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Forest Lodge Boathouse

Student projects save USFS $100,000, receive recognition

Northland College President Michael Miller, left, Assistant Professor of Outdoor Education Evan Coulson, middle, and Supervisor of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Paul Strong accept the Accessibility Accomplishment Award at a ceremony at Forest Lodge. In an unprecedented move, the USDA Forest Service for the second year in a row awarded…

Student at white board giving presentation

Students provide real life solutions to Forest Service

…Northland College last year to support freshwater research at Northland College and at the former estate of the Burke family, known as Forest Lodge. The Forest Service manages the Forest Lodge property, located on a headwater of the Mississippi River forty miles south of campus, in partnership with Northland College….

CUUF: Belonging to a Place Through the Lens of Poets

April 14, 2024, 10:00 am11:30 am

…the service’s lay leaders. Joni Chapman will be the musician for this service. Join with the Zoom Client Follow this link to join. Meeting ID: 916 8704 2498 Passcode: CUUF Join by Phone 312-626-6799 Meeting ID: 916 8704 2498 Passcode: 324633 CUUF is a Welcoming Congregation and invites people of…

Design board of Northland College graphic design student Victoria Schell

Summer of Coffee Love

…from a professional while creating work for Big Water,” Schell said. “The freedom I had to create new media for the company and skills I learned through it will stay with me.” Big Water Coffee Roasters is a locally owned business that has grown a successful storefront as well as…

Northland College student Andy Kasun stands with his winning academic poster

Burke Center Student Researchers Take Top Prizes

Kasun and Ulman Showcase Freshwater Research at AGU

…with a degree in water science and an emphasis in water resources and will be applying to graduate schools. Ulman presented her research and poster on quantifying the distribution of phosphorus fractions in the sediment of Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior. She worked with Hudson, Ullman, Environmental Chemist Chris McNerney,…

Lake Superior and beach

Geologic Perspectives on Climate Change

…geologic setting for the refreshing artesian-well water that I sip from my water bottle. The field of geology provides a unique perspective on climate change. Rocks, sediments (i.e. really small rocks) and ice (i.e. melt-able “rocks”) tell stories about past climate conditions on earth. There have been cold times and…

Four Northland College students sit in a boat with survey equipment

The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills

Students Survey Fish Populations

…She became interested in fish communities and their food web connections after conducting water surveys in the Penokee Hills. The lakes are close in proximity, only a mile apart as the crow flies in spots but connected sometimes by thirty miles of stream. With so much water flowing she hypothesized…

Pebble beach

Great Lakes governors to decide Waukesha water proposal

By Aaron Selbig, Interlochen Public Radio The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin has high levels of radium in its water supply. The city hopes to solve the problem by taking water out of Lake Michigan. Waukesha is in a county that straddles the Great Lakes basin and under the Great Lakes…

student with water samples

Student Research Opportunities

…We take our location next to the largest freshwater lake in the world seriously. Through our laboratory, field research, and communications, we provide paid graduate level opportunities for undergraduates. Our student researchers, analyze, and communicate freshwater science—including climate change, toxic chemicals, Great Lakes policy, water quality, and water scarcity.  …