"EXTRA! EXTRA!: Missoula Flood Helps Carve Massive Coulee,
Creates Irrigation Pathways For Hundreds Of Thousands Acres!"
Creates Irrigation Pathways For Hundreds Of Thousands Acres!"
The Okanogan ice lobe blocked the Columbia River near the site of Grand Coulee Dam and, in concert with the Missoula Floods, assisted in channeling of the Grand Coulee. Evidence of this ice age event allowed visionaries in the early 1920s to visualize the construction of a dam and irrigated farming on a grand scale. Engineering consequences of these events with the construction of Grand Coulee Dam will be discussed. Behrens has degrees in Geology and Geography from Eastern Washington University and has worked at the Grand Coulee Project for 30 years as their geologist and GIS specialist (now retired).
This free lecture will be held on Thursday, 4 March, at 7 pm at Eastern Washington University, Science Building, Room 137.
Link to IAFI calendar of upcoming field trips and lectures.
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