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  • March 2024

  • Sat 16
    March 16, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

    HIKE: Sacajawea Bar – SECOND CHANCE

    Snake River Junction Trailhead

    Due to inclement weather and illnesses some missed out on the hike on the 2nd, so this is your second chance! Those who wish to carpool from northerly points can meet in the parking lot of Java Bloom for a 9AM departure time. Hike starts at the Snake River Junction Trailhead at 10AM. This is a state park, so a Discovery Pass is required (or you can pay for a day pass at the park site - $10 cash or check at their dropbox). Bring your own water, snacks, and lunch. Please have a waiver form filled out for each participant. If you have any questions or want to give Lloyd a heads up that you're coming, he can be reached at (509) 954-3927

  • May 2024

  • Tue 7
    May 7, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    LECTURE: An Overview of the Missoula Floods

    Pomeroy Senior Center 695 Main St., Pomeroy, WA, United States

    Lloyd Stoess, Palouse Falls Chapter President, will take participants on an epic journey from northwest Montana, through northern Idaho, eastern Washington, the Washington-Oregon border and as far south as the coast of California.   Come and see how our channeled scablands are just a part of the story - a story like none other on earth.

  • September 2024

  • Thu 19
    September 19, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Course Changes of Inland NW Rivers Due to the Ice Age Floods

    Connell Library 118 N. Columbia, Connell, Washington

    Lloyd Stoess will present a free lecture with information showing how the Columbia, Palouse, and Yakima Rivers all had course changes during the last glacial period of the Ice Age. All three were changed by different forces. One was temporary and the other two were permanent. This lecture is in partnership with the Mid-Columbia Libraries Connell branch.

  • Fri 27
    September 27, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - September 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Save the Date: 2024 Ritzville Flood Fest

    Best Western Bronco Inn, Ritzville,WA 105 W. Galbreath Way, Ritzville, WA, United States

    Join us for a weekend of lectures and sight seeing in Ritzville, Washington! There is a small block of rooms set aside at an event rate through the Best Western Bronco Inn (509) 659-5000, ask for the Ice Age Floods Tour rate when you reserve your rooms. $170* field trip fee– Registering as a non-Ice Age Floods Institute Member $150* field trip fee– Registering as a Ice Age Floods Institute Member. If joining now or renewing as an IAFI member, also include your IAFI Membership Application with your field trip registration, fees and liability release form. Please write one check to IAFIPF for registration and a separate check to IAFI for membership fee. $145* field trip fee – Registering as a Palouse Falls Chapter Ice Age Floods Institute Member (thank you for your support!) *FIELD TRIP FEE covers: 1) outstanding and knowledgeable field trip leaders, 2) a very detailed and well-illustrated Field Trip Guidebook, 3) delicious lunch, snacks, and drinks, 4) comfortable deluxe chartered bus with microphone system for lectures while in route, and 5) delicious Mexican banquet! -Friday evening: Dinner is on-your-own-adventure. Check-in located in the lobby of the Bronco Inn between 7 and 8 p.m., as well as after the FREE pre-trip lecture at 8:00p by Lloyd Stoess on the topic "Following the Course of the Columbia River" in the Bronco Inn meeting room. -Saturday: Check-in located in the lobby of the Bronco Inn between 7:15 and 7:45 a.m. FIELD TRIP LEADERS: Lloyd Stoess, Palouse Falls Chapter President and Dr. Eugene Kiver, Professor Emeritus Eastern Washington University. DESCRIPTION OF FIELD TRIP: This bus tour will revolve around Saddle Mountain with stops including Lind Coulee, Drumheller Channels, Corfu Landslide Complex, Corfu ghost town, Smyrna Bench, Vantage interbed exposure, Beverly Bar, Sentinel Gap, McCoy Canyon Landslide, Priest Rapids Bar, Saddle Mountain summit, Othello Channels, multiple exposures of the Ringold Formation, Collier Coulee, and the Staircase Rapids. ITEMS TO BRING WITH YOU: Binoculars, camera, sunglasses, and clothing for variable weather conditions. Snacks, drinks, and lunch provided. -Saturday evening: FREE post-trip lecture at by Gene Kiver on the topic "Bonneville Flood and the Snake River" in the Bronco Inn meeting room. Cancellation refunds will be made only if field trip registrar, Jacqui Hair, receives notice no later than September 22 and vacancies can be filled from a stand-by list. Registration and liability form are both available for download at this link.

  • May 2025

  • Fri 2
    May 2 - May 4

    2025 IAFI Membership Meeting – Gorge-ous Gathering May2-3-4

    Columbia Gorge Discovery Center 5000 Discovery Dr., The Dalles, OR, United States

     Celebrating Ice Age Floods Institute's 30th Anniversary The annual IAFI Membership Meeting is coming to the Columbia Gorge this May 2-3, 2025, and all our members and their guests are cordially invited to come experience some of the best and most interesting features the Gorge has to offer. There’ll be opportunities to explore storied Gorge wildflowers and native plants, geology and winery field trips, whitewater rafting, a membership meeting/dinner and a presentation by the ever-entertaining Nick Zenter. Friday, May 2nd, will be action packed with activities during the day. Choose between a guided Spring Wildflower Walk, a Journey Through Terroir field trip, an Unveiling the Gorge field trip (repeated on Sunday, May 4). There are also opportunities available every day for full-day or half-day adventure whitewater raft trips on the Klickitat or White Salmon Rivers with Wet Planet Rafting, a local world-class rafting company. Friday evening will feature our members meeting and dinner, followed by an entertaining and informative presentation by the inimitable Nick Zenter exploring and geolocating J Harlan Bretz’s field notes.  Jim O'Connor Richard Waitt Saturday, May 3rd, will feature the main Ice Age Floods Gorge Geology Field Trip – Explore evidence of the Ice Age Floods in the Columbia Gorge led by USGS expert geologists Jim O’Connor and Richard Waitt. This  field trip will examine the geology of the Columbia River Gorge with emphasis on the effects of the Ice Age Missoula floods, examining key sites and discussing the latest research. Learn more about the Missoula Floods, explore dramatic flood landforms, and enjoy beautiful vistas, lunch at the Deschutes River Park (order a box lunch or bring your own), and a no-host afternoon recap at Maryhill Winery. Check-in begins each day at 8:00 AM at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center Find more detailed information here There is also plenty to see and do in the Gorge to keep you fascinated and engaged if you can stay another day. Visit iconic Multnomah Falls (I-84 access only) and spectacular Vista House at Crown Point overlook. Visit Timberline Lodge, a stunning 1930’s CCC project, on the snowy upper flanks of Mt. Hood. Travel the Hood River Fruit Loop or ride the Mt Hood Railroad Hike one (or more) of the innumerable and spectacular Gorge hiking trails Take Windsurfing and Kiteboarding lessons or just watch the action Enjoy fine dining, artisan wineries, breweries, museums and shops throughout the Gorge. There’s so much more to see and do that we can’t even begin to list it all.

  • June 2025

  • Sat 28
    June 28 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

    Interesting Features and Recent Discoveries of the Middle and Lower Cheney-Palouse Tract

    The Gathering Place LaCrosse, WA, United States

    Lloyd Stoess “An Overview of the Middle and Lower Cheney-Palouse Tract of the Channel Scablands – Interesting Features and Recent Discoveries”. This lecture will include a speculative look at when and how many floods came through present day Lacrosse. Saturday June 28 at 1:00 pm at The Gathering Place in downtown Lacrosse, WA as is part of the Lacrosse Farmers Festival. Presented by Lloyd Stoess, Palouse Falls Chapter President.

  • September 2025

  • Wed 3
    September 3 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    9/3-Mega Floods, Ice Ages, Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, and other Major Earth Events. A look at our dynamic planet of things that could keep you awake at night but shouldn’t

    Ritzville Public Library 302 West Main Street, Ritzville, Washington

    This presentation by Lloyd Stoess will delve into ten of the causes of ice ages and climate change including the answer to how many ice ages have occurred. It will also look at big earth hazards here in the Pacific Northwest that have occurred in the past and if they should be of concern today.

    Free
  • Wed 10
    September 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    9/10-Mega Floods, Ice Ages, Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, and other Major Earth Events. A look at our dynamic planet of things that could keep you awake at night but shouldn’t.

    Whitman County Library 102 South Main St., Colfax, WA, United States

    This presentation by Lloyd Stoess will delve into ten of the causes of ice ages and climate change including the answer to how many ice ages have occurred. It will also look at big earth hazards here in the Pacific Northwest that have occurred in the past and if they should be of concern today.

    Free
  • Thu 18
    September 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    9/18-Mega Floods, Ice Ages, Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, and other Major Earth Events. A look at our dynamic planet of things that could keep you awake at night but shouldn’t.

    Connell Library 118 N. Columbia, Connell, Washington

    This presentation by Lloyd Stoess will delve into ten of the causes of ice ages and climate change including the answer to how many ice ages have occurred. It will also look at big earth hazards here in the Pacific Northwest that have occurred in the past and if they should be of concern today.

    Free
  • October 2025

  • Sat 11
    October 11 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT

    Quincy Basin Field Trip

    Othello Lions Park 815 East Fir Street, Othello, Washington

    During the Missoula Floods the Quincy Basin was filled with flood waters mostly arriving through Grand Coulee and the Telford-Crab Creek Scabland Tract via Crab Creek. Some spillover from the Cheney-Palouse Scabland Tract also entered the basin through east-west coulees.  The flood water drained out of the basin in four places that will be visited on this car Caravan Tour - Crater/Lynch Coulee, Potholes Coulee, Frenchman Coulee, and Drumheller Channels. Stops are also planned for Moses Lake, the Ephrata Fan, Soap Lake, Lower Moses Coulee, West Bar, and Babcock Bench. FIELD TRIP REGISTRATION FORM   LIABILITY RELEASE FORM

    $25 – $30
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