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Students hiking on York.

7 Things to Do When You Visit Campus

…water Campus is located blocks from Lake Superior, the largest, freshwater lake in the world, and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, consisting of 21 islands and shoreline at the northern tip of Wisconsin. You can explore the shoreline or the islands in a variety of ways. Depending on where, how…

Northland Bird Netting

ADP: NC conservation project selected to receive grant

Island Wilderness Preserve as well as the Big Bay State Park lands on Madeline Island. “We will be looking at camera trap images to determined which species are present on the island and how abundant those species are. The primary purpose of this is to collect data.” To read full…

Great Lakes

Wis. Lets Village Go to Town on Great Lakes Water

Peter Annin uncovered documents about the expanded Pleasant Prairie diversion in reporting for second edition of The Great Lakes Water Wars.

Michigan water secured for the Foxconn factory earlier this year. While the village’s average daily withdrawal from Lake Michigan was just 2.49 million gallons in 2017, dramatically increasing the amount of water allocated for Pleasant Prairie sets the stage for future development in the Interstate 94 corridor between Chicago and…

A trail through the pines on Isle Royale

Stewards of Tomorrow: Backpack—Isle Royale

July 6, 2023July 13, 2023

Stewards of Tomorrow: Backpack- Isle Royale is for girls 13–15 years old interested in a six-day wilderness backpack experience with peers on one of the most beautiful islands on Earth! For six days, we will camp on Isle Royale learning about ourselves, each other, and the island while taking in…

Apostle Islands

Stewards of Tomorrow: Island Adventures

June 19, 2023June 23, 2023

Stewards of Tomorrow: Island Adventures is for participants 14–17 years of age interested in sailing, stewardship, hiking, and beachcombing. We will be living aboard a tall ship and also making stops to explore various island trails, forests, and beaches throughout the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (always weather dictated and dependent)….

A trail through the pines on Isle Royale

Girls Empowered Leadership and Adventure: Backpack—Isle Royale

July 17July 26

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

Thread of Hope

Making Fashion Ecological, Sustainable, and Just

…can do better by delivering clothing that is comfortable, ethical, environmental, and marketable. Abby Rose was awarded the Environmentalist of the Year in business this past spring by the Northern Michigan Environmental Council, for her work at Yana Dee Ethical Apparel in Traverse City, Michigan, a clothing line started by…

Wolf laying down

Wolf Status Reports

Every one to three years (depending on region) state and federal agencies survey and monitor gray wolf populations. These reports summarize the best available information on the status of gray wolves in specific regions in the United States.

Pine marten

Carnivore Project Reveals Return of the Marten on Apostle Islands

An Apostle Islands collaborative carnivore diversity and abundance project between the National Park Service, Northland College, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison led to an unexpected surprise: the discovery of American marten on Stockton Island. The American marten is on Wisconsin’s endangered species list and not been sighted in the islands…