…that in 1916 focused on China. After graduation, Kenneth Olson went on to become an award-winning journalist (starting his career at the Ashland Daily Press); and Albin and Margueritte married. In 1919, the newlyweds boarded a ship to China, where they worked as missionaries. Three of their four children were…
…was believed to be a failure until visitor photos surfaced and researchers captured shots of the marten with camera traps on the islands. “We just coincidentally had a carnivore project going on,” said Erik Olson, associate professor of natural resources at Northland College in Ashland. “That then documented them on…
Tom Henry, Toledo Blade Ironically, Waukesha’s history is steeped in stories about how it was once a resort area known as “Spring City,” and the “Saratoga of the West” because of an abundance of pure spring-fed water it had in the 1800s. In 1873, a brochure featuring Col. Richard Dunbar,…
…Hawai`i when he was seven. He spent most of his waking hours surfing the north and east shores of O’ahu and then every other summer, he explored the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness at his family cabin on Gunflint Lake. In high school, he wanted to be a forester. “Northland…
…Six of these areas are in Minnesota: Grand Portage National Monument, Mississippi National Recreation and Resource Area, North Country Trail, St. Croix National Scenic River, Pipestone National Historic Site and Voyageurs National Park. Just over the Wisconsin border is a seventh — the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. For entire article….
…Bay area and Twin Ports read fiction, non-fiction and poetry before a live audience on Friday, Jan. 26. Judges Cynthia Belmont, Claire Duquette and Gina Kirsten selected 19 writers to read their submissions at Northland College. Act I features: Janette Christie, Molly Hoeg, Rob Ganson, Beth Palma, Nancy Larson, Kyle…
Pens and Paddles is a unique, experiential English course that combines literary study with wilderness fieldwork. In the classroom, students read wilderness literature that includes Sigurd F. Olson. Then in May, they travel to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for two weeks on the trail, where they read, write,…
By Sean Devlin, ’15 Northland College forestry student Tim Koski is on his way to making the campus Bay City Creek ravine look like it should. Since March, Koski has been working on his senior project identifying and removing invasive species that pose a threat to the native plants in…
Large cat conservationist Tina M. Ramme ’90 is currently the director of The Center for Lion Conservation and Research in Kenya and is the president of the Lion Conservation Fund. Since initiating this program in 2006, not one lion has been killed by retribution—one of the best records in East…
