…a lens, each gives us a different tool—and then its up to us to learn how to find a balance among them. The Native writer and educator Greg Cajete has written that we humans have the gifts of using mind, body, emotion,and spirit to understand the world—and that we cannot…
…Northland College Student Association (NCSA), Folk Fest celebrates forty-nine years this year, solidifying its place as Wisconsin’s longest lasting folk festival. The event will take place on campus April 15-17 rain or shine. Musicians include: Pop Wagner, Plucked up Strong Band, Charlie Parr, We Are the Willows, Michael Gulezian, Pushing…
…estate includes fifteen log buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The USFS has plans to restore all the buildings by 2020. The College signed a sixty-year lease agreement with the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest earlier this year for site programming, coordination and maintenance. This lease is…
…the conference to talk about her research on the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. “I’m really interested in how invasive vegetation affects their breeding capabilities within the Middle Rio Grande riparian corridor in New Mexico,” she said. AISES awarded her second place and $900 for her presentation. “AISES is an organization that…
…and economic growth. “Recent research suggests that communities that have residents who feel strongly connected also have high rates of economic growth,” Hofstedt said. “The Chequamegon Bay area has a large number of people who are strongly attached to this place, and this is fuel for sustainable economic growth in…
…family wanted it to be,” said Markin. Northland researchers plan to expand on climate change research in the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior through the center. Peter Annin, author of “Great Lakes Water Wars” will co-direct the center. Annin said northern Wisconsin is a good place to do this kind…
…a better place than a lot of people in my situation.” Windschitl will be taking samples of burbot on Leech Lake in Walker, Minn., near her hometown of Marble, Minn. Her research will include deciphering the impact on the population if heavy harvesting were to take place. “I am looking…
‘University Place’: Rapid Changes in Wolf Policy Only Heat Up the Conflict By Scott Gordon, Wiscontext For Erik Olson, an assistant professor of natural resources at Northland College in Ashland, the biggest weakness in Wisconsin’s policy toward wolves hasn’t been any one particular policy decision. Rather, he asserted in an…
…history writers to pique his interest in nature as a place and concept. “To receive this award and to go into his home country is incredibly satisfying,” Ferguson said. Ferguson hopes attendees of the presentation will walk away with a better understanding of the importance of preserving keystone species, such…
…world, and the moral clarity of philosophy to explore our place on the planet and our responsibilities for its thriving,” said President Michael A. Miller. Moore has written nine books and in 2000 was awarded the Northland College Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award for Holdfast: A Home in the Natural…
