history-paddling-lake-missoula/
LOCATION:North Spokane Library\, 44 E Hawthorne Rd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99218
CATEGORIES:Cheney-Spokane,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cheney-Spokane Chapter":MAILTO:iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240226T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240226T193000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240112T055615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T203728Z
UID:36916-1708970400-1708975800@iafi.org
SUMMARY:PNW in Brief: The Most Recent Ice Age Floods
DESCRIPTION: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. \nPresented by Dr. Gary Ford\, president of the Ice Age Floods Institute \nBrochures 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.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/pnw-in-brief-the-most-recent-ice-age-floods/
LOCATION:Argonne Library\, 4322 N Argonne Rd\, Spokane\, WA\, 99212
CATEGORIES:Cheney-Spokane,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cheney-Spokane Chapter":MAILTO:iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T153000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240112T054430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T203718Z
UID:36910-1708610400-1708615800@iafi.org
SUMMARY:The Spokane Aquifer: Legacy of the Ice Age Floods
DESCRIPTION: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. \nPresented by Geologist Michael Hamilton from the Ice Age Floods Institute
URL:https://iafi.org/event/the-spokane-aquifer-legacy-of-the-ice-age-floods/
LOCATION:Moran Prairie Library\, 6004 S Regal St\, Spokane\, WA\, 99223
CATEGORIES:Cheney-Spokane,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cheney-Spokane Chapter":MAILTO:iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240220T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20230205T010626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240210T014713Z
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SUMMARY:Ice Age Floodscapes of the Pacific Northwest
DESCRIPTION:Ice Age Floodscapes of the Pacific Northwest: A photographic exploration \nGeologist and author Bruce Bjornstad will present a bird’s eye view of the Ice Age megafloods that impacted the Pacific Northwest as recently as 14\,000 years ago and shaped the landscape of the mid-Columbia basin. Bruce’s presentation will be a stunning picture show of amazing drone photos from all over the Pacific NW flood plain. This will be  a hybrid meeting\, live and livestreamed via ZOOM\, on Tuesday evening at 7PM. We will post it to Youtube after editing.  It will be great. \n \nBruce Bjornstad is a retired geologist with degrees from the University of New Hampshire and Eastern Washington University living in Richland\, Washington. During his career Bjornstad has written numerous documents and reports on the geology of eastern Washington as well as two geologic guidebooks “On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods” that tell of the transformation of the Pacific Northwest as recently as 14\,000 years ago. Bjornstad is also the creator of the online YouTube Channel  “Ice Age Floodscapes”. Most recently\, Bjornstad has published a new\, full-color\, coffee-table-style book titled: “Ice Age Floodscapes of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Exploration”. Bruce will have books available for purchase. \nThis presentation is free to attend. It begins at 7 pm\, Tuesday\, February 20\, at the REACH Museum\, 1943 Columbia Park Trail\, Richland\, WA\nOr join the Zoom Meeting\, 7PM – 8:30PM \nPlease note\, the Zoom link that was listed before Feb. 8 was a mistake\, the correct link is:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88136774109?pwd=zLCbrWxCXIzqJ5TK2bNshKCtRCCaRh.1\nMeeting ID: 881 3677 4109\nPasscode: 726292
URL:https://iafi.org/event/ice-age-floodscapes-of-the-pacific-northwest-a-photographic-exploration/
LOCATION:The Reach Museum\, 1943 Columbia Park Trl \, WA\, Richland\, WA\, 99352\, United States
CATEGORIES:All IAFI,Lake Lewis,Meeting,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chris Barnes%2C Publicity":MAILTO:graphicswest2@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240220T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240220T193000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240112T053100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T203707Z
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SUMMARY:Cheney at the Head of Channeled Scablands
DESCRIPTION:In this overview\, learn about the history of the Channeled Scablands. We look back to around 20\,000 years ago at the end of the last glacial maximum and at the formation of two huge\, glacially dammed\, meltwater glacial lakes—Missoula and Columbia. We explore the subsequent failures of the Lake Missoula ice dam\, which resulted in a series of megafloods that occurred between 18\,000 and 14\,000 years ago. Then\, we discuss the geologic and hydrologic factors that control lake formations from the Medical Lake area to Fish Lake.  \nPresented by Dr. Linda McCollum\, professor emeritus of geosciences at EWU and of the Ice Age Floods Institute
URL:https://iafi.org/event/cheney-at-the-head-of-channeled-scablands/
LOCATION:Cheney Community Library\, 610 1st St\, Cheney\, WA\, 99004
CATEGORIES:Cheney-Spokane,Presentation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cheney-Spokane Chapter":MAILTO:iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20240112T041323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T014950Z
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SUMMARY:JT Pardee and the Lake He Discovered - Talk by Bill Burgel
DESCRIPTION:The Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter’s next program will be Tuesday\, February 13 at 7:00 PM. Our speaker will present live at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center\, 127 S. Mission\, Wenatchee. There is also a Zoom link so one can watch remotely: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84520197937 Webinar ID: 845 2019 7937. \nJoseph T. Pardee\nBill Burgel is coming up from Portland to tell us about “Joseph T. Pardee and Glacial Lake Missoula.” Pardee was a USGS Field Geologist whose expertise was in Western Montana\, where he was raised and worked for years. He was the first to recognize\, around 1910\, the features of a vast\, ancient Glacial Lake Missoula. \nIn the 1920s\, working independently of Pardee\, Harlan Bretz had determined from field evidence\, that only an extraordinarily huge flood\, or floods\, could have carved out the Channeled Scablands and the big coulees associated with them in eastern and central Washington. But he didn’t know the source of the water. Pardee quipped that he “knew the source of Bretz’ water.” In 1925\, he suggested to Bretz that the draining of a glacial lake could account for the magnitude of water flows needed to create the Scablands and coulees. \nThe program is free\, and open to the public.\n—- \nBill Burgel worked in the railroad industry for 40 years\, in engineering and operations. With his background and training in geology\, he was often called upon to resolve landslide issues and rerouting studies\, earthquake warning strategies\, and to conduct long tunnel analyses. \nContact information:\nBrent Cunderla – Erratics Chapter President\ncunderla@nwi.net  (509) 860-6067 \nSusan D. Freiberg – Erratics Chapter Publicity\nwenvalerratics@yahoo.com
URL:https://iafi.org/event/jt-pardee-and-the-lake-he-discovered-bill-burgel/
LOCATION:Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center\, 127 S. Mission\, Wenatchee\, WA\, United States
CATEGORIES:All IAFI,Meeting,Presentation,Wenatchee
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ORGANIZER;CN="WENATCHEE VALLEY ERRATICS CHAPTER":MAILTO:wenatchee@iafi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T120928
CREATED:20231204T014548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T203811Z
UID:36525-1704740400-1704745800@iafi.org
SUMMARY:Ice Age Floods Around the World
DESCRIPTION:On 08Jan2024 the Puget Lobe Chapter has Guest Lecturer Dr. Vic Baker presents “Ice Age Floods Around the World”.  This presentation will be a “Zoom” (URL https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82985244730.  And in-person at Bellevue College Bldg R\, Rm R103.  see map in separate post. \nThere are approximately 24 mega-floods referenced on the maps\, of which\, #4 is probably the Missoula Floods and outwash from the “Atwater”(#9) and Lake Bonneville (#5) outburst floods. (index unavailable) \nKnown ice-age mega-floods (red arrows and numbers) for the northern hemisphere (polar view). Blue areasindicate the extent of glacial ice and purple areas show mega-lakes at the time of the ice-age flooding.
URL:https://iafi.org/event/ice-age-floods-around-the-world/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Presentation,Puget Lobe
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