Maxwell Nature Area

Your outdoor classroom.

The Mabel Cora Maxwell Nature Study Area is located ten miles south of campus, near the winding banks of the White River. Patrick and Jean Bradley gifted these 140 acres of land to Northland College in memory of Jean’s mother, Mabel Cora Maxwell, as a way to commemorate her life and her generosity towards the Northland community. The Maxwell Nature Area has become an outdoor classroom for faculty and students for research and stewardship work.

Learn more about this White River property.

Get Outside

Professor Eric Olson explains Maxwell property trails to his Wildlife Ecology class.

Wildlife Ecology class wildlife tracking.

Students fit snowshoe hare with a VHF radio collar for monitoring.

Trail camera showing deer flagging its tail, followed by a wolf in persuit.

Students measuring a blue-spotted salamander.

Wildlife Ecology student recording tracking information.

Fisheries & Wildlife Techniques students checking turtle basking platform traps.

Canis lupus, on the Maxwell trail camera.

Wildlife Ecology & Management students developing a wildlife management plan.

Go North

Exploring Interactions Between Humans and Wildlife

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…

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Timber Wolf Alliance

Since 1987, TWA has been assisting organizations and individuals interested in promoting wolf recovery through public education, citizen science, and volunteer activities.

Timber Wolf Alliance
Wisconsin’s Disappearing Forest

I’m standing in a northern Wisconsin forest with botanist Sarah Johnson, an associate professor of natural resources and biology at Northland College, where I work…

Wisconsin’s Disappearing Forest