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Great Lakes Today: Advice for Clinton/Trump on the Great Lakes

By Veronica Volk, Great Lakes Today Advocates for the Great Lakes are watching the presidential election and hoping the next US president will continue to prioritize restoration across the region. Groups from New York to Michigan to Ontario say there’s still a lot of work to be done, and they…

Glacier National Park

Keynote Rolf Peterson: Wolves and America's National Parks

…parks have maintained wolf populations that experience a minimum of human impacts,” he said. “Much of what we know today about wolf-prey interaction and trophic cascades, both major areas of ecology, has come from science in national parks.” Peterson had a primary role in the Isle Royale wolf-moose study for…

Together Farm

Alumna Combines Arts, Science for Sustainable Farming

In her undergrad days, Stephanie (Krohn) Schneider ‘03 studied natural resources but had little time for “frivolous electives” like Storytelling. Today, she realizes that organic chemistry is doing little to help sell the organically raised and pastured beef, pork, and lamb she and her husband, Andy Schneider, produce on their…

Northland College alums, Mark and Bronte Gross sail on Lake Superior

Smooth Sailing

First Person

…in your eyeballs. The president said he approved me because of my sailing experience and included me on sailing trips with his financial advisor’s customers. I am still a part of that group today. Today, every day, my company, Formacoat LLC., works with sodium hyaluronate as a medical device coating….

Young ladies in a canoe on a lake with fall colors behind them.

Youth Outreach Programs

…vendors, Thursday evening reception, and Friday lunch. Register Today: $95 About the Conference Featuring authors, illustrators, and educators, the conference will focus on literature and the natural world. Highlights include: key note presentations by author Emma Bland Smith, winner of the 2017 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award for children’s literature,…

Alec Drakenberg

Meet the Beast: Alec Z. Drachenberg

…he has a similar story as me, having to gain weight as an athlete. Today he is one of the world’s top competitive eaters. It is the “mind over matter” mentality that inspires me so much to eat even when I am not hungry. I myself have shared his videos…

From Treaty Rights to Oyster Flights

…(her) mind.” Today, Smith continues to advocate for sustainable seafood practices, however instead of sitting behind a desk Smith has joined the frontlines on her own troller with the rest of the “fisherman at the bottom of the food production hierarchy.” “I had a pretty fortuitous route to where I…

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7 Fun Facts About Earth Day

…1 out of every 10 Americans. 3. The media coverage of the first Earth Day is unparalleled. The Today Show focused on the environment for the entire week of April 20-24, 1970. ABC televised three prime-time environmental specials, and CBS’ Walter Cronkite broadcast, “Earth Day: A Question of Survival.” Even…

Northland College alum Abby Rose and her sister Yana Dee at Yana Dee Ethical Apparel

Thread of Hope

Making Fashion Ecological, Sustainable, and Just

…we’re chasing trends.” Abby Rose did not take a direct path from Northland College to Yana Dee Ethical Apparel. After graduation, she worked with AmeriCorps in West Virginia and then in California, where she oversaw volunteers and a gardening program at a nonprofit with eight gardens, a food bank, and…