Annual Open House: June 29, 2024

Monday, June 3, 2024

The 2024 MLBS Open House will be held Saturday, June 29 from 2-5pm! This family-friendly event is a unique opportunity to meet MLBS biologists and artists, explore our historic facilities, learn first-hand about Station research, and enjoy the outdoors. Come experience open labs, exhibits, hands-on activities, nature walks, arts and crafts, open art studios, and more! MLBS is a diverse community of researchers, students, artists, and others from around the world who live, learn, study, and create atop beautiful Salt Pond Mountain. Updates may be posted on the Facebook event page, and a schedule is posted below, subject to change slightly. We hope you'll join us for an afternoon of fun and learning in nature’s classroom!

Important notes: 

Dogs are not allowed anywhere on station property, including in vehicles. 

Carpooling is strongly encouraged! Parking is limited.

This is our workplace, but also our summer home. Please do not enter residences or any buildings that are not part of the Open House. 

Thank you for understanding!

Where & When

Mountain Lake Biological Station, 240 Salt Pond Rd, Pembroke, VA (directions here).

Saturday, June 29, 2024, 2:00 - 5:00 PM

Program of Activities

  Scheduled Activities

NEON Tower Site Tours

40 min tours of NEON “flux tower” site

2:10, 3:10, 4:10 – Depart from Ruth Patrick Patio

Nature Hikes

30 min guided trail walks- very relaxed pace!

3:00, 3:30, 4:00 – Depart from Ruth Patrick Patio

Winds of Peters Mountain

10 min. video on the local sound phenomenon

4:00 – Ruth Patrick Auditorium

 

Continuous Activities & Features

Ruth Patrick Hall

ArtLab  - Recycling Paper: Paper made from invasive plants

             - Egg tempera painting

108

Biology of Fishes

109

ArtLab - Nature Specimen Sketching

107

The Mothership / Beetle Talk (rotating films, continuous loop)

Auditorium

Birds of Salt Pond Mountain (interactive display)

Hallway

Salamanders & Frogs

103

MLBS: Most Wanted (invasive plants)

209

Life in a Log (Cryptocercus)

210

Forked Fungus Beetles

211

Beetle Pollination Station

208

Art Displays

Library

Biological Collections (preserved animal specimens)

201

Mosquito Madness

204

ArtLab studio (painting) 203

Snakes

202

 
Wilbur Lab

Measuring Winds in the Lower Atmosphere- mobile LiDAR trailer

Wilbur Lawn

Ceramics

Multipurpose room

Bug Rave Multipurpose room

Fungus Farming (for beetles)

Multipurpose room

Hangout with Hummingbirds

Front porch

 
Walton Pavilion & Riopel Pond

Pond Exploration

Beach

Pond Creatures Up Close

Pavilion

Nature Crafts, Facepainting (1:30-4:00), & Caricatures (3:00-4:00)

Pavilion & Pavilion Lawn