…bilateral agency that regulates bodies of water along the Canada-U.S. border. Discretionary changes were not allowed until “extreme conditions” arrived. Things got extreme. In the spring, constant record-breaking rainfall, rapid snowmelt and high water levels on the other Great Lakes would flood hundreds of private properties and public infrastructure around…
Some of these articles were published in 1951 in North Country Magazine. Sigurd also wrote a couple of hundred short sketches for newspapers; he wrote a few between 1937 and 1939, but most were from 1940 to 1943, and were syndicated to a number of newspapers, mostly in the Midwest….
…or the Grand Canyon — if it remained a water-trail wilderness.” Carhart’s recommendation was almost heresy; there were already plans afoot to build roads and homes throughout the area. In 1926, Sigurd Olson of Ely and Ernest Oberholtzer of Rainy Lake worked successfully to rally public support for a “primitive…
Since 2010, Randy Lehr has been the Bro professor of sustainable regional development, leading and directing students, faculty, and staff in the field and in the classroom. In August, Lehr became the codirector of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation. Q. Is it true you got hooked on…
…Lake Duluth, Hudson said. “You’ve got clay and sand intermixed and it’s in really steep areas, so it is naturally susceptible to erosion,” he said. “And when you remove all the trees, put in a lot of ditches for roads and agriculture, the water gets into the stream faster and…
Sigurd Olson (1899-1982) was acknowledged during his lifetime as a leader of the American environmental movement, an emblematic figure for a generation of activists. As a writer, teacher, and activist who was a harbinger of the raising of America’s ecological consciousness, Olson’s history, writings, and This content was curated by…
…cleanup efforts until next spring, providing more time and opportunity for the substances to spread. Research funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant could help prevent such weather-related damage and delays in the future. “Chequamegon Bay is arguably the least-climate-adapted spot in the country from an infrastructure viewpoint,” said Randy Lehr, Bro…
…Institute. This is the second in a series of SOEI-sponsored climate change lecture series. “Chequamegon Bay is arguably one of the most vulnerable places in the country to climate change impacts,” said Randy Lehr, Bro Professor of Sustainable Regional Development. “It also happens to be one of the most unique…
…carnivores. Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands, offers a special perspective on wildlife tracking, not only because of its size and proximity to the mainland, but because it boasts the most human interference with its abundance of roads and tourism. “Those differences allow us to look at how…
…Khadka, senior: As part of my Wolf Ecology and Management class with Professor Olson, we went out in the field one weekend and used radio telemetry and howl surveys to track wolves around the Chequamegon National Forest area. As a class, we drove around the forest roads, stopping every couple…
