…Burke Center is funded by a $10 million endowment from the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota. The work of the Burke Center will be conducted on campus and at Forest Lodge in Cable, the former home of the Burke family, Forest Lodge in…
By Susan Bence, WUWM The story begins with a St. Paul, Minnesota-based family named the Griggs. In the 19th century, the family made a fortune in the lumber industry, allowing the Griggs to acquire a 872-acre estate in Northern Wisconsin, called Forest Lodge. The Griggs’s enjoyment of their oasis on…
…cases are responsible for loons and loon music disappearing from traditional nesting lakes. LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, protects common loons and their aquatic habitats through education, monitoring, and research. Though our primary focus is Wisconsin, our education and research activities extend to Upper Great Lakes…
…lakes through the GLRI in the last six years. The initiative grew out of an effort by President Barack Obama’s administration to speed up Great Lakes restoration in 2010. The federal program has funded more than 2,500 projects by hundreds of groups. But, there’s no law authorizing federal funds year…
SOEI youth programs are designed to immerse participants in the wildness and wonder of nature and to inspire and empower them to continue their explorations of the natural world….
Forest Play is an outdoor, nature-based program for 3–5 year olds. We are excited to continue this adventure with youth at the SOEI for our winter and spring programs. Spring sessions are every Friday beginning March 14 and ending April 18, 2025. Forest Play provides your child with the opportunity…
…regarding placing a moratorium on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ “earn-a-buck” program—one of the most immediate and useful methods for controlling deer populations, according to Johnson. This program, which many state botanists and foresters supported, required that hunters shoot a doe before shooting a buck to keep the deer…
Please join the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation for our 2025 Marvin Pertzik World Water Day Program. We will be screening special excerpts from two Lake Superior documentaries exploring the legacy of Lake Superior and its estuaries in a time of significant change, including never before seen footage…
Forest Play is an outdoor, nature-based program for 3–5 year olds. We are excited to continue this adventure with youth at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute for our winter and spring programs. Spring sessions are every Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. beginning March 14 and ending April 18,…
