IAFI Events
IAFI Events
IAFI Events

Learn About, Explore and Discover Our Amazing Region!

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.

IAFI Upcoming Events Calendar

Ice Age Floods Institute Events encourage exploration, inspire curiosity, offer friendship, involvement and ideas

Most of all, we have FUN!  BECOME A MEMBER – JOIN TODAY!

September 2026
Sep 17
17 September 2026
Connell Library,
118 N. Columbia
Connell, Washington
Take a tour of the channeled scablands identifying the diversity of  landforms in our area answering the question— ‘Where do we find them and how did they form?” The viewer will leave with a greater appreciation of our unique geomorphology and be able to identify the landforms as they travel...
Sep 23
23 September 2026
Whitman County Library,
102 South Main St.
Colfax, WA 99111 United States
Glenn Cruickshank, Vice President of the Cheney-Spokane Chapter will give this interesting presentation. Glenn and CWU professor Nick Zentner read over 1,000 field notes of J Harlen Bretz. With these notes, they geolocated over 1,660 sites. This gives us an understanding of the sites Bretz visited and his thought process...
Sep 26
26 September 2026
Cle Elum Lake,
47° 15' 10.0800" N 121° 3' 47.3400" W
Cle Elum, WA United States
Given the Three Queens, King, and Goat fires in the upper Cle Elum drainage, we are cancelling our September 26 field trip to that area.  The end of those fires is not in sight, and we can't even get up into the area to preview a trip.  So...lets look to...
October 2026
Oct 10
10 October 2026
Doris Morrison Learning Center (DMLC),
1330 S Henry Road
Greenacres, Washington 99016
This event is open to the public, but only IAFI Cheney-Spokane members can vote during the member meeting. It will be held in the Liberty Lake area at the Doris Morrison Learning Center at 1330 S. Henry Road.  Exit the freeway south on Barker Road, turn left at the roundabout...
November 2026
Nov 03
03 November 2026
The Reach Museum,
1943 Columbia Park Trl , WA
Richland, WA 99352 United States
The Lake Lewis Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will host a chapter meeting and guest lecture with Jim O’Connor, U.S. Geological Survey - Portland, Oregon on November 3rd, 2026. This presentation will round out the 2026 lecture theme as we explore flood stories along the path from ancient...
Free
August 2027
Aug 28
28 August 2027
Update on 5/21/26: Sorry, but due to a heavy summer schedule we've had to postpone this event until next year to give us more time to plan. Our Cheney-Spokane chapter is planning a special late‑summer gathering on Saturday, August 28, 2027 in honor of J Harlen Bretz, whose birthday falls...
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 have a great time!

September 2026
Sep 26
26 September 2026
Cle Elum Lake,
47° 15' 10.0800" N 121° 3' 47.3400" W
Cle Elum, WA United States
October 2026
Oct 10
10 October 2026
Doris Morrison Learning Center (DMLC),
1330 S Henry Road
Greenacres, Washington 99016
August 2027
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.

September 2026
Sep 17
17 September 2026
Connell Library,
118 N. Columbia
Connell, Washington
Sep 23
23 September 2026
Whitman County Library,
102 South Main St.
Colfax, WA 99111 United States
October 2026
Oct 10
10 October 2026
Doris Morrison Learning Center (DMLC),
1330 S Henry Road
Greenacres, Washington 99016
November 2026
Nov 03
03 November 2026
The Reach Museum,
1943 Columbia Park Trl , WA
Richland, WA 99352 United States
Free
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.

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