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

Beal first to receive Parker Matzinger Internship Award

…in biology and natural resources and tracked wildlife in Costa Rica. He died last year of natural causes, doing field research in Panama. His family and friends funded this internship as a way to honor his memory. Beal is majoring in water science with an emphasis in water resources. He…

Northland College alum Shannon Franks

Using Science to Monitor Earth’s Changes

Shannon Franks '01, NASA Senior Scientist

Home state: New Jersey Major: Environmental Studies ‘01 NC Highlight: Internship with NASA Current location: Greenbelt, Maryland Employer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center Occupation: Senior Scientist What I do: Study and improve metrics for monitoring forest disturbance and recovery How I got here. When I was…

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Protect Loons

Over the last seventy years, northern Wisconsin has experienced increasing development. Housing density maps from 1940, 1990, and 2010 clearly show cumulative density throughout the decades, particularly in the lakes regions. What does this mean for loons? Loss of habitat, declining water quality, and increased recreational use of lakes influences…

Northland College Athletics

New Men’s lacrosse coach to start Aug 1

…Prior to taking over as head coach, Ross served as the team’s defensive coordinator for five seasons and was assistant head coach in 2013. During his time as an assistant, MCC went 68-27 and advanced to two Region III championship games. During his time at MCC, Ross also helped more…

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Mamie Parker: On Fishing Not Kissing

Motivational speaker and former assistant director of Fisheries and Habitat Conservation at the US Fish and Wildlife Service Dr. Mamie Parker is the 2017 commencement speaker at Northland College. She made history when appointed the first African American as the FWS regional director of the thirteen northeastern states and is…

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Tug of War Over Wolves

Research reveals pendulum swings have negative impacts Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Erik Olson grew up in northern Wisconsin hunting, fishing, and hanging out at his family’s sugarbush. He paddled rivers, hiked trails, and watched the night sky. “That’s why I’m in this field, my strong love of the outdoors,”…

Northland College student looking through magnifying glass

Apostle Islands Detectives

Do natural occurring fires help or hurt vegetation in the Apostle Islands?

The Great Lakes Regional Office of the National Park Service came to professors Sarah Johnson and Jonathan Martin to help answer a question: Do natural occurring fires help or hurt vegetation, specifically Canada yew, in the Apostle Islands? Johnson, assistant professor of natural resources, has been conducting vegetative research in…

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Wolf Conservation in America’s National Parks

One Hundred Years of Learning By Bill Route, National Park Service In 2016 we celebrate one hundred years of the National Park Service (NPS), an agency born in 1916 and charged with managing select areas to preserve and commemorate nationally significant natural and cultural resources. National parks play an increasingly…

Great Lakes

Foxconn finds way to stick 7 million-gallon straw into Lake Michigan

Peter Annin says proposed diversion could be vulnerable to a legal challenge.

…argument they are covered under the compact,” said Todd Ambs, who helped negotiate the agreement as top aide to former Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle. Some critics of the Waukesha diversion plan to question the legality of Foxconn’s bid when the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources holds a public hearing Wednesday….