Sharing the Fascinating Ice Age Floods Story Since 1995
Ice Age Floodscapes of the Pacific Northwest: A photographic exploration Geologist and author Bruce Bjornstad will present a bird's eye view of the Ice Age megafloods that impacted the Pacific Northwest as recently as 14,000 years ago and shaped the landscape of the mid-Columbia basin. Bruce's presentation will be a stunning picture show of amazing […]
The Spokane Aquifer is a legacy from the giant Ice Age floods that roared through the Spokane Valley, leaving behind a porous, coarse gravel that hosts our communities' water supply. The Aquifer story includes tales of fascinating, unique geologic processes and community historical events that formed and harnessed this resource. Presented by Geologist Michael Hamilton […]
During this presentation, we follow the path of the floods from western Montana across the Idaho Panhandle, through the Columbia Basin and Gorge, into the Willamette Valley and finally to the Pacific Ocean. We look at some of the major floods features found within the four-state area-features you can see out your windshield as you […]
Follow along on this imaginative look at the period when Lake Missoula was carving out our shrub-steppe scablands. Paul Lindholdt writes environmentally inflected nonfiction and journalism. His 10 books include In Earshot of Water, an ecological memoir that won the Washington State Book Award, The Spokane River, and Interrogating Travel. Presented by Paul Lindholdt, of […]
Join the Palouse Falls Chapter for a leisurely, free 2-3 mile hike to visit Sacajawea Bar on the Snake River! Start time: 10:00a Meeting Place: Snake River Junction Trailhead (see Google Maps for further location information). Fees: This is a state park, so a Discovery Pass or a day pass is required for parking. What […]
Join Outing Coordinators Curt and Gene of the Lower Grand Coulee Chapter on March 9th for a leisurely, free 2-1/2-mile hike to visit Ice Age Floods Features in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge at Upper Goose Lake! Date: Saturday March 9, 2024 Start time: 10:00 am Meeting Place: The GPS coordinates to the parking area […]
The 3-mile hike will be led by IAFICS board member geologist Michael Hamilton. It will take place along Rimrock Drive, which has spectacular views of Spokane and the Spokane Valley. The Glacial Outburst Flood Story will include a lot of "arm-waving," pointing out flood features both along the trail and with views to the east. […]
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 […]
(21Feb2024) We have invited Ralph Haugerud, USGS to give a talk in "wasting of the Southern Margins of the Cordilleran Ice sheet" on March 18,2024. Please note that this date has moved the Chapter Meeting to 18 March 2024. Or the third week of March. While we don't have the details yet, I bet it will […]
Come join us for a moderate 6-mile hike to explore the Ice Age floods features in the Escure Ranch area south of Sprague, WA. The round trip hike follows a gravel road along the Rock Creek drainage and climbs about 100 feet over a small divide and back down to Towell Falls. On the way […]
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