Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute provides leadership in citizen science, outreach, and education on regional conservation issues while fostering the next generation of environmental leaders.
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Happy Anniversary, LoonWatch
THE LAKE WHERE YOU LIVE
If you live on a lake, or even if you don’t, your favorite wild creature might well be a loon. I’ve often wondered: What benignly demented sort of deity would create such a thing as a loon, to captivate us with musical calls and bewitch us with glowing red eyes set in deep black? Forty… Read More →
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LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, protects common loons and their aquatic habitats through education, monitoring, and research.
Wisconsin Loon Population on the Rise
Results of the 2015 one-day Wisconsin Loon Population Survey
The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute LoonWatch program announced today that Wisconsin loons are doing surprisingly well, according to the results of the 2015 one-day Wisconsin Loon Population Survey. According to the most recent results, the adult loon population is estimated at 4,350, an increase of 9.1 percent from 2010, and the chick population… Read More →
LoonWatch
LoonWatch protects common loons and their aquatic habitats through education, monitoring, and research.
Exploring Interactions Between Humans and Wildlife
Andrew East `10 Uses Northland Lessons for Science & Teaching
Then: Andrew East graduated in 2010 with a degree in natural resources. For his capstone, he surveyed small mammals to determine the prey availability and dynamics for northern shrikes in Ashland County. Through that project and several others in the natural resources department, he and others explored physiology, behavior, and land cover influence, and overall… Read More →
In Wildness and Wonder
The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Looks to the Future By Alan Brew, Executive Director of the SOEI Over the past year, in anticipation of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute’s fiftieth anniversary in 2022, the staff of the Institute have reflected on its history and deliberated about its future. We have shared with one another our… Read More →
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Northland College is a private liberal arts college with a progressive focus on the environment and sustainability.
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Calendar Monthly View List View Jump To: July 2015August 2015September 2015October 2015November 2015December 2015January 2016February 2016March 2016April 2016May 2016June 2016 Category: Show All CategoriesAcademicsAlumniAthleticsCampus EventsCareer ResourcesCommunity ConnectionsFuture StudentsIntramural Sports and ActivitiesLoonWatchNAAICCSigurd Olson Environmental InstituteThe OutpostWeather Club July 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 28 29 30 1 Joseph Jenkins Lecture Series: Randy Lehr… Read More →