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The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills

Students Survey Fish Populations

…there must be vibrant aquatic life. However, there isn’t much for fish data on the lakes. In the past decade, open-pit iron mining has been proposed for the Penokee Hills. “The most recent mining proposal has been abandoned, but there is a very large ore deposit here and will undoubtedly…

slides of asbestos

WPR: Research Reveals More Asbestos-Like Minerals

Professor Tom Fitz to present findings By Danielle Kaeding, WPR News More asbestos-like fibers than previously thought have been discovered in the Penokee Hills. According to a northern Wisconsin geoscientist, the greatest amount of hazardous minerals are in the western part of the range, including an area that mining outfit…

Film class and wild rice parching

Filmmaker, Students Document Harvest

…associate professor of media arts and peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Moore met Northland College alumna Danielle Taylor (‘98), who had established the blog, Voices of the Penokee Hills, detailing the development of taconite mining in the Penokee Hills, located near Northland College in northern Wisconsin. In…

Northland College Professor Tom Fitz holds up a slide containing asbestos.

Professor, Student Prove Asbestos

…Upper Midwest: Implications for Mining & Health, in Duluth October 6-7. “There’s enough of it—stretches where asbestos is nearly everywhere— that we can no longer disregard it,” Fitz said. What does it mean? “It means that we now know for sure it is out there, but more research needs to…

Attorney in front of books

Environmental Law and Policy

…the basin. Her other work includes finding solutions to nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in the Mississippi River basin, reducing pollution from coal mining and cleaning up the Chicago River. At Northland College, Dexter worked on land use planning in northern Wisconsin as a fellow at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute….

Peter Annin at beach

World Water Day: Writing Wisconsin’s Waterways

…and non-fiction against the backdrop of agriculture, frac sand mining, and cranberry harvesting—industries that increasingly are shaping Wisconsin’s relationship with water. Apps will examine the issues rural communities face when outside forces make big promises but ultimately challenge the fundamental values of a community, including the right to their own…

wolf head

TWA Responds to State Bill 602/AB712

Dear Sponsors of SB602/AB712, Members of the Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, and Members of the Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, As you know, SB602/AB712 proposes to discontinue funding for wolf management and to make it illegal for state law enforcement officers to enforce laws related…

Northland College student

EcoLeague: Semester Immersion

…Club events and stay connected to her adopted community in Rutland. At the Mountain Justice Conference in Virginia, Sophie learned about the devastating effects of coal mining and mountaintop removal on local Appalachian communities, and volunteered to help locals deal with water damage from recent floods. “Amidst all of the…

Red canoe on a lake

Keep Wilderness Act's Flame Burning Bright

…and Isle Royale. The preservation of our wilderness areas did not end with a designation on a map. In the five decades since the act, threats to wilderness challenge modern conservationists: Airborne contaminants like mercury coming from distant sources, exotic invasive species, visual intrusions such as nearby cell towers, mining,…