Sharing the Fascinating Ice Age Floods Story Since 1995
During the last ice age, humans ventured into two vast and completely unknown continents: North and South America. For nearly a century, researchers thought they knew how this wild journey
Mendenhall Glacier and other glaciers above Juneau, Alaska, while rapidly receding are trapping meltwaters that are more frequently being released as devastating ‘glacial outburst floods’ in mini-examples of the processes
If you’ve visited the Rowena Crest Viewpoint at Tom McCall Preserve, west of The Dalles in the Columbia River Gorge, you may have noticed the many dome-shaped earthen mounds that cover
The date that humans arrived in South America has been pushed back to at least 25,000 years ago, based on an unlikely source: bones from an extinct giant ground sloth
Hello from the trail. A lot has been happening over the past couple of months and I’ll start with our new National Park Service interactive web map (https://www.nps.gov/iafl/planyourvisit/maps.htm). Our new
SOME LOCAL NORTHERN IDAHO ICE AGE FLOODS and GLACIAL FEATURES Purcell Trench – This structurally formed valley became the passageway for the Purcell Ice Lobe that divided into five glacial sub-lobes. The
Indigenous people have been in the Americas longer than archaeologists once thought. Stone tools unearthed from a rock shelter in Southern Oregon were last used more than 18,000 years ago,
It’s difficult for most people to grasp the immensity of time as it’s viewed by archeologists, much less as it’s viewed by geologist or cosmologists. One way often used by
IAFI Events
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.
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Come join us for an easy hike just north of Spokane to explore Ice Age floods features, led by IAFICS board member geologist Michael Hamilton. This is one of the […]
Gary Kleinknecht will present MCBONES: The Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site Learn about the activities going on at this local mammoth dig site, the impact of Ice Age floods revealed at […]
The Willamette Valley at the time of the Ice Age Floods, 18,000 - 15,000 years ago, was backwater for massive floodwaters coming through the Columbia River Gorge multiple times. It […]
The Ellensburg Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will host a field trip that covers the Vantage Highway corridor between Ellensburg and Vantage on Saturday 18 May 2024. We will meet […]
Lloyd DeKay, president of the Columbia River Gorge Chapter of IAFI, has volunteered to lead a day-long presentation and field trip 0n June 1, 2024, to explore the geology of […]
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!
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.
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.
Bluefish Caves directly challenged mainstream scientific thinking. Evidence had long suggested that humans first reached the Americas around 13,000 years ago, when Asian hunters crossed a now submerged landmass known
Balbas et. al. use cosmogenic beryllium-10 dating methods to further constrain the timing of ice sheet retreat, as well as the potential pathways for megafloods from both Lake Missoula and
The Washington Geological Survery (WGS) has produced a story map highlighting the ice-age floods that shaped the landscape of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. It tells the story of cataclysmic outburst
Check out this 2-Minute Geology expedition with Nick Zentner and Tom Foster exploring the Giant Current Ripples at West Bar and Camas Prairie. Ice age floodwater 650 feet deep –
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