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Feb
13
Monday
Feb
13
Mon
Education :: Lecture
Invasive Seafood Chowder in Flathead Lake
7:00 PM
Gateway West Community room
Description:
Flathead Audubon Presents Shrimp, Salmon, Trout and Mussels: Invasive Seafood Chowder in Flathead Lake

Tom Bansek, aquatic ecologist at the Flathead Biological Station will present a program on changes that have occurred in Flathead Lake over the last 100 years. Water quality and monitoring efforts will be discussed on Monday, February 13th at the Gateway West Community room in Kalispell at 7 pm. Although Flathead Lake's water quality is still some of the finest in the world, its ecological community has been greatly altered through both intentional and unintentional species introductions. The latest species threatening to change Flathead Lake forever are invasive mussels that were recently detected elsewhere in Montana. The event is free and open to the public.

Tom Bansak moved to the Flathead in the mid-1990s because of Glacier National Park and the Flathead Lake Biological Station. He completed his Master's Degree at the Bio Station, examining surface-groundwater interactions on the Middle Fork Flathead River. Since then, he has gained extensive research experience on freshwater systems around Western North America, particularly the Flathead watershed and large salmon rivers around the Pacific Rim. Tom also has experience teaching ecology, and has led field ecology courses all over the West.

The Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS) is a University of Montana Center of Excellence that conducts ecological research with an emphasis on fresh water, particularly Flathead Lake and its watershed.

For more information, visit the Flathead Audubon website: www.flatheadaudubon.org

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Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Gateway West Community room
Address: 1203 Hwy 2 West Kalispell, MT 5901
Phone: N/A

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