…available on our Facebook page. Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month Every March, Northland College host several events as part of celebrations marking Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month. The events promote awareness and understanding of Native American and indigenous culture with family-friendly workshops, speakers, and panels. The month’s events are free and open…
…in the Great Lakes region since 1992. In 2008, Congress overwhelmingly voted for the Great Lakes Compact, which serves as a legal water fence designed to keep Great Lakes water inside the Great Lakes basin, with very limited exceptions. While the compact still requires water diversion applicants like Waukesha to…
…regional agreement between the eight Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces signed in 2008. It bans the “diversion of Great Lakes water outside the basin, with limited exceptions.” Annin refers to the compact as a “legal water fence” that “is designed to keep Great Lakes water inside the Great…
Since 1978, LoonWatch’s Annual Lakes Monitoring Program has engaged an active volunteer network of Loon Rangers as its primary tool to collect critical long-term data on loons in northern Wisconsin. Working as population monitors and environmental educators, these volunteers have been the field force that has provided SOEI and WI…
…Hill lakes will be used for Mader’s senior capstone project; and will be incorporated into a lake management plan written by the Burke Center for a series of eleven lakes in the Penokee Hills. The management plan will provide data on baseline conditions in these lakes and recommendations on maintaining…
…shared problems and possible solutions. The work to organize and launch a Great Lakes Islands Initiative is currently supported by the Northland College Center for Rural Communities, the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes, the Island Institute of Maine, and community members from Great Lakes islands. An Island Fellowship program…
