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Fossil insects in Glacier Park

by Hungry Horse News
| August 1, 2014 2:39 PM

The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park will host a free brown-bag luncheon presentation on fossil insects in the Kishenehn Formation at the Community Building at Park Headquarters on Tuesday, Aug. 5, from noon to 1 p.m.

Dale Greenwalt will talk about the Smithsonian’s efforts to collect and study fossil insects along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Greenwalt, a former biochemistry professor, is currently the president of the Paleontological Society of Washington and collaborates with the National Museum of Natural History’s Paleobiology Department.

For more information, visit online at www.crownscience.org/getinvolved/outreach/brownbag.