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Gottfried’s University of Michigan Biological Station file
... not so far away, and not so long ago ...

The University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS, www.umich.edu/~umbs) is located on the south shore of Douglas Lake in northern lower Michigan (west of the Pellston Plain), about 25 miles due south of the Mackinac Bridge.
This northern branch of the UofM was founded 90 years ago, for biological field studies and limnology.
I attended the UMBS (a.k.a. Bug Camp) in the early 1960's and visited the Ornithology (bird biology) class in 1967.

Alfred Henry Stockard,
director, 1940-66 Aerial photo of Lakeside Lab
The Stockard Lakeside Lab,
with the 13x13' tin cabins of 'Manville' in the background Profile of Clem Bur
  Clem Bur,
  caretaker extraordinaire!
... over 50 years of service
  to the UMBS.

Side of cabin roof
... the roof of one of the cabins during a late July rain

Cheryl taking notes
Cheryl Griffin recording fish nesting behaviour ...
Welch Lab doorway
Ruth Lee Cooms, a student standing
in the doorway of Welch Lab.,
.. summer session, 1966

After dinner at UMBS
... after dinner socializing on the 'quadrilateral lithoplane',
    in front of the Commisary, Station store, Mailroom, and Administration offices.

My activities a third of a century ago at the UMBS

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Modified: 11 December 1999 by: Gottfried Hogh

... the roof of one of the cabins during a late July rain Cheryl Griffin recording fish nesting behaviour ...	Ruth Lee Cooms, a student standing in the doorway of Welch Lab., .. summer session, 1966
... after dinner socializing on the 'quadrilateral lithoplane', in front of the Commisary, Station store, Mailroom, and Administration offices.