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Aqueous Magazine

Campus, Community Create Literary Magazine

…for starting Aqueous was simply the absence of such a thing in the area,” said co-founder Marissa Fish, who graduated from Northland College in 2015. “There are numerous places in the area to display visual arts, but there was a lack of such opportunity for writers—as the idea grew, we…

addle Boarding on Lake Superior

Outside Mag: Why Lake Superior Is the Country's Most Overlooked Playground

By Stephanie Pearson, Outside Magazine It’s 12:56 a.m. and I’m spiraling down a rabbit hole of fear. There are the yellow ATTENTION: BEARS IN THE AREA. USE CAUTION signs plastered everywhere. Through my tent flap, lightning is illuminating swaying pines, which are bending with such ferocity that they sound like…

Visiting lecturer Brendan Baylor in his studio

Artist takes fresh look at historical clearcut

…seeks to encourage an “emotional engagement” in the viewer to trigger a “rational understanding” of the way forests were managed and mismanaged in the inception of this area. Baylor’s inspiration stems from a tiny black-and-white photograph in a historical textbook that he painstakingly translated to wood, and then onto paper….

TWA Wolf Awareness Week poster by Bateman

TWA Selects Artwork for 2018 Wolf Awareness Week Poster

Canadian Artist Robert Bateman Featured

…reintroduced in 1998 for the first time in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area within the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area. They still remain on the brink of survival, with just 114 known wolves roaming southern New Mexico and Arizona as of April 2018. “In this painting, I have shown…

Wolf laying down

Wolf Status Reports

Every one to three years (depending on region) state and federal agencies survey and monitor gray wolf populations. These reports summarize the best available information on the status of gray wolves in specific regions in the United States.

Three researchers walking through stream

Tracking Wildlife in the Tropics

…the abundance of wildlife, mainly jaguar and puma. Costa Rica was possible, Olson said, because in 2013, Costa Rica’s National System of Conservation Areas teamed up with the US National Park Service to sign a sister park agreement between the Osa Conservation Area and the national parks of the Great…

Student at poster session.

Welnetz: Science and the Back Country

…eventually towed to shore, and her work with the Center continued the very next day. Originally from Conover, Wisconsin, Welnetz was attracted to Northland College for the Superior Connections program. She continued for her remaining college career to immerse herself in Lake Superior research. “Learning about the area was super…

Snapping turtle

Turtles, Temperature & Sex

…Or, if they do, they barely develop. Why? “ We don’t know yet,” Bieser said. Scientists have been doing this experiment for some time but never reported these results. She suspects the reason is because scientists did not dissect the gonadal area specifically and that they dissected the general area

Northland student stands in Lake Superior

Kert's Most Awesome Weekend Adventures

…class one trout stream and a really fun river to run. My friend and I paddled thirteen miles of whitewater through class one-to-two rapids. I was terrified, but it was an amazing rush. 2. Local Waterfalls in Northern Wisconsin This area boasts some of the most stunning waterfalls in the…

Student at city hall meeting

Water Collaborative Connects Communities

…the Chequamegon Bay directly to water resource professionals and initiatives in the area,” said lead organizer Joe Fitzgerald, a graduating senior at Northland College. The conference will feature four sessions with the following speakers and organizations: Water Relationships in the Chequamegon Bay: • Joe Rose, Bad River tribal elder •…