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Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute

The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute provides leadership in citizen science, outreach, and education on regional conservation issues while fostering the next generation of environmental leaders….

In Wildness and Wonder

The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Looks to the Future By Alan Brew, Executive Director of the SOEI Over the past year, in anticipation of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute’s fiftieth anniversary in 2022, the staff of the Institute have reflected on its history and deliberated about its future. We have…

2017 Loon poster Photo by Lorna Rohloff

Give to LoonWatch

LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, protects common loons and their aquatic habitats through education, monitoring, and research. Please fill out the gift form below. Please call 715-682-1215 if you would like to change or cancel a recurring gift. Video footage by Linda Grenzer Oops! We could…

Loon and Baby

LoonWatch

…cases are responsible for loons and loon music disappearing from traditional nesting lakes. LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, protects common loons and their aquatic habitats through education, monitoring, and research. Though our primary focus is Wisconsin, our education and research activities extend to Upper Great Lakes…

Happy Anniversary, LoonWatch

THE LAKE WHERE YOU LIVE

…set in deep black? Forty years ago, the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College started a project called LoonWatch to “protect common loons and their aquatic habitats through education, monitoring, and research.” A highlight of last month’s Wisconsin Lakes Convention in Stevens Point was a panel discussion about LoonWatch

Mother loon and her chick

Wisconsin Loon Population on the Rise


Results of the 2015 one-day Wisconsin Loon Population Survey

The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute LoonWatch program announced today that Wisconsin loons are doing surprisingly well, according to the results of the 2015 one-day Wisconsin Loon Population Survey. According to the most recent results, the adult loon population is estimated at 4,350, an increase of 9.1 percent from…

Mother loon and her chick

Loon Research Award

Since its inception in 1986, the Sigurd T. Olson Common Loon Research Award (STO Award) has provided more than $40,000 in funds toward original research that has enhanced the understanding and management of loons and their habitats. Learn more….

Phot0 by Brad Thompson. 2021 loonwatch winning photo of loon and chick.

Loon Appreciation Week and Poster

Held the first week of May, LoonWatch promotes loon education and conservation during Loon Appreciation Week by creating and distributing a new Loon Appreciation Week poster each year. Poster are available to the public for $7 each.  …