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Nature Books for Adults and Children

…in the five remote locations they loved and shared together, The Carry Home embodies Olson’s literary legacy through its articulation of the Wilderness Movement, exploring the fundamental meaning of wilderness and by being a “well-written story stylistically,” said Alan Brew, associate professor of English at Northland College, who served on…

Gary Ferguson

Wolf Awareness Week Focuses on Yellowstone Wolves

…as wolves, in the future. “Wolves continue to push us up against the question of how willing we are to embrace an inconvenient species in support of our long held claim that wilderness really really maters and that wild things have a place in America,” he said. Wolf Awareness Week…

In Wildness and Wonder

…the Institute’s mission to focus on programs and activities that promote, protect, and celebrate experiences of wildness and wonder in northern woods and waters. Through this commitment, we hope to ensure that Sigurd Olson’s singing wilderness continues to be available for all and to expand significantly the number of individuals…

Outdoor Orientation

Welcome to Northland’s Outdoor Orientation. Our program is made up of an outdoor orientation (OO) experience and an on-campus orientation. All new students must participate in both the on-campus portion and an OO experience as part of First-Year Experience graduation requirement. Transfer students arriving with less than 24 credits are…

Isle Royale

Isle Royale Wolves, Another Perspective

…colonize islands and later disappear. If wolves are reintroduced would it create an artificial situation that degrades the wilderness value of Isle Royale as a natural outdoor laboratory? Should we then also consider lynx and caribou reintroduction? Ultimately how we want Isle Royale managed for wolves or wilderness qualities will…

TWA Wolf Awareness Week poster by Bateman

TWA Selects Artwork for 2018 Wolf Awareness Week Poster

Canadian Artist Robert Bateman Featured

…reintroduced in 1998 for the first time in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area within the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area. They still remain on the brink of survival, with just 114 known wolves roaming southern New Mexico and Arizona as of April 2018. “In this painting, I have shown…