The Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute is sponsoring a free public lecture Thursday, Oct. 9, from 7 – 9 p.m. at Spokane Community College’s Lair Auditorium, Building No. 6.
The presentation by geologists Roy Breckenridge and Dean Garwood, “The Purcell Trench Ice Lobe Meets Glacial Lake Missoula Ice Age Floods in Idaho,” is an overview of new research on Ice Age Floods in northern Idaho. It involves glacial chronology, glacial deposit characterization and flood features recognized by new geologic mapping central to understanding the Ice Age Floods.
For more information contact Melanie Bell at iaficheneyspokane@gmail.com or at (509) 954-4242.
Then on Saturday, Oct. 11 and Sunday, Oct. 12, the IAFI is staging two hikes.
The Saturday hike is a 4-5 mile roundtrip to the Lenore Caves of the Lower Grand Coulee near Sun Lakes State Park. The Sunday hike is a three-mile roundtrip with 200-foot drop in elevation to Castle Lake near Dry Falls, most taking place along the lake recessional cataract wall.
Former Eastern Washington University geology professor Dr. Gene Kiver and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory senior research scientist Bruce Bjornstad will lead the hikes. For more information including registration and fees contact Linda Long at lindakl@centurytel.net or at (509) 235-4251.
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