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Explore and Discover How Our Amazing Region was Formed!

Field Trips, Presentations and Other Events are designed to educate, entertain and leave you with a sense of “wow” along with providing fascinating information about the Ice Age Floods. 

Upcoming IAFI Events Calendar

Ice Age Floods Institute Events Inspire, Encourage Exploration, Offer Friendship and Involvement

Activities

Field Trips and Hikes are led by amateur and professional Geologists with new and amazing information to share. They are fun, exciting and informative outdoor adventures for the entire Family to enjoy!

Visit our Activities Event Calendar below for IAFI Field Trips, Hikes and other activities in your area, and go have a great time!

Upcoming Activities
April 2026
Apr 04
April 04, 2026
Palisades Park,
2-198 S Rimrock Dr
Spokane, WA 99224 United States
Apr 11
April 11, 2026
CMSP&P Bridge, Beverly, WA,
46.83539588686751, -119.93816967222578
Beverly, WA United States
Apr 18
April 18, 2026
Benton County Fairgounds,
1500 S. Oak
Kennewick, WA United States
$5

Presentations

We offer indoor Presentations, especially popular when heat or cold make outdoor Field Trips too uncertain or uncomfortable. Many Presentations are available via Zoom.

We also offer programs for schools, senior centers and  similar organizations to educate and stimulate minds about the Ice Age Floods.

Upcoming Presentations
April 2026
Apr 04
April 04, 2026
Palisades Park,
2-198 S Rimrock Dr
Spokane, WA 99224 United States
Apr 11
April 11, 2026
CMSP&P Bridge, Beverly, WA,
46.83539588686751, -119.93816967222578
Beverly, WA United States
June 2026
Jun 22
June 22, 2026
The Reach Museum,
1943 Columbia Park Trl , WA
Richland, WA 99352 United States

Other events

Other Events such as meetings, festivals, conventions and gatherings, with various public and private organizations, help us tell the story of the Ice Age Floods, Geology, Wildlife and History.

We often have our ‘Store in a Box‘ at these types of events where people can view and purchase IAFI merchandise.

Other Upcoming events

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Relive Past Articles

Lava + Ice + Water = Floods Geology

Floods of lava (Columbia River Basalts) and Ice Age Floods of water (Lake Missoula floods and the Bonneville Flood) are world-famous topics among geologists. To have both sets of floods in the same area means the geology of the Inland Northwest is truly Disneyland for Geologists! The program begins in

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Glacial Lake Missoula

This feature-filled video by Tom Foster and Nick Zentner explores the evidence for Glacial Lake Missoula, and provides a treasure trove of places to visit and sights to see when you plan your field trip to the area.

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First People in the Americas – When? How?

When and how did the first people come to the Americas? The conventional story says that the earliest settlers came via Siberia, crossing the now-defunct Bering land bridge on foot and trekking through Canada when an ice-free corridor opened up between massive ice sheets toward the end of the last

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Ice Age Floods’ Features

This is an amazing compilation of extra ordinary photographs that have been expertly labeled to assist the viewer’s understanding of the evidence supporting the creation of the Channelled Scablands in Eastern Washington State, USA.  The photographs are panned and zoomed in and out on providing an overview and close-ups of

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Nova – Mystery of the Mega Flood

Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls: these ancient wonders show how nature’s forces have shaped the face of our planet on a vast timescale, how great landmarks are the work of millions of years of slow, imperceptible erosion by wind and water. But here, across 16,000 square miles of

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WA Geology Releases Stunning Lidar Images

The Washington Geological Survey (WGS) has released 50 high-resolution lidar-derived images of the State’s geology and geomorphology through the Washington State DNR’s Flickr page. The images are available in 16:9 format (7,200 x 4,050 pixels) and 4:3 format (7,200 x 5,400 pixels). Ten of the images are new (see below)

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Uncovering a Columbian Mammoth

There’s a Columbian Mammoth hiding out in Coyote Canyon down Kennewick way, and MCBONES Research Center Foundation is working to uncover his/her hiding place. For a small contribution you can tour this hide-and-seek site, or you can volunteer to help uncover the hidden mammoth. Sound interesting? Find out more in

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ESA Maps a Lava Tube for Moon and Mars Expeditions

With all deference to the book and movie “The Martian”, wouldn’t you, as part of an interplanetary expedition, prefer to be protected from the radiation, micro-meteorites and extreme temperature fluctuations of the Moon or Martian surface? Though some of the hazards depicted in “The Martian” are way over-dramatized (the thin

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