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Summer 2016 Issue Newsletter

2016GeoGirlsHadaBlast!ImmersiveGeologyProgramforTeenageGirls

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AWG – PNW Fall Events

• Point Roberts Field Trip: Sept. 30 – Oct 2,Register by Sept. 22

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• AWG – AWA Social: Big Al’s Brewing, SeattleSept 29

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• Oregon Coast Range Hike (Saddle Mountain):October 29

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• AWG – NWGS Joint Fall Meeting: Nov.8 (datemay change due to elections)

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GeoGirls 2016 participants enjoying one of several immersive geological and technological experiences during the program this summer. Stories on pages 3 and 4. Photo by Mount St. Helens Institute.

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AWG – PNW Fall Events

Paleontology FieldClass (Field Methodsand Research)

Vancouver-area glaciologist/meteorologist and AWG member Mindy Brugman is organizing a field trip to the Vancouver area, including geology in the Point Roberts area, for the first full weekend of October.

The main trip will run from Friday evening September 30 through Sunday afternoon October 2. There’ll be quite a bit of walking but no really strenuous hikes. This will be a family-friendly trip – kids who are old enough to hike will be welcome.

Cost: Tentatively $60 US ($80 Canadian) - $10 for first five AWG Student Members who sign up. … does not include lodging or transportation.

If you’d like to attend, please let Marcia Knadle ([email protected]) AND Mindy Brugman ([email protected]) know by Thursday September 22.

Visit http://www.awg-ps.org/fieldtrip/2016_PointRobertsFiel

dtripAnnouncement.pdf for details.

Point Roberts Field Trip (Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2016)

Sign up by Sept. 22 By Marcia Knadle

AWG – PNW Past President

PNWChapterofAWGSocialThursday,September29

6-9PMBigAl’sBrewing983214thAveSWSeattle,WA98106

ByBrandyRinckAWG–PNWVicePresident

Please join your fellow AWG members on Thursday, September 29th from 6 to 9 PM at Big Al’s Brewing (https://bigalbrewing.wordpress.com/) in White Center for beer, food, socializing, and good company. Buy your drinks from the tasting room bar and then head upstairs to mingle. Food can be purchased from one of the many food trucks parked nearby, or ordered from Proletariat Pizza delivery. If the weather permits, you can bring charcoal and grillables too because Big Al’s has weber grills and utensils for patron use out front. Parking in the Big Al’s lot is limited, but there is plenty of street parking nearby. This meeting will be a joint social with the Seattle Area Group (SAG) of the Association for Washington Archaeology (AWA). Please drink responsibly and drive home safe. Arrange car pools with your friends. E-mail Brandy ([email protected]) or call her day of at 206-499-5602 with questions.

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2016 GeoGirls Day 1: Volcano Experiments. Photo by Carrie Lindsay

2016 GeoGirls Had a Blast! By Sonja Melander,

Science Education Coordinator, Mount St. Helens Institute

Neither the relentless rain nor the sunless sky was able to diminish the smiles of the GeoGirls at Mount St. Helens. From August 7 to August 11, GeoGirls participants gathered at Mount St. Helens to explore the volcanic terrain, conduct field-based research, share experiences and knowledge about life as a geoscience professional, and to form a community.

GeoGirls 2016 consisted of eighteen middle school girls, four high school mentors, two middle school teachers, and more than fifteen female scientists and educators from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cascades Volcano Observatory, Mount St. Helens Institute, UNAVCO, Washington Department of Natural Resources, and several universities.

On the first day, the GeoGirls explored Ape Cave, Trail of Two Forests, and Stratigraphy Viewpoint. There they entered into the realm of volcanology through scavenger hunts of volcanic features and hands-on experiments.

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After a morning of mapping and exploring the landscape with stereograms of aerial images on the second day, the entire GeoGirls contingent journeyed to the Pumice Plain to observe and learn about different types of volcanic deposits, decipher some of Mount St. Helens’ pre-1980 geologic history, travel back in time to explore the

glaciation of the Mount St. Helens area, and make observations of patterns in the life on the Pumice Plain. Clouds socked in their surroundings, but moments of excitement peppered the field expedition as clouds parted and the GeoGirls briefly caught their first glimpse of part of the crater rim.

At camp, the GeoGirls never had a dull moment. The girls spent their time conducting interviews of the adult volunteers and staff about their experiences, creating daily blogs, playing games, and making friends. In the evenings, boots and socks dried by the campfire as everyone snacked on s’mores, sang songs, and listened to the volunteer scientists’ personal tales of geologic adventures in Antarctica and the rescue of pets stranded in between lava flows.

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GeoGirls trekking across the Pumice Plain. Photo by Carrie Lindsay.

GeoGirls investigating stories within the rocks at Stratigraphy Viewpoint. Photo by MSHI.


Portland AWG Oregon Coast Day Hike (Oct. 29)

By Megan Scott Portland AWG

Join us on a day hike in the coast range near Seaside, Oregon for a 5 mile round trip hike up Saddle Mountain (1,640 ft. elevation gain on the way up) on Saturday, October 29th. If you are interested in carpooling from Portland plan on meeting at Sunset Transit Center at 9 am. Please bring a packed lunch, water, good hiking boots, and any snacks or personal items you will need on a hike. Please contact Megan with your RSVP at [email protected].

2016GeoGirls:Adventuresingeologicfieldwork!PhotobyMSHI.

Lone Star Scholarship By Tiffany L. De Leon

Scholarship Committee Chair, AWG Lone Star Chapter

Application Deadline: October 31, 2016

The Lone Star Chapter is now accepting applications for the 2016 Lone Star Rising Career Scholarship. The deadline for applications is October 31st.

The 2016 brochure can be found here on the AWG website: http://awg.org/images/awards/ AWG_Lone_Star_Brochure_Ver_01_ 20.pdf.


RoadCutofMystery(Highway17justcomingintoMesa,WA)

AnsweringTheresa’squestion:LeslieBaker,ResearchAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofGeologicalSciences&DepartmentofPlant,SoilandEntomologicalSciences,UniversityofIdaho,inherwords:

What you have there is basalt on the bottom, topped by what appears to be some lake sediments – the gray and whitish stuff. The color of the gray material makes me wonder if it wasn’t in a reduced, swampy sort of environment, but I would have to look at an actual sample – it might just be some alteration. On top of the sediments is a thin pillow-palagonite complex (not a laterite, although there are some beautiful laterite paleosols elsewhere in the CRB) – the orange stuff is palagonitized basalt glass and you can see the darker round blobs that are the basalt pillows, although some of them are fairly fragmental (a couple of good ones are at far left). This would have formed when the next flow came into the lake – they are quite common around the Columbia Plateau. The water must not have been very deep because the pillow palagonite is very thin and appears to grade upwards into a more massive basalt flow with some palagonite mixed up into the base.

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I would make a guess that the lake sediments are the stratigraphic equivalent of the Quincy diatomite that they mine over around the George area. During Wanapum time (~14-ish million years ago, same as the Clarkia fossils), the Columbia drainage had been so disrupted by repeated basalt flows and regional tectonism that, instead of being a coherent stream, it appears to have been a sort of chain of shallow lakes. Diatoms bloomed in the lakes and made the diatomite deposits, some of which were then capped by flows of Wanapum basalt. (This must have been an exciting time, with hot basalt oozing and hissing into the lakes, and plumes of wet sediment boiling up and sometimes exploding out of the lava flow tops as the water in them flashed to steam.) I have looked at similar exposures of basalt on top of lake sediments up south of Moses Lake, perhaps 15 or 20 miles north of the photo locality – but those were dry when capped and don’t have

the pillows on top (attached photo), just a thin baked contact.

Much of the time, pillow palagonites like this have some opal associated with them. Also, sometimes there is a yellow-green clay called nontronite, which is a ferric smectite (like montmorillonite but with the aluminum and magnesium replaced by iron). This is interesting because nontronite is a very abundant clay on Mars. It is not super common in terrestrial environments on Earth, but there is a lot around the Columbia Plateau because it forms by early basalt weathering. One thing I’ve been working on is the conditions under which it forms, because we can use that to constrain conditions on Mars in the deep past (the clays there are all older than 3.5 billion years). Early Mars may have been warm and wet or cold and wet (or possibly icy), but it appears to have had environments similar to terrestrial soil-forming ones.

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By Leslie Baker

“I have looked at similar exposures of basalt on top of lake sediments up south of Moses Lake, perhaps 15 or 20 miles north of the photo locality – but those were dry when capped and don’t have the pillows on top (attached photo), just a thin baked contact.” Photo and quote by Leslie Baker




Led by volunteer scientists, the GeoGirls conducted research projects in small groups over the next few days. Projects included correlating and mapping airfall deposits from past eruptions, creating 3D models of volcanic features using aerial balloon photography, measuring and studying ecological succession in the volcanic blast zone, reading the stories written in the sediments of Coldwater Lake, measuring ground vibrations from small volcanic earthquakes and rockfalls, practicing geologic field techniques and investigating landslides, and measuring ground deformation using GPS and gravimeters.

Through working with different techniques and technologies used in the geosciences and closely interacting with professionals and graduate students, the GeoGirls were exposed to a wide range of career opportunities available to them and gained first-hand knowledge of the actual process of science. An evening career panel, which included teachers, geologists, and university students provided a forum to share the triumphs and struggles these successful professionals experience in their careers and how they overcame unforeseen and unexpected challenges.

GeoGirls h ik ing to their f ie ld area, the debris fan from a lands lide along Coldwater Lake. Photo by MSHI.

Big smi les after a successful day of balloon mapping and photogrammetry. Photo by MSHI.

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Joint AWG – NWGS Meeting (Nov. 8)

Info Contributed by Brandy Rinck

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Talaris Conference Center, Seattle, WA

5:30 PM – No Host Cocktail Hour 6:30 PM – Dinner

7:30 PM – Speaker

Note: Brandy is waiting on date confirmation due to the fact that Nov. 8 is election day.

Speaker: Allison Duvall, Ph.D.

Title: Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes and landslides: How will the hillslopes handle the big one?

See Page x for Presentation Abstract and Allison Duvall’s biography.

GeoGirls learning how deformation is measured using GPS. Photo by MSHI.

2016 GeoGirls Had a Blast!

By Sonja Melander,


Through working with different techniques and technologies used in the geosciences and closely interacting with professionals and graduate students, the GeoGirls were exposed to a wide range of career opportunities available to them and gained first-hand knowledge of the actual process of science. An evening career panel, which included teachers, geologists, and university students provided a forum to share the triumphs and struggles these successful professionals experience in their careers and how they overcameunforeseen and unexpected challenges.

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Biography and Abstract for Joint AWG – NWGS Meeting (Tentatively November 8 [Check NWGS Calendar for Updates:

http://www.nwgs.org/calendar/calendar.htm)

Info Contributed by Brandy Rinck

Speaker: Allison Duvall, Ph.D.

Alison Duvall received a BS in Geosciences from Virginia Tech, an MS in Geology from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and a PhD in Geology from the University of Michigan. In the fall of 2012, following a CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington. Alison is a geologist and geomorphologist who integrates the broad fields of surface processes, structural geology, and tectonics to tackle a host of questions relating to tectonically driven landscape evolution. She and her research team explore these topics at field sites around the world, including New Zealand and the Himalaya/Tibetan Plateau, and in locations closer to home, such as the Cascades and the Wallowa Mountains of NE Oregon.

Alison will receive the 2016 Luna B. Leopold Award (Earth Surface Processes early career award) at the annual American Geophysical Union meeting this December for her “contributions to fluvial, hillslope, and tectonic geomorphology that have fundamentally advanced understanding of landscape dynamics across a wide range of scales”. She will also deliver the Sharp Lecture in San Francisco as part of this honor.

Title: Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes and landslides: How will the hillslopes handle the big one?

The last decade has provided unexpected lessons in the enormous risks from great subduction earthquakes: Sumatra 2004, Chile 2010, and Japan 2011 were each devastating, resulting in surprising impacts distinct from shallow seismic events. Similar large-magnitude earthquakes are known to occur on the Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ), with the potential of rupturing the entire 1100 km length of the Pacific Northwest plate boundary. Coseismic landslides represent one of the greatest risks to the millions of people living along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, from northern California to southern British Columbia. Empirically derived relationships between earthquake magnitude and landsliding are well studied, and suggest a magnitude 9 earthquake is likely to trigger thousands of landslides. Because a magnitude 9 subduction earthquake is well known to have occurred just over 300 years ago, evidence of coseismic landslides triggered by this event should still be present in the landscapes of the Washington and Oregon Coasts. We are systematically hunting for these landslides through field and LiDAR mapping and are using a combination of radiocarbon dating and surface roughness analysis, a method first developed to study landslides near to the Oso 2014 disaster site, to develop more robust regional landslide chronologies. In addition, we compare our results to new probabilistic quantification of ground motions from a M9 earthquake, including uncertainties, which is a novel approach to delivering synthetic seismograms for engineering and other purposes. With these new data, we hope to better characterize how the landscape will respond to the next large subduction zone earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.


Marcia Knadle, Amy Knudson, and I (Shari Silverman) participated in this summer’s Northwest Geological Society’s field trip to Scotland from June 21 through July 1, 2016. The field trip was fantastic. We traveled throughout the west, northwest, and southeast highlands, and a little bit of

the lowlands, looking at the geology. Here are some photos of a few of the spots.

After traveling from Dumbarton (a little north of Scotland) to Plockton (near the Isle of Skye, Scotland’s west coast), we spent two days exploring the geology of the Isle of Skye. Most of this exploration included volcanic flows with a little bit of Jurassic sediments and rotational slides thrown in. Duntulm Castle (photo right) stood on top of a basalt sill with olivine (dark bands on base) separated from pyroxene (light bands). We did not learn about the castle, but some quick looking up on the web upon my return suggests that it was constructed during the 14th and 15th centuries.

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Three AWG – PNW Members Visit Scotland’s Geology

By Shari Maria Silverman

AWG – PNW Newsletter Editor

ShariSilverman,AmyKnutson,andMarciaKnadlestandinfrontofSalisburyCraginEdinburgh,Scotland.PhotobySteveGrupp.

DuntulmCastle,IsleofSkye,Scotland.PhotobyShariSilverman.


AWG–PNWVisitwithGeoGirls

By Megan Scott

I had the pleasure of attending GeoGirls field camp on Wednesday August 10th, 2016. The camp is based out of the Mount St. Helens Science and Learning Center, which is in the visitor’s center just above Coldwater Lake inside the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. During my visit the GeoGirls were working in small groups on various projects throughout the monument.

I spent the first part of my day shadowing a field team that was deploying seismometers. They had taken a creative approach to their task and were imagining they were secret agents on a mission to monitor all activity (human or not!) within the monument. They each had a geology secret agent name and I’d like to think mine is Migmatite Megan. Their goal of monitoring activity in the monument was accomplished by collecting seismic data, analyzing it, and hypothesizing what had caused each seismic event that was

recorded. Their seismic stations were deployed in a variety of locations including alongside roadways, alongside pathways at the visitor’s center, and along more remote hiking trails. At the end of the day when they started examining the data they could attribute a lot of the seismic activity to humans walking around through the park and cars driving near the visitor’s center. There were also events recorded that the group suggested might have been localized rock falls along the remote trails.

After lunch I joined another group who was working on the shore of Coldwater Lake. They were focusing on sediment and thinking about depositional processes. This field group used metal sieves to measure the grain size of sediments along the edge of the lake. On a previous day they had examined deposits in other locations around the park and they wanted to compare these with what they were currently seeing. Angularity is another parameter that this group was using to describe the sediment, and they had a clever demo to explain what

conditions would produce more rounded grains. The demo involved a short foot race where each participant represented an angular grain of sediment (person with outstretched arms). If the participants ran more quickly and chaotically they had a tendency to bump into each other, and the grains became more rounded (arms retracted towards body after collisions). The group also designed an experiment using a float to measure the velocity of water flowing at the outlet stream on the southwestern side of the lake, which could be used to determine the discharge. At the end of the day this group wrote up their observations to post in the GeoGirls Blog. I had a fantastic day in the field visiting with the GeoGirls, and I hope that this program can continue for many more years to come. You can read more stories about the GeoGirls 2016 adventures on their blog: https://geogirls2016.wordpress.com/


Quinag, a mountain (actually a mountain range) in Sutherland, Scotland seemed to be in view everywhere we visited when we were based in Inchnadamph, Sutherland, located on the eastern side of Loch Assynt. It consists of Torridonian Sandstone resting atop Lewisian Gneiss. It is capped by a thin layer of Cambrian Quartzites. Best of all, it adds drama to the landscape.

The stop at Clachtoll Beach may have been one of my favorites. It was a beautiful beach with white sands. Turquoise water crashed against rugged, dramatic, multicolored cliffs. But the reason why it was one of my favorites was this bit in the photo (left). The gray rock is Lewisian Gneiss. The pink rock is Torridonian Sandstone as it encroaches and erodes the gneiss. The grey clasts in the sandstone are the gneiss as it gets pulled up from its parent rock.

Three AWG – PNW Members Visit Scotland’s Geology

By Shari Maria Silverman

AWG – PNW Newsletter Editor

Quinag from upslope of Loch Glencoul on the way to Unapool. Photo by Shari Silverman.

Lewisian Gneiss clasts (grey fragments) within Torridonian Sandstone (pink) as the sandstone pushes against and pulls up parent Lewisian

Gneiss (gray bedrock left). Photo by Shari Silverman.


2016 GeoGirls Had a Blast! By Sonja Melander

Now having completed its second year, the GeoGirls program was created by Kate Allstadt, a graduate of University of Washington (UW) who is now a Research Geophysicist the USGS. GeoGirls was conceived and partially funded as the outreach component of her National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at the USGS. The original plan was a short day camp with a field trip, but upon partnering with the Mount St. Helens Institute and receiving additional funding, it quickly grew into a multi-day, overnight, immersive geology and technology experience. GeoGirls is the nation’s only program that gives teenage girls the opportunity to explore the science of volcanoes through hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology, field expeditions, and personal interaction with female geoscientists.

The GeoGirls program is offered free of charge to participants through support in part by a grant from the Association of Women Geoscientists. By offering the program free of charge, girls from a variety of economic and social backgrounds are able to participate allowing for a unique team of GeoGirls.

Planning is underway for GeoGirls 2017. With continued fundraising it will hopefully run far into the future, as a consistent source for inspiring and empowering the next generation of women geoscientists. For more information and to donate visit: http://www.mshinstitute.org/learn/for-parents/geogirls.html

Read their blog here: https://geogirls2016.wordpress.com/

Wet-sieving deposits at Coldwater Lake to learn the story of how the lake formed and what has happened at the lake since i t formed. Photo by MSHI.

Recording and interpreting seismic data at the Science and Learning Center. Photo by Carr ie Lindsay.


Election Results Info Contributed by

Kathy Vanderwal Dubé

AWG – PNW President

“The mission of the AWG Foundation is to attain equality of opportunity for women in the geosciences and train new leaders by funding high impact programs for women in the geoscience.” Quoted from the AWG Foundation page on the AWG website.

AWGF funds: 1. Scholarships and Travel Grants2. Professional Development Programs3. Awards and Outreach Programs

To find out more about donating to AWGF, applying for AWGF funds, or just AWGF in general, visit the AWG Foundation page at http://awg.org/Foundation

To all the GeoGirls’ excitement, the clouds li fted on the last evening with perfect timing, revea ling the sunset’s alpenglow. Photo by Carr ie Lindsay.

The officers for 2016 – 2017 AWG – PNW board are:

• President: Heather Nielsen

• Vice President: Brandy Rinck

• Secretary: Megan Faust

• Treasurer: Theresa Burton

• Past President: Kathy Vanderwal Dubé

• Scholarship Committee Chair: Pat Reed

• Webmaster: Keith Olsen

• Newsletter Editor: Shari Silverman

Haiku by

Leslie L. Baker

Nontronite on Mars

Tells us there was water there

Mars was once like Earth!


Upcoming Field Class22 June - 22 July 2015:

PALEONTOLOGY FIELD METHODS ANDRESEARCH

Leader: Greg Wilson, InstructorCosts: $120 course fee, $650 transportation,meals, lodging, and equipment PLUS tuition andfeesContact Greg Wilson ([email protected]) formore information.

AWG Foundation (AWGF)

“The mission of the AWG Foundation is to attain equality of opportunity forwomen in the geosciences and train new leaders by funding high impactprograms for women in the geoscience.” Quoted from the AWG Foundation page on the AWG website.

AWGF funds:• Scholarships• Travel Grants• Professional Development Programs• Awards and Outreach Programs

To find out more about donating to AWGF, applying for AWGF funds, or justAWGF in general, visit the AWG Foundation page athttp://www.awg.org/awgfoundation/.

SpeakersSeptember22–December6,2016:GeologyofWashington(GEO101,Section2)

Instructor:NickZentner

Location:CentralWashingtonUniversity’sNewScienceIIBuilding,Room103,Ellensburg(acouplebuildingsnorthofLindHall)

When:November14,2016(Monday,Tuesday,Thursday,Friday[noWednesday]):10amto10:50am.FirstclassonThursday,September22.

Cost:Free

Host:CentralWashingtonUniversity

MoreInformation:http://iafi.org/cwus-geology-of-washington-course-free/

October11,2016:NWGSMeeting:TheSanJuanIslandsandtheNorthCascadesThrustSystem

WithNedBrown,WesternWashingtonUniversity–Retired

Location:TalarisConferenceCenter,Seattle,WA

When:October11(Tuesday)No-hostCocktailHour:5:30,Dinner:6:30,Speaker:7:30

Host:NorthwestGeologicalSociety

Moreinformation:http://www.nwgs.org/calendar/calendar.htm

October24,2016:SciencePubHillsboro:SubductionandSeduction:UppingtheAppealofEarthquakeMessaging

WithLizSafran,PhD,AssociateProfessorofGeologicScienceatLewis&ClarkCollege

Location:VenetianTheatreandBistro,253E.MainSt.,Hillsboro

When:October24,2016(Monday)Doorsopen5pm.Programstarts7pm.

Cost:$5suggesteddonation

Host:OregonMuseumofScienceandIndustry

Moreinformation:http://www.omsi.edu/calendar?start%5Bvalue%5D=&end%5Bvalue%5D=&keywords%5B0%5D=345&keys=&page=2-nodeid-9146

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Remote Sensing and Mechanical Archaeological Excavation atWashington Portland Cement Company Facility

ByBrandy Rinck

In March of 2015, Brandy Rinck presented a poster about the Washington Portland CementCompany (WPCC) at the Northwest Anthropological Association Conference in Eugene,OR. The WPCC was a cement manufacturing facility that operated at what is now PugetSound Energy’s (PSE) Lower Baker Compound (LBC) in Concrete, WA between 1905 and1918. The WPCC Historic District occupies an approximately 3.8-acre site on a terracenear the confluence of Baker and Skagit Rivers. Portions of the WPCC are exposed at thesurface, but older remnants are buried below landslide debris. Archaeological investigation at the WPCC combined remote sensing with mechanical excavation to identify structuralremains at the former WPCC factory. Two undergraduate students from the University ofWashington, Deanna deBoer and Cheyenne Galindo, learned how to use a gradiometer andthen conducted survey (Photo 3). They identified several anomalies that were then groundtruthed with backhoe test pits (Figure 4). Archaeological materials related to the WPCCfactory as it existed between 1912 and 1925 were identified, including concrete pads andslabs representing a clay storage room and a rotary dryer room , brick features, foundation walls, machine mounts, a metal cylinder, and wooden structural wall supports. Thearchaeological materials were recorded as part of the LBC and WPCC Historic District.

October28,2016:Lecture:TheLongestJourney–TrackingtheWillametteMeteoriteThroughTime

WithJackNisbet,Naturalist,Teacher,andAuthorLocation:SpokaneCommunityCollege,TheLairAuditorium,Building6

When:October28,2016(Friday)7to9pm

Cost:FreeHost:Cheney–SpokaneChapter,IceAgeFloodsInstitute

Moreinformation:http://iafi.org/event/lecture-the-longest-journey-tracking-the-willamette-meteorite-through-time/?instance_id=223

November3,2016:SciencePubPortland:VikingMarsMissions:theHistory,Stories,andInfluenceofMarsExploration

WithRachelTillman,FounderandExecutiveDirectorofTheVikingMarsMissionsEducation&PreservationProject(VMMEPP),AlTreder,VikingGuidance&Control,DigitalArchivistandTechnicalConsultantatVMMEPP,PatDeMartine,VikingLanderCommandSequence&SimulationProgrammingandScienceTeamMember,andPeggyNewcomb,speakingonbehalfofJohnNewcomb,AuthorandNASAEngineer(JohnpassedawayinMarch)

Location:McMenaminsMissionTheater,1624NWGlisan,Portland

When:November3,2016(Thursday)Doorsopen5pm.Programstarts7pm.

Cost:$5suggesteddonation

Host:OregonMuseumofScienceandIndustry

Moreinformation:http://www.omsi.edu/calendar?start%5Bvalue%5D=&end%5Bvalue%5D=&keywords%5B0%5D=345&keys=&page=2-nodeid-8657

November8,2016:NWGSMeeting:Cascadiasubductionzoneearthquakesandlandslides:Howwillthehillslopeshandlethebigone?

WithAllisonDuvall,UniversityofWashington

Location:TalarisConferenceCenter,Seattle,WA

When:November8(Tuesday)No-hostCocktailHour:5:30,Dinner:6:30,Speaker:7:30

Host:NorthwestGeologicalSociety

Moreinformation:http://www.nwgs.org/calendar/calendar.htm


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ByBrandy Rinck


November10,2016:SciencePubEugene:VikingMarsMissions:theHistory,Stories,andInfluenceofMarsExplorationWithRachelTillman,FounderandExecutiveDirectorofTheVikingMarsMissionsEducation&PreservationProject(VMMEPP),AlTreder,VikingGuidance&Control,DigitalArchivistandTechnicalConsultantatVMMEPPandPeggyNewcomb,speakingonbehalfofJohnNewcomb,AuthorandNASAEngineer(JohnpassedawayinMarch)

Location:WhirledPiesatCozmic,199W8thAve,EugeneWhen:November10,2016(Thursday)Doorsopen5pm.Programstarts6:30pm.Cost:$5suggesteddonation

Host:OregonMuseumofScienceandIndustryMoreinformation:http://www.omsi.edu/calendar?start%5Bvalue%5D=&end%5Bvalue%5D=&keywords%5B0%5D=345&keys=&page=2-nodeid-8651

November14,2016:SciencePubCorvallis:VikingMarsMissions:theHistory,Stories,andInfluenceofMarsExplorationWithRachelTillman,FounderandExecutiveDirectorofTheVikingMarsMissionsEducation&PreservationProject(VMMEPP),AlTreder,VikingGuidance&Control,DigitalArchivistandTechnicalConsultantatVMMEPPandPeggyNewcomb,speakingonbehalfofJohnNewcomb,AuthorandNASAEngineer(JohnpassedawayinMarch)

Location:OldWorldDeli,341SW2ndSt.,CorvallisWhen:November14,2016(Monday)Doorsopen5pm.Programstarts6:00pm.Cost:Free

Host:OregonMuseumofScienceandIndustryMoreinformation:http://www.omsi.edu/calendar?start%5Bvalue%5D=&end%5Bvalue%5D=&keywords%5B0%5D=345&keys=&page=2-nodeid-9270

November18,2016:Lecture:Big,Bigger,Biggest–CatastrophicFloodingonEarthandMars

WithDr.JohnBuchanon,EasternWashingtonUniversityGeologyProfessor

Location:EWUJFKLibraryAuditorium,Cheney,WA

When:November18,2016(Friday)7to9pm

Cost:Free

Host:Cheney–SpokaneChapter,IceAgeFloodsInstitute

Moreinformation:http://iafi.org/event/lecture-big-bigger-biggest-catastrophic-flooding-on-earth-and-mars/?instance_id=224 Continued on Page 19



Upcoming Field Class 22 June - 22 July 2015:

PALEONTOLOGY FIELD METHODS AND RESEARCH

Leader: Greg Wilson, Instructor Costs: $120 course fee, $650 transportation, meals, lodging, and equipment PLUS tuition and fees Contact Greg Wilson ([email protected]) for more information.

RemoteSensingandMechanicalArchaeologicalExcavationatWashingtonPortlandCementCompanyFacility

ByBrandyRinck

In March of 2015, Brandy Rinck presented a poster about the Washington Portland Cement Company (WPCC) at the Northwest Anthropological Association Conference in Eugene, OR. The WPCC was a cement manufacturing facility that operated at what is now Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Lower Baker Compound (LBC) in Concrete, WA between 1905 and 1918. The WPCC Historic District occupies an approximately 3.8-acre site on a terrace near the confluence of Baker and Skagit Rivers. Portions of the WPCC are exposed at the surface, but older remnants are buried below landslide debris. Archaeological investigation at the WPCC combined remote sensing with mechanical excavation to identify structural remains at the former WPCC factory. Two undergraduate students from the University of Washington, Deanna deBoer and Cheyenne Galindo, learned how to use a gradiometer and then conducted survey (Photo 3). They identified several anomalies that were then ground truthed with backhoe test pits (Figure 4). Archaeological materials related to the WPCC factory as it existed between 1912 and 1925 were identified, including concrete pads and slabs representing a clay storage room and a rotary dryer room , brick features, foundation walls, machine mounts, a metal cylinder, and wooden structural wall supports. The archaeological materials were recorded as part of the LBC and WPCC Historic District.

December13,2016:NWGSMeeting:GeologicandGeomorphicControlsontheHistoricalDevelopmentofSeattleWithDavidWilliamsLocation:TalarisConferenceCenter,Seattle,WAWhen:December13(Tuesday)No-hostCocktailHour:5:30,Dinner:6:30,Speaker:7:30Host:NorthwestGeologicalSocietyMoreinformation:http://www.nwgs.org/calendar/calendar.htm


September24,2016:ExploringIdahoVolcanismledbyvolcanologyprofessorDr.BrittanyBrand

NoPre-registrationRequired.Registeron-siteat7:30am

Location:MeetattheIdahoMuseumofMiningandGeology,Boise,ID

When:September24,2016(Saturday):Registrationat7:30amon-site.Trip:8am(prompt)to5pm{WestValleyresidentscanregisteratCelebrationParkbetween8:45and9am.

Cost:$10forIdahoMuseumofMiningandGeology(IMMG)members,$15fornon-members

Optionalvisittonearbywineryaftertriptodiscusswineandterroir

Host:IdahoMuseumofMiningandGeology

MoreInformation:http://www.idahomuseum.org/field-trips/

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FieldTrips

Elgol,IsleofSkye:June2016NWGSScotlandFieldTrip


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ByBrandy Rinck


September24,2016:IAFIGlacialLakeMissoulaChapterFieldTripRegistrationRequired:September10,2016(allformsinbytwoweeksbeforefieldtrip)

Location:Missoula,MontanaWhen:September24,2016(Saturday):8amto6pmCost:$75(IAFImembers),$85(non-membersIAFI)

Host:GlacialLakeMissoulaChapteroftheIceAgeFloodsInstituteMoreinformation:http://iafi.org/wp-content/uploads/PDFs/IAFI2016FieldTripRegistration.pdf

September25,2016:FieldTrip–LeavenworthtoStevensPassledbyKarlLillquist,CWUGeography

[email protected](509)963-1184.Location:CarpoolfromCWU’sHebelerHallparkinglot(H6)When:September25,2016(Sunday):10amto6:30pmCost:Unknown,butyouwillneedDiscoverPassifdriving

Host:EllensburgChapteroftheIceAgeFloodsInstituteMoreinformation:http://iafi.org/field-trip-leavenworth-to-stevens-pass/

October1,2016:ChangingtheCourseofthePalouseRiver

RegistrationRequired:(confirmby9/28–contactLloydStoess(509)954-3927)

Location:WashtucnaHighSchool,Washtucna,WashingtonWhen:October1,2016(Saturday):8amto4:30pmCost:IAFImembers:$60,Non-members:$75,Students&Teachers:$35

Host:PalouseFallsChapteroftheIceAgeFloodsInstituteMoreinformation:http://iafi.org/event/palouse-falls-chapter-fall-field-trip/?instance_id=205

October1,2016:Mt.St.HelensHelicopterTour

RegistrationRequired:Registeronlineathttp://www.gsoc.org/shop/mt-st-helens-helicopter-tourorpaybychecktoaddressinMoreInformationLink

Location:MeetatHoffstadtBluffsVisitorCenter(15000SpiritLakeHwy,Toutle,WA)at10amWhen:June25,2016(Saturday):10amto3pm(websitehasvaryingtimes)Cost:$257.40(check)or$265.17(online–coversonlinefees)–paymentdueThursday,Sept.29,2016

Host:GeologicalSocietyoftheOregonCountryMoreinformation:http://www.gsoc.org/field-trips/2016/10/1/mt-st-helens-helicopter-tour

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ByBrandyRinck


October1,2016:SnakeRiver-PalouseFallsBusTourledbygeologistBruceBjornstadRegistrationRequired:Confirmby9/21(contactKrisCargile(509)943-4100x108)Location:TheReachWhen:October1,2016(Saturday):8amto5pmCost:$78Host:TheReachoftheIceAgeFloodsInstituteMoreinformation: http://iafi.org/event/snake-river-palouse-falls-bus-tour/?instance_id=201October8,2016:GeologyTour(WenatcheetoQuincy)–bustourRegistrationRequired:onlineregistration(https://61981.blackbaudhosting.com/61981/Geology-Tours---October)Location:Wenatcheearea,WAWhen:October8,2016(Saturday):9amto2pmCost:$45Adult,$40MembersoftheWenatcheeValleyMuseumHost:WenatcheeValleyMuseumandCulturalCenterMoreinformation:http://www.wenatcheevalleymuseum.org/our-events/

October8,2016:StratigraphyandVolcanicsofOwyheeCounty,OregonledbyDr.SamMatsonofBSUSciences

NoPre-registrationRequired.Registeron-siteat7:30amLocation:MeetatWincoparkinglotonMeridianRoadatI-84When:June18,2016(Saturday):Registrationat7:30amatWinco.Trip:8am(prompt)to6pmCost:$10forIdahoMuseumofMiningandGeology(IMMG)members,$15fornon-membersHost:IdahoMuseumofMiningandGeologyMoreInformation:http://www.idahomuseum.org/field-trips/

October8,2016:HikeNorthupCanyon,UpperGrandCouleeArealedbygeologistsGeneKiverandBruceBjornstad

RegistrationRequired:Confirmby10/3(contactMelanieBell(509.954.4242))Location:GrandCouleeAreaWhen:October8,2016(Saturday):9:30amto6pmCost:$20,$30or$50

Host:TheCheneySpokaneChapteroftheIceAgeFloodsInstituteMoreinformation:http://iafi.org/event/hike-northup-canyon-upper-grand-coulee-area/?instance_id=220








ByBrandyRinck


October8,2016:GeologyTour(WenatcheetoQuincy)–bustourRegistrationRequired:onlineregistration(https://61981.blackbaudhosting.com/61981/Geology-Tours---October)Location:Wenatcheearea,WAWhen:October82016(Saturday):9amto2pmCost:$45Adult,$40MembersoftheWenatcheeValleyMuseumHost:WenatcheeValleyMuseumandCulturalCenterMoreinformation:http://www.wenatcheevalleymuseum.org/our-events/October9,2016:HikeCandyPoint,UpperGrandCouleeArealedbygeologistsGeneKiverandBruceBjornstad

RegistrationRequired:Confirmby10/3(contactMelanieBell(509.954.4242))Location:GrandCouleeAreaWhen:October9,2016(Sunday):9:30amto6pmCost:$20,$30or$50Host:TheCheneySpokaneChapteroftheIceAgeFloodsInstituteMoreinformation:http://iafi.org/event/hike-candy-point-upper-grand-coulee-area/?instance_id=221

14-16October2016:NWGSFieldTrip-GeologyofRepublicAreaandtheOkanoganMetamorphicCoreComplexLeader:EricCheneyCost:Tobedetermineddependingonthenumberofpeopleandvehiclestorent;intherangeof$150to$175,whichincludesexpertfieldtripleader,wonderfulguidebook,andplentyofhappyandinquisitivegeoparticipants.Mealsandlodgingarenotincluded,butwe’llavoidthepriceyspots(ifthereareanyinRepublic).Signup:NotifyKathleenGoodmanat425-301-2700bytextorphoneorbyemailtoKathleen.goodman@amecfw.com

October22,2016:AncientWallsII:AGeologicalWalkingTourofDowntownPDX(NorthTour)RegistrationRequired:Registeronlineathttp://www.gsoc.org/shop/downtown-pdx-tour-oct-22nd-2016Location:Portland,ORWhen:October22,2016(Saturday):10amfortwoandahalfhoursCost:from$10:opentopublic

Host:GeologicalSocietyoftheOregonCountry

Moreinformation:http://www.gsoc.org/field-trips/2016/10/22/ancient-walls-2-a-geological-walking-tour-of-downtown-pdx-north-tour






ByBrandyRinck


September7–October30,2016:BootHillFossilSite,StoneRoseInterpretativeCenter:FossilHunting“ThepubliciswelcometovisitStoneroseandsearchforfossilsinourEocenefossilbeds.Atthetimeofyourvisit,theStonerosestaffwillexplainourrulesfordiggingandhowtofindfossils.Aftershowingallyourfindstothestaffforidentification,youmaykeepthreefossilsperday.”Location:StoneRoseInterpretativeCenter,15-1NorthKeanRepublic,WA99166When:September7–October30,2016(WednesdaythroughSunday):8am–4pmCost:Upto$10dependinguponyourdemographic(lotsoflevels)Host:StoneRoseInterpretativeCenterMoreinformation:http://stonerosefossil.org/fossilhunting/visitors-information/September19–QuiteaFewMonths,2016:PaleontologyLab“StaffandvolunteersexcavaterealdinosaurandancientOregonfossilsfromplastercastsinasettingopentothepublic.”Location:OMSI,1945SEWaterAve,Portland,OR97214When:TuesdaythroughFriday,Sunday(HoursVary–seeMoreInformationLink) OccasionalMondaysCost:IncludedinOMSIadmissionHost:OregonMuseumofScience&IndustryMoreinformation:http://www.omsi.edu/calendar?start%5Bvalue%5D=&end%5Bvalue%5D=&&keys=-nodeid-8136

September19–QuiteaFewMonths,2016:WatershedLab

“TheWatershedLaballowsvisitorstocreatetheirownrivers;watchsalmondevelopfromeggstosmolts;explorethemicroscopicworldthatsupportsusall,andseehowweallfitintotheregionwecalltheNorthwest.”Location:1).OMSI,1945SEWaterAve,Portland,OR97214When:TuesdaythroughThursday,Sunday(HoursVary–seeMoreInformationLink) OccasionalMondaysCost:IncludedinOMSIadmissionHost:OregonMuseumofScience&IndustryMoreinformation:http://www.omsi.edu/calendar?start%5Bvalue%5D=&end%5Bvalue%5D=&&keys=&page=1-nodeid-8156


Hands-onScience







ByBrandyRinck


September25,2016:IDigDinos(gearedtoages3-7butopentoeveryone)“SeptemberisT.rexmonth!SeetherecentlydiscoveredskullofaT.rex(coveredinaplasterfieldjacket),touchT.rexclawsandteeth,andcreateyourownrecycledT.rextotakehome!”Location:1).BurkeMuseum,1945SEWaterAve,Portland,OR97214When:September25,2016(11am–2pm)Cost:IncludedinBurkeadmission(FREEforBurkemembers,w/UWID,andchildren4&under)Host:BurkeMuseum(17thAveNEandNE45St,Seattle,WA[UWCampus])Moreinformation:http://www.burkemuseum.org/calendar/i-dig-dinosSeptember28,2016:OMSIAfterDark:Brewfest(21+-IDRequired)“Enjoyaglassofwinewhilelearningaboutrobots,tornados,orfossils.Talktoabreweraboutthesciencebehindbeer,ortastehowanextra10%cacaocanmakeadifferenceinchocolate.”Location:1).OMSI,1945SEWaterAve,Portland,OR97214When:September28,2016(Saturday)6-10pmCost:

• OMSIAfterDark+Brewfest:$30/non-members,$20/OMSIMembersand$10/OMSIAfterDarkMembers.AdmissionincludesOMSIAfterDarkadmission,souvenirpintglassand8tastingtokens.

• OMSIAfterDarkOnlyadmission:$15/non-members,$7.50/OMSImembers,andFREEforOMSIAfterDarkMembers.AdmissionincludesOMSIAfterDarkonly,tastingnotallowed.

Host:OregonMuseumofScience&IndustryMoreinformation:http://www.omsi.edu/calendar?start%5Bvalue%5D=&end%5Bvalue%5D=&&keys=&page=3-nodeid-8612October1,2016:GeologyRocksScoutsDay(everyonewelcomebutgirlscoutsandcubscoutscanearnpatches/fulfillrequirements)“ExploretheBurke'samazinggemcollections,learntotellrealgemsfromimitations,findoutwheretolookforgold,makeafossiltotakehome,andgetyourselfpreparedforearthquakesandotherextremeevents.Wantarockidentified?Bringitwithyoutoshowourexperts!”Location:1).BurkeMuseum,(17thAveNEandNE45St,Seattle,WA[UWCampus])When:October1,2016(10am–4pm)Cost:

• ForthosenotdoingScoutActivities:IncludedinBurkeadmission(FREEforBurkemembers,w/UWID,andchildren4&under)

• ScoutActivities:$22(freeforaccompanyingadult)Registration:

• CubScouts:RegisterbySeptember25• GirlScouts:Registrationopen

Host:BurkeMuseumMoreinformation:http://www.burkemuseum.org/calendar/geology-rocks-scout-day


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ByBrandyRinck


October1,2016:SpaceRocks“TokickoffSpaceWeek,we'reofferingastellarselectionofastronomicalactivities!MeetlocalstudentswhodesignedexperimentstosendtotheInternationalSpaceStation,witnessmodelrocketlaunchesonthefrontlawn(weatherpermitting),andmakestarchartstofindoutwhatyoucanseeinthenightsky.You'llalsogetafirstglimpseatourbrand-newmeteoritecollectiononpermanentdisplay.”Location:ScienceFactory:Children’sMuseum&ExplorationDome,Eugene,OR:2300LeoHarrisParkwayWhen:October1,2016Cost:$4fornon-MembersoftheScienceFactory,FreeforScienceFactorymembersHost:Children’sMuseum&ExplorationDomeScienceFactoryMoreinformation:http://www.sciencefactory.org/programs-and-camps/space-rocksOctober19–November9,2016(Wednesdays):CascadiaMegaquake“TheUW’sM9Projectleadsanin-depth,four-partclassonthepotentialeffectsofaCascadiamegathrustearthquakeonsocial,builtandnaturalenvironments.FindoutwhatweknowaboutPacificNorthwestearthquakecountry,howweknowit,whatourgovernmentinstitutionsaredoingandwhatyoucandotoprepare.”Location:BurkeRoom,BurkeMuseum,(17thAveNEandNE45St,Seattle,WA[UWCampus])When:October19–November9,2016(Wednesdays,7–8:30pm)Cost:$120:GeneralPublic;$100:BurkeMembersHost:BurkeMuseumMoreinformation:http://www.burkemuseum.org/calendar/cascadia-megaquake

October12or13,2016:OregonHighDesertMuseumBackpackExplorersDigit!(PaleontologyGearedtowardsPreschoolers)“Becomeapaleontologistandtakeatripbackintime.UncovermysteriesofthepastaswedigundergroundandlearnwhatcreaturesonceroamedtheEarth.Storiesofbig,bizarresharksanddinosaurswillberevealed.”Location:OregonHighDesertMuseum,59800S.Highway97,Bend,OR97702When:October12-13,2016:(WednesdayorThursday)10-11amCost:$10(members),$15(non-members)plusmuseumadmissionNote:Discountsfor4ClassPass(severaldifferentclassesSeptemberthroughNovember)Host:OregonHighDesertMuseumMoreinformation:http://www.highdesertmuseum.org/backpack-explorers-65

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ByBrandyRinck


October22,2016:ArtofMicroscopy“Wewillexplorewaystocapturecreativeimagesbyusingthecameraonyourphonewithamicroscope.Visitorswillbeabletoprintoneimaginetotakehome.ItishighlyrecommendedtohavetakenOMSI'sBeginnerMicroscopylabexperiencepriortothisone.Makesuretobringyourphonetocapturemanypictures.”Location:1).OMSI,1945SEWaterAve,Portland,OR97214(LifeScienceLab)When:October22,2016:10-11:30amCost:IncludedinOMSIadmissionHost:OregonMuseumofScience&IndustryMoreinformation:http://www.omsi.edu/calendar?start%5Bvalue%5D=&end%5Bvalue%5D=&&keys=&page=4-nodeid-8000October26,2016:OMSIAfterDark:Spirits(21+-IDRequired)“Enjoyaglassofwinewhilelearningaboutrobots,tornados,orfossils.Talktoabreweraboutthesciencebehindbeer,ortastehowanextra10%cacaocanmakeadifferenceinchocolate.”Location:1).OMSI,1945SEWaterAve,Portland,OR97214When:October26,2016(Saturday)6pmCost:

• OMSIAfterDark+Brewfest:$30/non-members,$20/OMSIMembersand$10/OMSIAfterDarkMembers.AdmissionincludesOMSIAfterDarkadmission,souvenirpintglassand8tastingtokens.

• OMSIAfterDarkOnlyadmission:$15/non-members,$7.50/OMSImembers,andFREEforOMSIAfterDarkMembers.AdmissionincludesOMSIAfterDarkonly,tastingnotallowed.

Host:OregonMuseumofScience&IndustryMoreinformation:http://www.omsi.edu/calendar?start%5Bvalue%5D=&end%5Bvalue%5D=&&keys=&page=5-nodeid-8613October30,2016:IDigDinos(gearedtoages3-7butopentoeveryone)“BringyourbuddingpaleontologisttotheBurkeformonthlyfossilizedfun.Enjoythreeprehistoricstationseverymonthrangingfromtouchingrealfossils,makingdiscoveriesinthedinodigpit,solvingdinosaurmysteries,dinodress-upandmore.Location:1).BurkeMuseum,(17thAveNEandNE45St,Seattle,WA[UWCampus])When:October30,2016(11am–2pm)Cost:IncludedinBurkeadmission(FREEforBurkemembers,w/UWID,andchildren4&under)Host:BurkeMuseumMoreinformation:http://www.burkemuseum.org/calendar/i-dig-dinos

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ByBrandyRinck


November5and6,2016:PhotographyWorkshop:CapturetheBeautyoftheOregonBadlandsWilderness“JoinphotographerJeffJonesforatwo-dayworkshopthatculminateswithafieldtriptotheBadlands.LearnandpracticephotographicstrategiesthatcanbeappliedattheMuseumandtheBadlands.”Location:OregonHighDesertMuseum,59800S.Highway97,Bend,OR97702When:November5and6,2016:(Saturday)12–5pm(HighDesertMuseum) (Sunday)6am–12pm(OregonBadlandsWilderness)Cost:$40Host:OregonHighDesertMuseumMoreinformation:http://www.highdesertmuseum.org/photography-workshop-capture-beauty-oregon-badlands-wildernessNovember27,2016:IDigDinos(gearedtoages3-7butopentoeveryone)“BringyourbuddingpaleontologisttotheBurkeformonthlyfossilizedfun.Enjoythreeprehistoricstationseverymonthrangingfromtouchingrealfossils,makingdiscoveriesinthedinodigpit,solvingdinosaurmysteries,dinodress-upandmore.Location:1).BurkeMuseum,(17thAveNEandNE45St,Seattle,WA[UWCampus])When:October30,2016(11am–2pm)Cost:IncludedinBurkeadmission(FREEforBurkemembers,w/UWID,andchildren4&under)Host:BurkeMuseumMoreinformation:http://www.burkemuseum.org/calendar/i-dig-dinos



AWG – PNW Officers

The officers for 2015 – 2016 AWG – PNW board are:

• President: Kathy Vanderwal Dubé

• Vice President: Brandy Rinck

• Secretary: Theresa Burton

• Treasurer: Elena Ramirez

• Past President: Marcia Knadle


ByBrandyRinck


LetterfromyourEditor:Hello! I would like to thank everyone who contributed stories, photographs, and ideas. This issue discusses upcoming AWG – PNW field trips and meetings, GeoGirls’ second summer, AWG – PNW election results, a bit about the NWGS Scotland field trip (three AWG – PNW members/former members participated), a response to last issue’s question about the geology of a road cut near Mesa, Washington, and includes a calendar for speakers, field trips, and even hands-on science.

Thank you!

Thank you in particular to Megan Scott, Brandy Rinck, Leslie Baker, Sonja Melander, Marcia Knadle, Kathy Vanderwal Dubé, Tiffany De Leon, Theresa Burton, Carrie Lindsay, and Steve Grupp for contributing copy and ideas, even through e-mail announcements. If there is anyone not listed here who sent me something, please re-send it. It just means that I didn’t receive it for some reason. If it is not time sensitive or is, but can make it into the next newsletter, I’d love to read it.

Have a fabulous autumn!

Your AWG – PNW newsletter editor

OlympicMountainsandEagleHarbor,Washington

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