Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana

Established: March 30, 2009

Official Site: https://www.nps.gov/iafl/index.htm

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age_Floods_National_Geologic_Trail

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Links

NPS: Foundation Statement - February 2014

https://www.nps.gov/iafl/learn/management/upload/IAFL_FD_SP.pdf

National Parks Traveler: Visiting the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail

Dry Falls is scheduled to host one of five principal interpretive sites on the national park trail, with others near Missoula, where walls above the town still bear the marks of the ancient lakeshore; Cabinet Gorge, Idaho, where the Clark River was repeatedly ice-dammed to create Glacial Lake Missoula; Walla Walla in southern Washington, where the floodwaters backed up to create a temporary lake, and The Dalles in Oregon, where the Columbia Gorge was partly formed by the floods.

Discussions between the state and the federal government are under way now to determine how the sites will be developed. At Dry Falls, a small interpretive center built in 1965 (and looking very much of its time) might be preserved, as will the Depression-era stonework around the edge of the overlook. Preliminary plans are to build a larger NPS center south of the existing overlook.

It will be years before the trail is fully developed and interpretive centers can be built, but national park enthusiasts can get a preview by visiting the sites now.

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2010/08/visiting-ice-age-floods-national-geologic-trail6368