Biological station to hold open house

The University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station at Yellow Bay will hold an open house on Wednesday, Aug. 1, from 1 to 5 p.m.

Visitors can explore the station’s grounds; meet students, professors and staff; learn about geocaching, North Fork conservation, the Flathead Lake food web, the mysis shrimp dynamics that fish, and remote sensing and GIS; check out summer courses and year-round academics; and tour a hands-on natural history display.

Demonstration boat rides on the Jessie B will take at 1:05, 2:05, 3:05 and 4:05 p.m. Director Jack Stanford will talk about the station in the Elrod Lecture Hall at 3:15 p.m.

The station is located on the east side of Flathead Lake on Highway 35 about 14 miles south of Bigfork. For more information, visit online at www.umt.edu/flbs or call 406-982-3301.