Name: Columbia Gorge Chapter Picnic Canceled
Start: 2023-10-15T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-10-15T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Horsethief Lake Picnic Area

September 2023
Deep Lake Potholes Field Trip

September 16, 2023 @ 10:00 am PDT

Sun Lakes State Park Deep Lake Parking Lot (47.58848153536495, -119.34090712166719), WA, United States

Join Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park Rangers for an eye opening field trip to the Deep Lake Potholes in Sun Lakes State Park on Saturday, Sept 16. We will meet in the Deep Lake parking lot at 10:00 AM. Discover Pass is Required. Years ago, Tom Foster blogged about his visits to these incredible potholes: I must have stood at this spot for 15 minutes Saturday - Amazing Ice Age Flood features surrounded me. In this shot the pothole, massive butte and hanging coulee all help one visualize the awesome power of the Ice Age Floods. I'm impressed with the large basalt overhang near the skyline. In Bruce Bjornstad's book "On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods" he describes this undercutting process that was key to the formation of vertical faces in recessional cataracts. The Interpretive Master Plan for the Ice Age Floods in Washington State Parks describes this group of kolk carved depressions - "Another spectacular feature is a tight cluster of the deep potholes beyond Sun Lake just west of Deep Lake. These potholes lie along the valley bottom and require only a 5-10 minute walk from the road." I'd also like to mention that a fall into one of these potholes could be fatal!

Free
Mike Full – In Search of Ice Age Beasts – Library Tour Beforehand

September 21, 2023 @ 6:30 am PDT

Tualatin Public Library 18878 SW Martinazzi Avenue, Tualatin, Oregon, United States

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.

Free
Palouse Falls Chapter Member Appreciation Picnic

September 23, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm PDT

Lyons Ferry State Park 620 Marmes Road, Washtucna, WA, United States

Save the date! You are invited to join us for a member appreciation picnic on September 23rd at Lyons Ferry! This coincides with a free state park day, so no pass is required. We will be providing hot dogs and chips with some light refreshments. This is a potluck but you aren't required to bring anything other than your lovely selves. If you can bring an item, call Lloyd (509) 954-3927 and let him know what you can bring. Please register below (it's free) to let us know how many to expect. We hope you can join us!

Free
Cheney-Spokane Chapter Member Appreciation Picnic & Hikes

September 30, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT

Camp Caro Lodge 698 S Sargent Road, Spokane, WA, United States

Members and Friends of the IAFI Cheney-Spokane Chapter are invited to a picnic where you can meet and network with others interested in the Floods Story. Also you can have an opportunity to ask several geologists questions about The Floods, meet Board members and learn more about the Chapter, go on a short hike in Dishman Hills after lunch, and have some fun while you learn more about where you live, work and play. Your immediate family is invited, too, and you can also bring potential new members. Be sure to RSVP! Camp Caro Lodge is the gem of Spokane Valley and a part of the Camp Caro Community Park. It borders the Dishman Hills Natural Area and offers 360 degrees of panoramic views. There is a well-maintained lawn that borders the bluffs of Dishman Hills and there is plenty of parking! Bring your own lunches, fruit and chips. The Chapter will provide a variety of beverages, cookies, desserts, and plates, utensils, cups, and crushed ice. Bring your Floods questions written on a strip of paper for drawings with special prizes! Some games will be available on the grass lawn. Please RSVP to iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com for all individuals attending in your party. Let us know as quickly as you can so that there will be adequate items available for a successful gathering of “flood enthusiasts!” A word about the hikes: The geologic hikes will start at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and are free. We will meet at Camp Caro lower parking lot off of Appleway Boulevard. Geology tour guides will explain and show how the giant floods of the Ice Age sculpted the land in the Dishman Hills. The 1 p.m. hike will be a bit shorter, and the hike beginning at 3 p.m. will be a bit longer and more involved. Bring a picnic lunch at noon to meet members of the local chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute at Camp Caro Lodge and check out displays with lots of free information. Questions? Call Michael Hamilton 509-747-8147.
October 2023
TOUR: The Five Great Lakes of the Missoula Floods

October 7, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

FIELD TRIP LEADERS: Lloyd Stoess, Palouse Falls Chapter President and Jacqui Hair, Palouse Falls Chapter Vice President. DESCRIPTION OF FIELD TRIP: This tour will visit much of the area covered by the temporary drainage known as Lake Lewis. At its maximum, the lake was over 1000 feet deep, with only a few “Lake Lewis Isles” rising above. Icebergs and other floating debris (including mammoth carcasses) drifted into quieter waters and ran aground along the shorelines of these islands, leaving behind boulders of exotic rock types (erratics) from hundreds of miles away. Ice Age flood site features will include, but are not limited to: Devils Canyon; Washtucna Coulee; Coyote Canyon Mammoth Dig Site; Lakes Lewis Isles; and the White Bluffs. CHECK-IN: Your name badge and field guide will be available at the following times and locations: Saturday October 7th: Prior to departure at the Washtucna High School. WHERE TO MEET: Washtucna High School, 730 Booth Ave., Washtucna, WA >> Parking is available on site. << BUS LOADING: A chartered bus will begin loading at 8:45 a.m.; buses leave promptly at 9:00 a.m. Buses will return around 5:00 p.m.. Restrooms are available at some stops. CANCELLATION: Cancellation refunds will be made only if field trip registrar, Jacqui Hair, receives notice no later than September 24 and vacancies can be filled from a stand-by list. Jacqui can be reached at jacquihair05@gmail.com or (509) 301-0007. ITEMS TO BRING WITH YOU: Binoculars, camera, sunglasses, and clothing for variable weather conditions. $125* field trip fee– Registering as a non-Ice Age Floods Institute Member $110* 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. $95* 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, and 4) comfortable deluxe chartered bus with microphone system for lectures while in route. Registration and liability forms are available for download.
Lunch and Lecture with Dr. Eugene Kiver- “Solving Geologic Problems: Megafloods of Lava & Water in Eastern Washington”

October 9, 2023 @ 11:30 am - 2:00 pm PDT

The Hive 2904 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA

Where: THE HIVE, Event A Room (Use Door Code 371047 # to enter.) Bring your lunch and enjoy this Floods lecture from Dr. Kiver during the lunch hour. The Chapter will provide a variety of beverages, cookies, and plates, utensils, cups, and crushed ice. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers! Description: The flat, non-mountainous topography of eastern Washington displaying mostly serene landscapes suggests a quiet geologic origin. However, a closer examination of the rocks, sediments and landforms tells a story of violence that would seem only Hollywood could invent! Massive floods of lava, some over 200’ thick and 300 miles long about 17 to 6 million years ago buried a hilly landscape turning the Columbia Plateau or Basin into a vast lava plain called a flood basalt field. No human has ever experienced lava flows of this magnitude. Later during the Pleistocene, huge continental glaciers covered most of North America and ground much of the underlying rock into silt-size particles that would later become the famous Palouse Soil. The glaciers also created a huge lake that repeatedly failed catastrophically and ripped the rock surface into an astonishing system of coulees, lakes, and other landforms that make up the Channeled Scabland. This lecture is free and open to the public. Dr. Kiver is Geology Professor Emeritus after teaching 34 years at Eastern Washington University. He studies glacial history in the West and volcanic history of the Cascade Mountains. He is a founding member of the Ice Age Floods Institute and a member of the IAFI Cheney-Spokane Chapter board of directors. If you will be coming, please RSVP to iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com with the number of people. This will help us get the right amount of supplies. Thank you!
Dr. Ralph Dawes – “Glaciated Landscape Beneath the Okanogan Ice Sheet”

October 10, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

The Okanogan Lobe landscape was studied early in the last century by well-known geologists J Harlan Bretz, Richard Foster Flint, and Aaron C. Waters. How the ice sheet shaped the landscape underneath it was a source of controversy back then, and remains a subject of scientific debate today.
IAFI Board Meeting

October 14, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am PDT

Online

The IAFI Board of Directors will generally meet on the second Saturday of each month (except December). The meeting will usually be held via Zoom 09:00 Pacific/ 10:00 Mountain Time Join Zoom Meeting Link Meeting ID: 843 5431 3682 Passcode: 967409 Call-in number: +1-669-900-9128 Members are welcome to attend to both listen and contribute to the workings of the Institute
Cheney-Spokane Chapter Fishtrap Lake Field Trip / Hike

October 14, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

Fishtrap Lake South Loop

Fishtrap Lake, Washington (BLM Photo) Come join us for a 5-mile hike to explore the Ice Age floods features in the Fishtrap Lake area east of Sprague, WA! The Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the IAFI is scheduling a hike at Fishtrap Lake on Saturday, October 14th. The hike will be led by Don Chadbourne and Chris Sheeran, geologists and board members of the Cheney-Spokane Chapter. Description of Fishtrap Lake Hike We will begin and end at the Fishtrap Lake South Loop Trailhead. The hike will follow the South Loop trail, with a total length of about 5 miles. The trail is mostly single track over dirt and rock, with an elevation gain and loss of about 500 feet. Along the way we will have an intimate view of the channeled scablands that were carved out by the ice age floods and see features including pothole lakes, rock benches, Mima mounds, kolks, and streamlined and scarped Palouse hills. The hike will also provide wide open views of Fishtrap Lake and the surrounding country. This hike is included in On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods – Northern Reaches, by Bruce Bjornstad & Eugene Kiver, but we will be following trails that were constructed after the book was published. Directions to the trailhead From I-90 take Exit 254 and proceed south 3.6 miles on the Sprague Highway. Turn left (east) on Miller Ranch Road and proceed 0.2 miles to the “T” at the Miller Ranch house. Turn right (south) and drive 0.8 miles to the trailhead parking lot. There is a vault toilet at the parking lot. (Google Maps Link: https://goo.gl/maps/9Zz7nwdwziMzHYh69 map coordinates: 47.33381100925525, -117.863529217959) The hike will be limited to 20 hikers. Items to bring with you: appropriate shoes, day pack, water, snacks, appropriate clothing for changes in the weather, sun protection, emergency items, camera and binoculars. Walking poles will be helpful. The hike is free; however, donations for support of Chapter activities will be accepted. For additional questions contact Don at 509-891-5875.
Columbia Gorge Chapter Picnic Canceled

October 15, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

Horsethief Lake Picnic Area 8514 Lewis Clark Highway, Washington

This event has been canceled and may be rescheduled in the Spring. The Columbia Gorge Chapter has been pretty quiet since Covid and it's about time we get ramped up again. So, we want to invite our members and their families to a chapter picnic on October 15, 2023 at Horsethief Lake picnic area. The chapter will provide fixin's for sandwiches, salads, chips, cookies and a selection of non-alcoholic drinks. There are 35 unsheltered picnic tables located around the day-use area. Nine braziers are available if you want to cook something. Facilities are first-come, first-served so let's plan to gather at noon. We'll need to know about how many to plan for so please use the link below to let us know that you're planning to attend and how many will be with you. We can do group games like three legged and sack races, beanbag toss games, balloon or egg races, maybe hands-free watermelon eating contest for entertainment. If anyone is so inclined, it would be great if you wanted to do a brief talk about geology and/or cultural aspects of the area. At the end we can also take a short trip to the petroglyph display if you've not seen that. But the main purpose is to get together, have some fun, and talk about renewing chapter activities.

Free

September 2023

Deep Lake Potholes Field Trip

Mike Full – In Search of Ice Age Beasts – Library Tour Beforehand

Palouse Falls Chapter Member Appreciation Picnic

Cheney-Spokane Chapter Member Appreciation Picnic & Hikes

October 2023

TOUR: The Five Great Lakes of the Missoula Floods

Lunch and Lecture with Dr. Eugene Kiver- “Solving Geologic Problems: Megafloods of Lava & Water in Eastern Washington”

Dr. Ralph Dawes – “Glaciated Landscape Beneath the Okanogan Ice Sheet”

IAFI Board Meeting

Cheney-Spokane Chapter Fishtrap Lake Field Trip / Hike

Columbia Gorge Chapter Picnic Canceled

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