…he refers took place from July 1-14 along a 266-mile section of the historic voyageurs’ trail that formed the international boundary from Grand Portage to Fort Frances. The expedition ended up receiving extensive media coverage in Canada, and from then on Olson and his companions were known as “the Voyageurs.”]…
…research. The reception and lecture marked the start of the Northland College Fall Fest and preceded the Harvest Trail dinner. “This is a launch that will change the world and will change this region,” said President Mike Miller who welcomed the crowd in the Alvord Theatre at Northland College. The…
…will discover something new on every slide and around every bend in the trail. Stone is a naturalist by birth, training, profession, and passion. Her childhood spent as a “mud and water daughter” led to a degree in outdoor education from Northland College and a field naturalist masters from the…
…received a $1,000 grant to support an effort to assess the wildlife diversity of Madeline Island. “What we’re going to be doing is implementing a camera trap survey,” Olson said describing how they would be installing trail cameras at certain locations within the Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve as well as…
…known regionally for over sixty-five acres of alpine skiing and forty kilometers of cross-country skiing trails. Lately they’ve been investing time and resources into developing single-track mountain bike trails. Although we didn’t have very good bikes, my friends and I made it work and I caught the best view of…
…this experience. It might make people see the world a different way so they might take care of the world better.” And another wrote: “It’s changed me by teaching me to go outside. There’s the Bear Trail right by my house that I want to hike on now.” “This is…
…in 1972,” he said, explaining that he took the students on these trips so they could actually see these amazing geological features and experience places that they normally wouldn’t go. “I’ve been to Hawaii nine times with students, the American Southwest, probably that many, hiked the Appalachian trail, I went…
…Lodge in Cable and for an alternative format guide and audio tour podcast to make interpretation of the Aldo Leopold Land Stewardship Trail at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center accessible for people with sight impairment. “Having designs done in three weeks and having them implemented and in use in…
…Rock, brook trout fishing on the Marengo River, or hiking on the North Country Trail. Hunt ducks in the Fish Creek Sloughs, as Sigurd Olson did; Ski out onto the ice of Chequamegon Bay in the dark of a new moon and watch for the northern lights over Long Island….
…or the Grand Canyon — if it remained a water-trail wilderness.” Carhart’s recommendation was almost heresy; there were already plans afoot to build roads and homes throughout the area. In 1926, Sigurd Olson of Ely and Ernest Oberholtzer of Rainy Lake worked successfully to rally public support for a “primitive…
