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For the Love of Rivers

The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute will award Kurt D. Fausch the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for his book, For the Love of Rivers: A Scientist’s Journey Thursday, October 13 at 7 p.m. Fausch is an ecologist who spent a career studying how fish make a living…

Q & A With Robin Wall Kimmerer

…follow childhood passions and still go play in the woods, only we call it work. Stephanie: Was there any one person or experience that sticks out in your mind that really cemented your love for the outdoors? Robin: It’s hard to choose one experience or person because there were so…

Glass of beer sitting next to Cabbie's Tap logo.

Ten-cent Taps, Lasting Romance & Ida's Special Sauce

…graduated in 1969 when Cabbie’s was the only place to go in town. I dated a lovely girl from town—Susan Malmberg—her father owned Malmberg’s jewelry store and I worked part time at a clothing store on Main Street. Susan and I used to go to Cabbie’s all the time along…

Northland College Professor Tom Fitz holds up a slide containing asbestos.

Geology

…is exactly what you get in the geology program at Northland. The faculty love getting out in the field with students, and when they can’t go out, they bring the field into the classroom through maps, rock samples, slides, and stories. You’ll learn how the Earth works and how society…

SONWA winning books

SONWA Winners 1991-Present

Nature Books for Adults and Children

…and illustrators Annouchka Gravel Galouchko and Stephan Daigle. The story of Noor Nobi. a broken man, wandering the streets of Calcutta with no reason to live. His three children, snatched from him in a cruel accident, were everything he worked for and loved. • 2007. The Animal Dialogues, Craig Childs….

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…

Northland College chemistry prof and students in lab.

From Pop Bottles to Pharmaceuticals

…students working with Nick Robertson, assistant professor of chemistry from Northland College in Ashland, and Michael Carney, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, developed a method for turning used plastic into useful molecules for high-value products. Their work appears in the March issue of the prestigious journal Chemical…

Matching Gift Search

…matching gifts. When you make a donation or volunteer your time with us, your company can Double or even Triple the value of your generous gift in a matter of minutes. Please use the below search tool to see if your company will match your donation and to access the

This is how we do natural resources. Woman with fish.

Natural Resources

You like the outdoors, right? Then you’re going to love this place. Northland College has a location like nowhere else on Earth. We are surrounded by a million acres of forest and the largest freshwater lake in the world. These amazing natural resources are right outside our doors and serve…

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