The Ice Age Floods Institute

The Ice Age Floods Institute brings the facinating natural history of the floods and their environmental impacts to an ever-expanding audience. Since its founding in 1995 the IAFI's mission has been that of promoting widespread awareness and understanding of the Ice Age Floods and their impact upon the current environment in the Pacific Northwest.

IAFI does this in several ways.

• Ten local chapters in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana spearhead its educational and public service initiatives through local meetings, lectures, field trips and other special programs.
  
  
• The institute supports the establishment of an Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, which will be a four-state system of marked highway routes featuring significant landforms created by the floods.
  
  
• IAFI also assists Ice Age Floods tourism initiatives in cooperation with diverse organizations ranging from local chambers of commerce to travel specialists, tour operators and even winery owners.

"Origins of the Ice Age Floods Institute" Eastern Washington University emeritus geology professor Gene Kiver visits Ellensburg to discuss the Ice Age Floods Institute. Gene chats about the past, present, and future of the Institute, discusses two new book projects on the geology of Washington, and reflects on his career at EWU Geology. Taped on June 3, 2009.

Central Washington University geologist Nick Zentner discusses the beginnings of the Ellensburg Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute, the origin of the CWU geology talk show 'Central Rocks', and his outreach to alumni on the CWU Geology website. Taped in CWU's Hebeler Hall Auditorium on August 6, 2008.