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Flathead Lake Biological Station of The University of Montana - A great place for ecological research, public workshops, summer courses in ecology & limnology, and graduate programs and state-of-the-art research focused on the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem.
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Current events, news releases, employment opportunities, and changes at the station are noted here. Check back periodically for the latest FLBS news.

Upper Snake River Final Report - posted 09/23/04

The Upper Snake River Final Report, Open File Report # 183-04 is now available.

Upper Snake Final Report (Adobe PDF, 9.2Mb)

 

Although registration for the 2004 Joint Meetings has closed, you can find abstract summaries, conference schedules, a rider board, and area information at the FLBS 2004 Ephemeroptera / Plecoptera Conferences Homepage .


FLBS Researcher Lands NASA Satellite Mission -posted 01/12/04

- FLBS Researcher Dr. John Kimball and UM Professor Dr. Steve Running to provide the science for the new $170 million HYDROS satellite mission

NASA seeks to understand how the global Earth system is changing and to determine how well future changes in the Earth system can be predicted. The Hydrosphere State Exploratory Mission (HYDROS) is being developed to investigate how precipitation, evaporation, and the global water cycle is changing, and how ecosystems are responding to and affecting global environmental change and the carbon cycle. To do this HYDROS will provide the first ever, global observations of Earth's changing soil moisture and surface freeze/thaw state conditions. These data will be used to improve weather and climate forecasts and enhance water management, agriculture and flood monitoring by extending capabilities to predict regional water availability and seasonal climate. HYDROS research at the University of Montana is currently focusing on developing software and data processing facilities for land surface freeze/thaw information extraction using satellite active and passive microwave remote sensing; we are also designing strategies for global validation of HYDROS soil moisture and freeze/thaw products and developing future hydro-ecological products and applications from these data.

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Upper Snake River Final Report (draft) -posted 05/11/04

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FLBS contributes to NASA Atmospheric Research  posted 10/07/03
- FLBS Assistant Professor Dr. John Kimball and colleagues help further understanding of Arctic tundra and boreal forest contributions to global climate change
New FLBS Website Now Online! posted 02/27/03

The FLBS website has been revamped to include new information in a faster, easier-to-use format. Additional updates to information will be occurring over the next several weeks. Check back periodically for additional FLBS news and content.

FLBS Research featured on NPR posted 01/10/03
-Wild Salmon Center presents Kamchatka research on National Public Radio.
National Public Radio's Morning Edition program aired two eight-minute broadcasts featuring science and conservation programs on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

In September 2003, Wild Salmon Center President, Guido Rahr, spent a week with Elizabeth Arnold from NPR and sound engineer, Michael Schweppe on the Sopochnaya River. Along with biologists Jack Stanford, Bonnie Ellis, Nick Gayeski and Kirill Kuzishchin, they explored the biodiversity of Kamchatka, giving the NPR crew a first-hand look at its rich salmon and steelhead rivers and the efforts of the Wild Salmon Center, Moscow State University and other Russian partners to save them.

Listen to the NPR broadcasts!

 
   
 
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