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GLWC director Mic Isham on panel discussion at Northland College

Isham heads Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission

…to witness programming that helps lower truancy and improve homework. “Mic has long been a committed and passionate advocate,” said Peter Annin, co-director of the Northland College Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation. “Whether it is at the State of the Tribes address in Madison, or Northland’s Water Summit…

Aerial shot of river flowing through Highway 2, following June 2018 storm

WPR: Northern Wisconsin Project Seeks To ‘Slow The Flow’ Of Stormwater

Local, State, Federal Partners Aim To Reduce Flood Peaks, Erosion In Northern Wisconsin

…The Great Lakes Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded just under $300,000 in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative money that funded work to reduce flood peaks and erosion in North Fish Creek, said Matt Hudson, associate director of the college’s Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation. “If we…

Muddy fish creek watershed

Northland Project Aims to Clear Chequamegon Bay’s Muddy Waters

…of Northland’s Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation. It is funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and began in 2013. Hudson and his team are trying to slow the flow of water through the creek to protect its bluffs, which can crumble and collapse during severe storms. The…

Northland College student Max Beal was awarded the Parker Matzinger Internship Award

Beal first to receive Parker Matzinger Internship Award

…worked on Isle Royale dragonfly research for the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, and helped with aquatic plant surveys in the Chippewa Flowage. Olson and Matzinger started the Costa Rica project in 2015. “I am grateful to the Matzingers for their efforts to further inspire students to achieve…

Crane beak

Saving Cranes

Senior Mary Sellars Interns at the International Crane Foundation

Northland College senior Mary Sellars interned at the International Crane Foundation (ICF) this past summer and is currently applying to veterinary schools as she finishes her biology degree. As part of her internship, she assisted with everything from general husbandry for all fifteen species of cranes, to beak trims, Whooping…

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

…Kasun has worked the last two summers as a student researcher for the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation and will continue this summer as a research associate doing hydrology work and acoustic doppler profiling. “Andy’s work has been really important in showing us how a local trout stream…