Field Trip 2021

Washington Park Arboretum UW Botanic Gardens 2300 Arboretum Dr E,, Seattle, WA, United States

Exploring Lake Washington.   This is a test and this field trip will not occur.

November Meeting 2021

Zoom meeting WA

Kathy Troost and Masters Students from the University of Washington will be presenting a local project.

Free

December Meeting 2021

Zoom meeting WA

Keith Ronnholm, retired UW Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) will present Eyewitness to an Exploding Volcano - Mt. St. Helens.

Free

January Meeting 2022

6:30 - 7:30: Social Hour \\ 7:30 Talk \\ Speaker: T. J.  Walsh, Washington Geological Survey (retired) and CREW (Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup), President \\Topic: Quaternary Geologic History of the South Puget Sound and Nisqually Reach Area

February Meeting 2022

6:30 Social Hour7:30 Speaker Program: Glaciovolcanic caves in the Cascades, Linda Sobolewski, Climatology of Extreme Environments researcher at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB); and Christian Stenner, National Geographic Explorer, Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and cave adventurer

Free

March Meeting 2022

6:30 – 7:30: Social Hour \\7:30 Talk \\Speaker: Kelsay Stanton, Washington Geological Survey \\ Topic: Uplifted Pleistocene estuarine deposits, southwestern Washington

Free

May Meeting 2022

Note that our meeting is shifted to the 3rd Tuesday of May due to conflicts with the WAHGS conference.

Free

June Meeting 2022

Optimism Brewery 1158 Broadway, Seattle, Washington, United States

Joint Meeting with AEG with speaker John Oldow to discuss the geology we'll explore in our Fall Field Trip to the Fidalgo Island area ophiolites. Hybrid meeting with Zoom available, or our first in-person event.

$10 – $30

Grand Canyon Raft & Rock Trip 2022

Williams GeoAdventures NWGS Grand Canyon 2022 Flier Join fellow NWGS members on the trip of a lifetime! Raft into the Grand Canyon with Tom Williams, a professional geologist and tour guide on a trip organized by Arizona Raft Adventures. This motorized 8-day rafting trip on the Colorado River takes you into the Grand Canyon National Park […]

$3590