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Northland student research

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Seth W. Davenport, Tyrease “TJ” James, and Dr. Jonathan G. Marti

Student and professor in wetland

Chasing Dragonflies for Science

…restoration, Fitzgerald is a shining example of Lehr’s vision for innovating higher ed research via the Burke Center. The idea is that students start as research interns their freshmen year then move through the ranks from research technician to research assistant until they progress into becoming full research scientists. “I’ve…

Loon and Baby

LoonWatch

…cases are responsible for loons and loon music disappearing from traditional nesting lakes. LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, protects common loons and their aquatic habitats through education, monitoring, and research. Though our primary focus is Wisconsin, our education and research activities extend to Upper Great Lakes…

Northland College student and wolf pup

Howling with Wolves

…the wolves develop packs and maintain them. What have you learned that surprised you? Two years ago, when I was in Professor Olson’s Wolf Research and Monitoring class, we went out into the community with a survey about people’s opinions on wolves. It was surprising to see how many people…

Professor Sarah Johnson holds measuring tape at Stockton Island

Monitoring Vegetation in the Apostle Islands

Student-Faculty Research

…or that I would be a coauthor of a technical report and manuscript for publication as a junior.” As Johnson’s work-study research assistant, Leonard added data from summer 2013 Canadian Yew studies into a global information system. She then created maps, comparing 2013 to data from the 1990s to look…

Northland College student collects data for bat research

Monitoring Bats by Sound

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

…used in a collaborative effort to assess the status of bat conservation in North America.” The data is submitted to the North American Bat Monitoring Program, an international database where information is stored from bat monitoring projects across the continent. “Together, research teams are providing data that could help identify…

FinalGreat Lakes Science for Parks Symposium 2023 Booklet

…Twenty years of pollinator research in Great Lakes national parks Authors: Robertson-Thompson, Desi*,1; Grundel, Ralph2 * desiree_robertson-thompson@nps.gov 1 Great Lakes Research and Education Center 2 Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station, Great Lakes Science Center, USGS Abstract: Understanding how pollinator communities respond to various ecological and land use scenarios is critical…