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Northland College alumnus Tiffany Kirsten stands with fellow activists along the border of Texas and Mexico

Careers in Social Justice, Conservation, and Public Service

SOEI Interns

…subsequently into a master’s program in aquatic ecology,” she said. Since getting her masters I have been working for five years as an aquatic ecologist and program manager at the National Aquatic Monitoring Center, which is a partnership between the Bureau of Land Management and Utah State University. The main…

Four Northland College students sit in a boat with survey equipment

The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills

Students Survey Fish Populations

…and improving the health of the lakes into the future. Mader approaches her first fykenet—a bag-shaped net, held open by hoops, used in aquatic research— of the day. Her three-person crew of Burke Center student researchers is pointing and looking at a bald eagle perched atop a white pine, its…

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…

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…

Northland College student Max Beal was awarded the Parker Matzinger Internship Award

Beal first to receive Parker Matzinger Internship Award

…worked on Isle Royale dragonfly research for the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, and helped with aquatic plant surveys in the Chippewa Flowage. Olson and Matzinger started the Costa Rica project in 2015. “I am grateful to the Matzingers for their efforts to further inspire students to achieve…

wolf head

Tug of War Over Wolves

…important lesson: scientists don’t know everything. “That’s what led me into natural resources—I wanted to answer some of those unanswered questions.” He graduated and worked in several wildlife technician positions and then as a natural resource specialist at Lac Courte Oreilles Community College, doing research on aquatic plants and the…

Northland College Professor Erik Olson standing on a fallen white pine tree.

Second Life of a White Pine

Maxwell Property Provides Off-Campus Learning Opportunities

…being considered old growth by regional management standards. Even in death, however, Martin said the white pine continues to provide instruction in ecosystems. “A tree that once provided habitat for birds, tree frogs, stoneflies, and many other land-dwelling organisms now functions as an important habitat for aquatic life,” Martin said….

FinalGreat Lakes Science for Parks Symposium 2023 Booklet

…regional National Parks -Sarah Hoy – The influence of changing climate on the health of moose populations in Isle Royale National Park 15:50 Break 16:00 Aquatic Habitats -Laura Bourgeau-Chavez – Detecting and Mapping Vernal Pools in National Parks of the Great Lakes Basin -Samantha Kurkowski – Mapping and Characterization of…

Student and professor in wetland

Chasing Dragonflies for Science

…and bioaccumulation in the aquatic food web and will ultimately contribute to the park service’s mandate to provide visitors with information about the dangers of mercury and advice on limiting the consumption of fish from waters with high levels of mercury. A Natural Resources major with an emphasis in ecological…