“The danger from glacier-dammed lakes is increasing due ... At the end of the last Ice Age, Lake Missoula had an outburst that was 2,500 times larger than the recent Catalina event.

When Glacial Lake Missoula's ice dam shattered, a northern arm of the lake drained in a matter of hours through a narrow gap in Montana's Blackfoot River valley. One can only imagine the ...

Then, via Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road, the route goes to Whitefish. Then, head down U.S. Route 93 to Flathead Lake West Shore State Park and on to Missoula. The route ends in ...

These events are known as the Missoula Floods or the Scabland Floods. The most recent epoch of flooding lasted from ~20 to ~15 ka BP, and occurred when the Cordilleran Ice Sheet (CIS) was near its ...

Here is another history lesson about Montana ice jams: Glacial Lake Missoula was essentially formed by a massive ice jam, known as an ice dam, that blocked the flow of the Clark Fork River near ...

You can learn about prescribed fire, Glacial Lake Missoula, forest "recycling," Montana's state tree, and about lichen, kinnikinnick, nine-bark, serviceberry and many other plants. Midway down the ...