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Water Collaborative Connects Communities

…the Chequamegon Bay directly to water resource professionals and initiatives in the area,” said lead organizer Joe Fitzgerald, a graduating senior at Northland College. The conference will feature four sessions with the following speakers and organizations: Water Relationships in the Chequamegon Bay: • Joe Rose, Bad River tribal elder •…

Survey Says: Citizens Love It Here

Chequamegon Bay residents love where they live—and that’s good for business, according to the Northland College Center for Rural Communities. The Center released results Tuesday from their study, “Roots in Chequamegon Bay: Opportunities for Strengthening Community Attachment,” showing that close to seventy percent of residents are highly attached to the…

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49th Annual Folk Fest

Sustainability, Community, and Music The annual Folk Festival was originally organized by John Everatt, Tom Perry, Chuck Perry, and Pop Wagner (above) in 1968. They were students at Northland College at the time and little did they know that the event would continue for so long. Now organized by the…

Nonprofit Fair

October 14, 2024, 4:30 pm5:30 pm

…Cheq Bay Community Radio, Incorporated Chequamegon Bay Arts Council (CBAC) Chequaemgon Humane Association Chequamegon Pregnancy Center Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra City of Ashland Parks and Recreation Friends of the Apostle Island National Lakeshore Friends of the Vaughn Library Genesis 1990 Inc Head of the Lakes United Way Helping Paws Lake Superior…

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Complexities of Chequamegon Bay

Researchers study vulnerabilities.

…currents travel the opposite direction. Chequamegon Bay is large and complex. “If climate change is going to have an impact anywhere, Chequamegon Bay will be that place,” Lehr said. “It’s shallow and will probably warm up the quickest, and there are anomalies with the way we’ve built out the land…

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Geologic Perspectives on Climate Change

BY DAVE ULLMAN, Assistant Professor of Geoscience On those really hot days in August, I often like to ride my bike down to Maslowski Beach in Ashland to let my mind drift into geologic time. I’ll wade into the cool water and stare out across Chequamegon Bay, imagining a not-so-distant…

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

Birds and the Border Wall

…opposed any form of a physical wall. Last week we held outreach events at the Texas Butterfly Festival and at the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival—two huge ecotourism draws. Festival attendees filled out over 850 Save Santa Ana postcards, which are currently en route to senate offices in DC. Our…

Muddy fish creek watershed

Northland Project Aims to Clear Chequamegon Bay’s Muddy Waters

Researchers at Northland College are trying to find ways to limit riverbank erosion that turned Chequamegon Bay to muddy soup after June rainstorms that dumped over 14 inches of rain in some areas of Bayfield County. The project on North Fish Creek is being coordinated by water scientist Matt Hudson…

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Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra: Autumn Landscapes

October 19, 2024, 7:30 pm9:00 pm

In 2020, the Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra commissioned Chequamegon Bay by Duluth composer Wendy Durrwachter, featuring the movement “The Flying Fluorescence,” inspired by Northland College’s squirrel research. Originally delayed by COVID, this special piece will finally be performed at our upcoming concert. This event is open to the public. Admission Northland…