Flathead Lake Biological Station analyst leverages technology in scientific study

Diane Whited moved to the Flathead Valley for a one-year research position with the Flathead Lake Biological Station in 1999. Twenty-five years, she’s celebrating over two decades of continued work there.  

“At the time I was like, I guess I can do anything for a year,” Whited said. “Well, the projects just kept rolling in; 25 years later I’m still here and hope to end my career here.”  

Whited is a geographic information system, or GIS, and remote sensing analyst at the biological station, specifically specializing in the study of how habitats are organized throughout a river ecosystem and how those components change over time.