…resources professor at Northland College in Ashland. Olson, along with 10 undergraduate students, scouted out open areas with low human traffic in the Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve and the Big Bay State Park to place the cameras, some of which included a scent to lure the more elusive species, like…
Sara m. Chase, Ashland Daily Press Northland College’s research project—Wild Madeline: Assessing the Wildlife Presence and Abundance of Madeline Island—was one of 30 applicants to receive grant funding from the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin through the 2016 C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program. Wild Madeline project lead and Northland College…
…nets to catch monarch butterflies and tag them. The butterflies will be tracked as they fly from Ashland to the southern United States and into Mexico. In recent years, monarch numbers have been declining, with some scientists citing a ninety percent population decrease. “People are very interested in monarch butterflies,…
Commencement 2015 BY Sara Chase, For the Ashland Daily Press “Commencement—it doesn’t sound like an ending it sounds like a beginning,” said Northland College President Dr. Michael A. Miller Saturday in his greeting at the college’s commencement for its 2014-15 graduates. The ceremony for Northland’s 112 graduates, their family and…
…at Northland College in Ashland, will speak with us about her newly released book Good Guys With Guns: The Appeal and Consequences of Concealed Carry. We’ll talk about why people choose to arm themselves after mass shootings like the one in an Orlando nightclub last week. Listen here (22 minutes)….
…Discussions Baker McKenzie, Chicago Thursday, October 4, 2018, 6–8 p.m. University Club of Saint Paul, Saint Paul Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 5:30–7:00 p.m. Kitchi Gammi Club, Duluth Thursday, December 6, 2018, 5:30–7:00 p.m. The book tour has been funded in part by a grant from the Joyce Foundation, a nonpartisan,…
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By Marie Orttenburger, Great Lakes Echo November’s presidential election is a harbinger of big change for federal programs like the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a multi-milliondollar program that addresses a multitude of Great Lakes problems. Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, convened an expert panel recently to discuss the future of…
