Our Mission

Our Mission

The FLBS Mission is to serve the Flathead Lake region, the state of Montana, the nation, and the world by advancing a cutting-edge research, monitoring, education & outreach platform for limnology, ecology, and environmental science at Flathead Lake.

We advance this mission in three ways:

Sample vial held up by a student representing FLBS research
Advanced research in the ecology of lakes and rivers
Researchers pull in a water sample aboard the Jessie B boat representing FLBS monitoring of the Flathead watershed
Sustained environmental monitoring of Flathead Lake and its watershed
Open House visitors examine a sample container representing one of the ways FLBS provides education at all levels
Education at all levels, emphasizing higher-ed level training, and outreach from school children to interested citizens
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