…recognizing and encouraging contemporary writers who seek to carry on his tradition of nature writing. “The College announces the winners near Earth Day each year to highlight the best environmental and nature writing at a time when people are reflecting and thinking about their place in the natural world,” said…
…the importance and profitability of sustainable practices in seafood production. “In some way I came to Northland because of seafood—making sure that treaty rights were upheld and that people could fish. Twenty-five years later I am still working to keep people fishing,” Smith said. Smith believes the story behind how…
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….
…whether that be a career or a master’s program I am not sure yet. What about wolves interests you? Their ability to communicate. Although they are not able to use words like human beings, they are able to communicate through vocalizations, body language, and olfaction. Every body movement, from basic…
…became more interested in human-to-human conflicts over wolf management. In an open-access article published in Conservation Letters (a journal of the Society for Conservation Biology), Olson and seven colleagues examined the implications of human conflict over wolf management in Wisconsin from 1999-2011—a period of relatively intense conflict. With Olson as…
In time for Earth Day, Northland College has announced the winning 2015 books for the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) in adult, young adult, and children’s literature. The winners include: For the Love of Rivers: A Scientist’s Journey, by Kurt D. Fausch, (Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon),…
Tiffany Kersten ’10 Tiffany Kersten first became hooked on birds at age twelve, after witnessing a flock of thousands of dancing sandhill cranes in a Wisconsin cornfield. She currently is the manager at the McAllen Nature Center in Texas and spending most of her free time fighting the proposed border…
…a passionate spokesperson for diversity in the outdoors. Q. You are passionate about getting people into nature. Why? A. There’s certainly a need and a challenge to get people of color and non-traditional individuals connected to nature. We need them because we need individuals that can be great advocates for…
…students about their experience, Katherine Jenkins, visiting assistant outdoor education professor, who heads the program, said that their answers echoed an unwavering historical programmatic theme—that students recognized a deeper felt sense of connectedness to nature and appreciation of nature. One student commented: “It’s a very different environment. Everyone should get…
