…Mr. McGinty’s Monarchs, by Linda Vander Heyden with illustrations by Eileen Ryan Ewen (Sleeping Bear Press, Ann Arbor, Mich.) What Matters, by Alison Hughes with illustrations by Holly Hatam (Orca Book Publishers) The Lonely Giant, by Sophie Ambrose (Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts) Children’s Notable Books Mountain Chef: How One Man…
A former state wildlife biologist contends Wisconsin’s high wolf numbers may not be the driving factor behind a record 40 hunting dogs killed by wolves this bear season. Timber Wolf Alliance Coordinator Adrian Wydeven, a former wildlife biologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, said the state saw fewer…
…and clinical research on antibiotic resistance and stewardship. Growing up in Philadelphia, how did you find Northland College? I had intended to go to a state university, where my brother attended, and to share a room with my best friend. That was the plan. Until the evening that I wandered…
Q&A with Cassie Brown Major: outdoor education. Summer plans: Running a couple of Northland’s summer camps and leading backpacking and kayaking trips for a Girl Scout camp in Michigan. After that: Teaching Ojibwe language in Bayfield. Q. How did you get interested in lacrosse? A. I became interested in lacrosse…
The Northland College Native American Studies program and Indigenous Cultures Center is bringing Sofia Jannok, a Swedish-side Sámi artist, singer, songwriter, actress, radio host, and activist for Indigenous rights, to campus the week of Monday, October 3. Combining her heritage with Swedish pop, she will give a public performance at…
…close. Voyageur Sash. Pocket-size copy of Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Sports Afield, July 1939 (with an article by Sig). Pocket watch and lanyard. A 1926 guide’s license for Quetico Provincial Park. Sig’s iconic felt hat worn on paddling trips throughout the border country. A camp ax. Pipe. Membership cards…
…your favorite place or experience on Lake Superior. A. Several years ago my wife and I were wilderness camping on a remote uninhabited island in Lake Superior with our two sons, who were quite young at the time. We were far off the grid, a long way from the ambient…
Calling themselves the Paddlin Madelines, high school camp friends Mitzi Peine ‘14 and Emma Burgeson made up the first all-women canoe team in 2014 to attempt the Yukon 1000, the world’s longest paddling race on the Yukon River in Alaska. Five hundred miles in, they made the decision to withdraw…
…a vacation home retreat in 1957 on Gull Lake. With sixty-eight acres of forest and 2,200 feet of shoreline, they spent many weekends there, operating a camp for boys age nine to fifteen. “But when Don became principal, our summers were too short to continue the operation,” Carol said. The…
