…Great Lakes mayors appealed the decision. For a time, it appeared the mayors and governors would awkwardly square off in court, but eventually they settled. Today, the compact faces a new test from Foxconn Technology Group, a massive Taiwanese electronics firm that plans to build a $10 billion liquid crystal…
…public swarmed all over Nova, and the unsuspecting entrepreneurs eventually surrendered their water permit. Then, regional officials leveraged the hullabaloo into a multiyear bipartisan overhaul of Great Lakes water diversion statutes, resulting in a groundbreaking Great Lakes Compact that bans diversions with limited exceptions. Today, the Great Lakes region has…
…of Tom’s condition. December 10, 1967 Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dean: Secretary Rusk called from the plane, on the way to Brussels and asked that the following message from Ambassador Bunker be passed to you: “I went to see Pvt. Dean at the Third Field Hospital today and had a…
…loons accompanied by the sounds of their enchanting calls,” said Kane-Rohloff. The back of the poster includes information about loons and their habitat. Order yours today. Thank you to our major 2017 poster sponsors. Conserve School Dan and Joanne Dugenske Michigan DNR-Wildlife Division USFS, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest …
Growing up in Spooner, Wisconsin, allowed graduating senior Kaylee Thornley to experience firsthand the social and economic struggles small communities face today. Understanding that rural communities struggle to keep wealth in the region, Thornley knew she wanted to study methods that would allow her to influence policy and help to…
For the Pioneer Press By Mark Peterson, executive director of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute One hundred years ago this month, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act that created the National Park Service — 44 years after Yellowstone, the world’s first national park, was established. Today the agency has responsibilities…
…movement in today’s society is still occurring,” Hattie says. “Music is one of the most efficient channels to change.” Hattie’s interest in biology, motivated her to apply for a 2015 summer internship at the Borner Farm Project, an urban organic farm in Prescott, Wisconsin, committed to season-extension and permaculture principles,…
…the document included far-reaching guidance to make sure transgender students are fully included and welcomed at their schools, colleges, and universities. Northland College today reaffirms it’s commitment to create a safe and respectful environment for all students, regardless of their gender identity or expression. This commitment is backed by federal…
The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute LoonWatch program announced today that Wisconsin loons are doing surprisingly well, according to the results of the 2015 one-day Wisconsin Loon Population Survey. According to the most recent results, the adult loon population is estimated at 4,350, an increase of 9.1 percent from…
By SUSAN BENCE • AUG 18, 2015 Opinions dramatically conflicted, yet the first public hearing coordinated by the Wisconsin DNR ran smoothly and with civility at the jam-packed Carroll University. Two more sessions will take place today: 1 pm in Milwaukee at the Zilber School of Public Health and at…
