…Tom Gazdik led the way to a roughly half-acre pond on the back of his property near Ino, west of Ashland. His grandfather came here to farm in the early 1900s. “This was all dairy farm, so the cattle would graze in the forest. There would be trails all over,”…
…Dr. Jim Meeker was one of my favorite professors at Northland and he gave me some great experiential learning opportunities working in the forests and identifying plants. I learned to pay attention to the tiniest details of plants and notice subtle changes in the forest ecosystems. Many of these changes…
…engineer a logjam at the toe of a crumbling, 80-foot-tall bluff to limit erosion and create valuable fish habitat. That part of the project is set to start this year. “It will begin as soon as we can get the contractors out there,” Hudson said. The U.S. Forest Service provided…
…US Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Wildlife Services, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and White Mountain Apache Tribe have been critical to the successful establishment of a population of Mexican wolves in the United States. John Oakleaf is the featured Timber Wolf Alliance speaker for…
2018-2019 Northland Catalog
…in the Great Lakes states should continue to be federally protected under the Endangered Species Act (Letter to list_30Nov2015). The Northland College Timber Wolf Alliance has not taken a position on this issue. The TWA supports the scientific management of wolves and believes wolves play critical roles in forest ecosystems….
In 2018, the Midwest Wolf Stewards meeting will not be held so attendees will participate in the International Wolf Symposium October 12-14. Learn more at the IWS Symposium website. Take a look at the 2017 presentations….
Evan Coulson, Bro professor of sustainable regional development, tells a story worth remembering. He was managing the rock climbing and rappelling site at Bob’s Rock in the Chequamegon-Nicolet Forest this past summer for a group of Chicago teens. This outing was part of a collaboration between the Sigurd Olson Environmental…
