Join LoonWatch Coordinator Brandi Shapland for a training session for our Annual Lakes Monitoring Program. This workshop is open to new and returning Loon Rangers. Advanced registration is required. Register Now Unfortunately, registration for this program has closed. If you registered for this event already, a link to the virtual…
Join LoonWatch coordinator, Brandi Shapland, for a training session for our Annual Lakes Monitoring Program. New and returning Loon Rangers are invited to join us at the beautiful Forest Lodge on Lake Namekagon. We will have a 45 minute presentation on monitoring and have the opportunity to practice our monitoring…
Two former Northland College graduates who teach in the Lake Superior region have been named as recipients of the first annual statewide educator awards. Nicole Boettcher, who graduated from Northland College in 2010 and now teaches at Washburn Middle School, received the Early Career Educator Award, an award presented to…
Three years ago, the City of Ashland collaborated with Northland College to have researchers and students collect water samples, test for E. coli at city beaches, and post advisories when necessary. But one year into the project, said Professor Randy Lehr, researchers noted that the science alone was not enough….
…4th Wall member, Alyx Simon. “There are a lot of small businesses from Ashland brought up in Almost, Maine.” 4th Wall’s production takes some liberties with the play, subverting the intended gender roles in most of the vignettes. In the script, each vignette—save one—depict a man and a woman in…
…in May, interviewing 640 randomly selected households in Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, and Iron counties. Residents connected to public utilities or private wells were included. Over 90 percent of resp ondents agree that the public sector should notify the public of any changes in water quality or treatment methods, ensure water…
By Marie Zhuikov, Wisconsin Sea Grant Science Communicator Intense storms this fall breached a barge connection system in the Ashland, Wis. harbor, designed to protect the Northern States Power Superfund site. Soil and groundwater at the site are contaminated with tar, oil, metals and other chemical pollutants. The damage postponed…
…region renowned for highly competitive play,” said Head Men’s Hockey Coach Seamus Gregory. “We know that there are young women who want to play — and we’d like to make it available.” In Northland College region alone, 25-30 girls under the age of eight play hockey for Ashland Youth Hockey,…
…American issues and peace studies.” Smith was sold and enrolled at Northland College the following year, diving head first into political activism and creative writing. “Northland certainly provided an atmosphere of really progressive thought and action,” Smith said. During her senior year, Smith spent a month in the Ashland County…
