Sasquatch Hideaway Podcast

Jefferson Jacobs, Riparian Restoration Coordinator for Oregon Natural Desert Association talks about the goals of ONDA, the various activities that they undertake, and how volunteers are crucial to the success of the program. Contact them at www.onda.org

Learn how volcanos formed the land in the Pacific NW and answers to questions like: What is a volcano? What is important about the junction of the High Lava Plains and the Basin and Range? Why is Oregon rotating in a clockwise direction and squashing WAshington? And learn what opportunities are available as a geologist.

In this segment we will hear about the features of the Newberry Caldera. We will answer questions like were there Multiple calderas? How is Obsidian formed? Are Pumice, Obsidian and Granite really the same? What is the Science behind geothermal energy.The Newberry Caldera as we know it today may be only one of several caldera creating events. Also learn what unique conditions are required to form Obsidian and how obsidian, pumice and granite can be identical. Studies being conducted on Newberry could bring geothermal to the forefront of clean energy.

Is it a shield volcano or a composite volcano? What’s with all the cinder cones? What’s a butte anyway? Why all the dry canyons? Can low be high and high be low? Answers to these questions and others as we learn about some of the local landmarks in Central Oregon.

The Newberry National Volcanic Monument has numerous volcanic features. Learn how Lava Butte was created, how lava tubes are formed and how there can be a forest of molds.

In this segment questions like What is the Crooked River Caldera? How was Fort Rock formed? Will be answered.

Learn what opportunities are available to become a geologist. Hear what forces cause the landscape to be filled with peaks, valleys, and ridges. What forces created Western North America as we know it today? The massive lava flows that the created the Columbia River Basalts and Steens lava flows in Eastern Oregon may be related to Yellowstone. Earthquakes don’t cause volcanos, magma related to volcanos create earthquakes.