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Apostle Islands Devils Caves

Apostle Islands Stewardship Symposium

This symposium will feature presentations focused on the natural and human history of the Apostle Islands. Presentations will be of varying lengths and some will provide details about recent and long-term research and management projects, while others will provide summary overviews of discoveries and findings from a variety of studies,…

Professor Sarah Johnson holds measuring tape at Stockton Island

Monitoring Vegetation in the Apostle Islands

Student-Faculty Research

…says she stared at the Apostle Islands on a computer for a semester before actually stepping foot on one. “I think it is incredible that Northland allows me to get graduate-level experience as an undergrad,” Leonard said. “I never thought that I would be studying plants on the Apostle Islands…

Kids at Stockton

Better than Xbox: the Apostle Island School

Sixty middle school students participated last summer in the Northland College Apostle Island School, held on Stockton Island. The twenty-eight-year-old outdoor and environmental residential program is a partnership between the Northland College Outdoor Education Department and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore with participating middle school teachers and parent volunteers. The…

Black bear on a trail cam

The Hidden Lives of Island Carnivores

Insights into Island Biogeography

…rodents, squirrels, songbirds and waterfowl. “This is one of the first studies to examine the carnivore community of the Apostle Islands archipelago,” said Erik Olson, associate professor of natural resources, who led the new research with Van Deelen at the University of Wisconsin, Julie Van Stappen of the Apostle Islands…

Pine marten

WPR: Scientists Seek To Solve Marten Mystery On The Apostle Islands

Erik Olson, associate professor of natural resources

Spotting the American marten in Wisconsin is no easy task. So, it’s no surprise that park officials at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore initially doubted what they were seeing when visitors shared photos of the mammal that’s endangered in the state. “In 2010, this photo was taken and it was…

Abbey Road Sailing

Sailing in the Apostle Islands

September 30, 2023, 8:00 am4:30 pm

Join experienced captains and an Outdoor Pursuits leader for a day of sailing in the Apostle Islands. Take the helm, help handle lines, or just relax aboard one of All Hands Sailing’s thirty-five-foot sailboats. Rain or shine, this outing will demonstrate why the Apostle Islands are one of the most…

Abbey Road Sailing

Sailing, Art, and the Apostle Islands

June 12, 2023June 16, 2023

Sailing, Art, and the Apostle Islands is for participants 14-17 years of age interested in learning to sail, living aboard a tall ship for five days and broadening their perspective of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore through creative exploration and action. How does art influence stewardship of a place? Does…

Abbey Road Sailboat on Lake Superior

Sailing, Art, and the Apostle Islands

August 5August 8

We are still accepting registrations for youth programs! We will know by mid-April if our summer programs will be able to run or not. All registrations will be 100 percent refunded if a trip gets canceled. Sailing, Art, and the Apostle Islands is for participants 14–17 years of age interested…

Northland College student looking through magnifying glass

Apostle Islands Detectives

Do natural occurring fires help or hurt vegetation in the Apostle Islands?

The Great Lakes Regional Office of the National Park Service came to professors Sarah Johnson and Jonathan Martin to help answer a question: Do natural occurring fires help or hurt vegetation, specifically Canada yew, in the Apostle Islands? Johnson, assistant professor of natural resources, has been conducting vegetative research in…

Young ladies in a canoe on a lake with fall colors behind them.

Youth Outreach Programs

Planting the Seeds of Literature The Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference is a symposium for educators, including public librarians, teachers, child care providers, parents, and college students enrolled in fields related to education. Held at Northland College, this conference will include keynote presentations, breakout sessions, networking time, book signing,…