PELLSTON, Mich. — The University of Michigan Biological Station in northern Michigan is offering visitors the opportunity to tour the historic field station, meet scientists and learn about their research.
UMBS will host an open house at its main research and teaching campus along Douglas Lake just south of the Mackinac Bridge from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21.
Guests will be able to explore campus and meet with UMBS researchers who will be available to discuss their areas of expertise and showcase living organisms as well as mammal specimens from the UMBS collection. Entry is free and open to all.
“We are thrilled to welcome local community members and families to one of the nation’s largest and longest continuously operating field stations,” said Dr. Aimée Classen, UMBS director and a professor in the U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. “Founded in 1909, it’s a place of scientific discovery that alters the way you see the world. Together we can inspire deeper understanding and appreciation of local lake ecosystems and improve public engagement to support conservation.”
Refreshments will be served at the open house at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston, located off Riggsville Road.
Laboratories and cabins are tucked into 10,000 acres along Douglas Lake.
Research areas at the Biological Station are wide ranging yet interwoven and share the collective goal of understanding the changing environment of northern Michigan.
For example, scientists track carbon storage and fluxes through successive forest systems and to the atmosphere, monitor mating habits and nesting sites of the endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover, and assess the impacts of dam removal on animal and plant populations in local rivers and wetlands.
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