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Great lakes Initiative Madeline Island Ferry Dock

Great Lakes Islands Summit, Madeline Island Fellowship Project

…became evident that this project should be postponed for the following reasons: Several questions were raised by community members about the Great Lakes Island Coalition and an Island Fellowship. Postponing the fellowship will allow time to clarify the opportunity of having an island fellowship. Funding for a fellowship position will…

Student at city hall meeting

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…

Pebble beach

Complexities of Chequamegon Bay

…when most of the main 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…

Lake Superior and beach

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…

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…

The Chequamegon Food Coop at night.

Careers in Business: Chequamegon Food Co-op Presentation

September 25, 2023, 9:00 am10:00 am

Calling all students interested in learning more about post-grad careers related to co-op organizations—and how their structure differs from a for-profit business! The Chequamegon Food Co-op’s marketing and outreach manager, John Adams, will be at Northland to present an overview of this organization, what he does through his role, how…

Fish Creek flowing into Chequamegon Bay

Researchers Prep region for Climate Change

…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…

Northland College students do radio interview in early 1960s with photographer and curator John Szarkowski

Changing the Way We See

Ashland native John Szarkowski showed America a new way to look at photographs.

…1954, he received his first Guggenheim Fellowship—to photograph what remained of the architecture of Louis Sullivan. This allowed him to live and work in Chicago, where he wrote The Idea of Louis Sullivan. Next in 1957 came his book, The Face of Minnesota, a pictorial representation of Minnesota’s one hundred…