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Wolf in winter with the Great Lakes Wolf Symposium logo

Great Lakes Wolf Symposium

In 2018, the Midwest Wolf Stewards meeting will not be held so attendees will participate in the International Wolf Symposium October 12-14. Learn more at the IWS Symposium website. Take a look at the 2017 presentations….

Northland College student with journal

296 miles on the Superior Hiking Trail

Jane Dahlgren Hikes Solo for May Term

…campus for one day. “I would not recommend it,” she laughed. On May first, two friends drove her to the northern most trail head just south of the Canadian border. “We were the first people to drive in for the year,” she said. The petite nineteen-year-old loaded a fifty-pound backpack

Immerse Yourselves

…your backpack, and go for a long walk with a new friend; ask your roommate how she’s doing and really, truly listen to what she says in response; write a letter to someone you care about and tell him how he has enriched your life; snuggle close to your lover…

Northland College student Max Beal was awarded the Parker Matzinger Internship Award

Beal first to receive Parker Matzinger Internship Award

…worked on Isle Royale dragonfly research for the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, and helped with aquatic plant surveys in the Chippewa Flowage. Olson and Matzinger started the Costa Rica project in 2015. “I am grateful to the Matzingers for their efforts to further inspire students to achieve…

girl posing with Smokey the Bear

Fed Jobs Just Got Easier

The federal government has named Northland College in Ashland, Wis. as a partner in activating the next generation of conservation stewards. The new 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC), a national effort to place thousands of young people and veterans in conservation work, selected Northland College in December as one…

Mother loon and her chick

Wisconsin Loon Population on the Rise


Results of the 2015 one-day Wisconsin Loon Population Survey

…impact educating interested lake residents and visitors about good loon conservation practices — reaching tens of thousands of people since it started in 1978,” LeMoine said. “And these loon enthusiasts are incredible stewards and ambassadors for this iconic bird of the north.” The Wisconsin Loon Population Survey is the longest…

Sunset at Forest Lodge

Changing Climate, Changing Culture

Student-Led Conference at Forest Lodge

…in Washington DC this summer, and again at the Guiding for Tomorrow (G-WOW) training, Fisher and Janssen developed and hosted Northland College’s first-ever student-initiated climate change conference October 15-16 at Forest Lodge in Cable, Wisconsin. The conference, “Changing Climate, Changing Culture,” encouraged students to look at climate change through both…