Flathead Lake Biological Station remembers its past while conducting cutting-edge research
Research lab manager Adam Baumann works inside one of the laboratories at Flathead Lake Biological Station on Wednesday, Jan. 3. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Exploring the Flathead Valley in the summer of 1898, Morton J. Elrod discovered his lifelong passion.
The eventual founder of the Flathead Lake Biological Station set up camp along the banks of the Swan River. From there, he waded into Flathead Lake, climbed nearby mountains and traversed the woods.
It was the early days of Montana's statehood and Elrod was looking to the future. In the valley, he found a place where those inclined to study could develop "a better appreciation of living things, plant or animal," according to biographer George Dennison.
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