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Four Northland College students sit in a boat with survey equipment

The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills

Students Survey Fish Populations

Northland College senior Megan Mader inches a jon boat into the vegetation near shore at Galilee Lake, a shallow, 212-acre lake with a handful of cabins dotting the shoreline. Mader is conducting research on fish communities to learn more about the lakes of the Penokee Hills, located an hour southeast…

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Backpacker Magazine ranks Northland College #2 outdoor school

…of academics for outdoor-related careers. In particular, the magazine cites Northland College’s 36-year-old Outdoor Orientation program for incoming students, the outdoor education major, the College’s location near Lake Superior, the Apostle Islands, and the Chequamegon National Forest—and its passionate professors. “This summer, I went on a whitewater canoeing trip on…

Northland College student collects data for bat research

Monitoring Bats by Sound

The Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network Employs Students for Bat Research

For the past three summers, Northland students have helped to monitor bat populations on National Park Service properties throughout the Great Lakes region. Acoustic bat detectors—designed to record ultrasonic bat calls—are placed at a multitude of predetermined locations each year. The Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network, a division of…

Northland College Professor Erik Olson standing on a fallen white pine tree.

Second Life of a White Pine

Maxwell Property Provides Off-Campus Learning Opportunities

On a parcel of land known as the Maxwell property, a dozen Northland students follow Jon Martin, associate professor of forestry, down a narrow footpath near the winding banks of the White River. These students are in the Sustainable Forest Management May Term course and are using the Maxwell property,…

Muddy fish creek watershed

Northland Project Aims to Clear Chequamegon Bay’s Muddy Waters

Researchers at Northland College are trying to find ways to limit riverbank erosion that turned Chequamegon Bay to muddy soup after June rainstorms that dumped over 14 inches of rain in some areas of Bayfield County. The project on North Fish Creek is being coordinated by water scientist Matt Hudson…

Alpha sigma women of 1968

Standing on the Right Side of History

…time. The Delta Zetas were hosting a statewide gathering and invited the new Northland College Iota Chi chapter. And, so, all the women—included Fisher and another African American student, Alberta “Bert” Kennedy ’72, piled into three cars and drove to St. Norbert College near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Fisher most remembers…

Northland College Nordic Skiing

Free Mt. Ashwabay Student Passes

December 4, 2024, 11:00 am2:00 pm

Northland College partners with Mt. Ashwabay to issue free, all-mountain passes to current students—stop by the Ponzio Campus Center to claim yours! Students interested in securing a pass must be registered for classes during Winter Term and should bring their Northland ID to the registration table. Can’t make it during…

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