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Loon and Baby

LoonWatch

Imagine a northern lake without the haunting calls and awe-inspiring presence of the common loon. It’s a disturbing thought, but in some places, it’s happening. Air and water pollution, loss of habitat, and increasing recreational activities on lakes all pose serious threats to loons across North America, and in some…

Teach-out and Transfer Fair

March 13, 11:00 am4:00 pm

North College Locations: Ely, Minnesota Eveleth, Minnesota Grand Rapids, Minnesota Hibbing, Minnesota International Falls, Minnesota Virginia, Minnesota Learn more. North Dakota State University Location: Fargo, North Dakota Learn more. Northern Michigan University Location: Marquette, Michigan Learn more. Northwood Technical College Locations: Ashland, Wisconsin New Richmond, Wisconsin Rice Lake, Wisconsin Superior,…

Northland College student

EcoLeague: Semester Immersion

Majoring in sustainable community development Grew up in Grand Marais, Minnesota Keeps busy making wildflower bouquets, painting portraits of friends, and drinking tea at the Black Cat. Northland College junior Sophie Holz has great memories from her EcoLeague semester at Green Mountain College—one of six EcoLeague schools, including Northland College….

Wolf laying down

Wolf Status Reports

Every one to three years (depending on region) state and federal agencies survey and monitor gray wolf populations. These reports summarize the best available information on the status of gray wolves in specific regions in the United States.

Northland College students meet on the deck of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute

Give to SOEI

The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute seeks to empower citizens with objective information about the environmental issues of the north woods, advance understanding of northern species through citizen science, and educate the next generation of environmental leaders. Please fill out the gift form below and select where you would like to…

Northland College alum Carl Sacks looks at GIS with students

Mapping for a Better World

Created "The Black Snake in Sioux Country" Map

…Bill” Bunge mapped black children run over by white motorists and rent flows to suburbia in Detroit. The Counter-Cartographies Collective in North Carolina does some interesting work, and Rebecca Solnit’s recent trilogy of cultural atlases is well worth checking out. In promoting the term “resistance mapping,” I’m looking to tie…

Whole Foods Market

Pushing Sustainability at Whole Foods Market

Matthew Toavs '98

…leader for enterprise data modeling at Whole Foods headquarters in Austin, Texas, and continues to work with the Green Mission team. “While this work is a far cry from the outdoor adventuring and natural history interpretation I focused on at Northland, it has been very satisfying to see my ideas…

Winning books in grass

SONWA 2015 Winners

Rivers, Water, and a North Woods Girl

…Water Runs Through This Book, by Nancy Bo Flood and photography by Jan Sonnenmair (Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado), and North Woods Girl, by Aimee Bissonette with illustrations by Claudia McGehee (Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul, Minnesota), a beautiful book of a girl and her unorthodox, up north grandmother and…