…Homeward: Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild, Adrienne Ross Scanlon (Mountaineers Books, Seattle, Washington) Young Adult Winner Hawk, by Jennifer Dance (Dundurn, Toronto, Ontario) Young Adult Honorable Mention Chasing at the Surface, by Sharon Mentyka (Graphic Arts Book, Berkeley, California) Saving Wonder, by Mary Knight (Scholastic Press, New…
…Dr. Randy Lehr, professor and codirector of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, has been working with students since 2012 to collect larval dragonfly at the St Croix National Scenic Riverway. The hope is to use larval dragonfly as sentinel organisms to monitor spatial patterns and trends in…
…Lehr oversees the monitoring through the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation. Even with signs posted, the public did not heed beach warnings. Two years ago, Lehr reached out to his colleagues Brandon Hofstedt, professor of sustainable community development, and Matt O’Laughlin, assistant professor of psychology, to help solve…
Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation Co-Director Peter Annin is quoted in this Chicago Tribune investigative piece: “There is nothing more hypocritical than to put up a legal water fence around the region and then thumb your nose at water efficiency,” Annin said. To read the entire article. …
…water is only going to come from more corners over the next several decades, as journalist Peter Annin explained in an Oct. 22, 2015 talk at Monona Terrace in Madison. Co-director of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College in Ashland, he is the author of…
Since 2010, Randy Lehr has been the Bro professor of sustainable regional development, leading and directing students, faculty, and staff in the field and in the classroom. In August, Lehr became the codirector of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation. Q. Is it true you got hooked on…
…The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Water Resources Regional Body came up with a tentative plan that would reduce the number of communities in a future water service area. Peter Annin with the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College says right now, it looks likely Waukesha will…
For senior Kim Oldenborg, water is more than a life-sustaining resource. Water is her inspiration—academically, personally, and professionally. Initially attracted to Northland College for its proximity to Lake Superior, Oldenborg was excited to begin working as a research technician for the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation in 2013….
…Arts for Societal Change class to students at CSB/SJU via an art class taught by local artist Mary Bruno of Bruno Press. The project takes images from the Bruno Press 2016 calendar Homegrown in Minnesota—captured on the farm as a photograph, then carved into lino-block, then printed via the letterpress…
…important water is becoming on a regional, national and international level,” says Annin, who is also the co-director of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College. The contest seeks short stories that are solutions-oriented and, while fictional, are also scientifically plausible. Stories should take place in…
