Don Chadbourne: IAFI Board Member

I have degrees in geology from the University of Wisconsin and civil engineering from the University of Wyoming. I worked as a well site geologist on oil drilling rigs throughout the Rocky Mountain region and then as a civil engineer for the Washington State DOT. The last job brought me to Spokane.

My first IAFI Field Trip was in 2010 with Gene Kiver and Bruce Bjornstad on the Cheney-Palouse scabland. Subsequent field trips and hikes throughout the region, with Mike and Linda McCollum, Michael Hamilton and others, taught me a lot about the geology of the area and the Ice Age Floods.

I have been a board member with the Cheney-Spokane Chapter since 2019 and am now the Chapter treasurer. I lead hikes on some of the local trails, describing the geologic features and sharing the flood story.