New Flathead Lake License Plate -posted 10/8/2007

Flathead Lake Protection Association plate

The new Flathead Lake license plate is here!

Buy Flathead Lake license plates (see attached), sponsored by the Flathead Lake Protection Association, and support water quality monitoring. All proceeds from the plates are donated to the Flathead Lake Biological Station specifically for lake monitoring.

Just ask the county treasurer's office to issue you the Flathead Lake plates. You will pay an initial fee of $35 plus an annual donation fee of $20. The donation goes to the monitoring fund to keep track of conditions in our beautiful lake.

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2007 FLBS Open House -posted 7/27/2007

Ecology class gathers for a field lecture

The public is invited to the annual Flathead Lake Bio Station's Open House on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
 
This is an excellent opportunity to mingle with students, professors, visiting researchers and staff during nature walks, on boat trip demonstrations on the research vessel Jessie B and while browsing research project displays.
 
The Biological Station is located on the East Shore of Flathead Lake (Highway 35), 17.5 miles north of Polson or 14 miles south of Bigfork.  The entrance is well-marked -- look for the Yellow Bay State Park sign; the FLBS entrance is immediately north of the state park.

Students at the 2006 Biological Station Open House

REU Research Symposium on Flathead Valley Ecology Topics Open to the Public -posted 7/27/2007

REU Symposium Agenda (MS Word, 32kb)
REU Symposium Agenda (Adobe PDF, 10kb)

On Thursday, August 9, 2007, from 8:30 am to 12 Noon, the general public is invited to join researchers and students for a free symposium on Flathead ecology in the Elrod Lecture Hall at FLBS.  This event is open to the public and all are welcome. 

Students attending the Crown of the Continent Research Experiences for Undergraduate program will be presenting their summer research on Flathead floodplain and lake ecology.  Topics include:

• Changes in stream ecology following wildfire
• Nitrogen dynamics in floodplain ecosystems
• Lakeshore rehabilitation
• Phenotypic variation and distribution.
• Mayfly distribution and ecology
• Carbon quantity and mineralization potentials in different floodplain habitats
• Lakeshore habitat restoration with a focus on bird communities
• Ecology of an invasive aquatic plant, flowering rush, in Flathead Lake
• Reproductive behavior of selected spider species

FLBS SaRON Research covered in NY Times -posted 10/15/06

FLBS salmon conservation efforts and research in the Kamchatkan peninsula of eastern Russia chronicled in the NY Times.

2006 OBFS Annual Meeting -posted 07/06/06

FLBS is delighted to host the 2006 Meeting of the Organization of Biological Field Stations. FLBS offers a chance for a fun and productive meeting on the shores of Flathead Lake, to see old friends and make new ones, talk science and station management, and, of course, get into the spirit of this year's meeting theme: Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery for the annual auction.

Several pre-meeting field trips in and around Glacier National Park have also been planned.

For more information, please see our 2006 OBFS Annual Meeting information site at http://flbs.umt.edu/obfs.

To register directly, visit https://flbs.umt.edu/obfs/default.aspx.

Everyone is invited to a free, public open house at the Flathead Lake Biological Station of The University of Montana.

The open house is scheduled for July 20, 2005 from 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM.  Join our students, professors and staff for:

• Facility tours
• Guided nature walks
• Boat trips/demonstrations on the FLBS research vessel, the Jessie B
• Research project posters and displays

Join us to learn more about our local plants and wildlife, everyday science, FLBS history, and how FLBS contributes to the local area in a single fun and informative day. We are located on the east shore of Flathead Lake (Highway 35), 17.5 miles north of Polson or 14 miles south of Bigfork. 

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Summer Seminar Series -posted 6/26/06

FLBS has announced the summer seminar series. Seminars will run from June 15 - August 3.

Seminars are given on Thursday evenings at 7:00 PM in Elrod Lecture Hall at the Biological Station - located at Yellow Bay on the East Shore of Flathead Lake.

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The FLBS Virtual Tour is now online! Visit our tour page for a clickable map of the FLBS grounds. The FLBS Tour will let you take a look around and get a feel for the FLBS campus before you visit.

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