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Northland College student with journal

296 miles on the Superior Hiking Trail

Jane Dahlgren Hikes Solo for May Term

days, for an average of fourteen miles per day, journal about her experiences, and present to Russell’s classroom the following fall. In exchange, she would receive four credits. While Russell encouraged her to train and to break in her boots, she didn’t train and she walked in her boots around…

Glacier National Park

Keynote Rolf Peterson: Wolves and America's National Parks

The Timber Wolf Alliance is bringing biologist Rolf Peterson as its keynote speaker for Wolf Awareness Week. Peterson, widely known for his field studies of wolves in Isle Royale National Park, will present “Wolves and America’s National Parks” at the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Friday, Oct. 21 at…

Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Gifts You Bring the World

…(as if a college education, and lifelong love and support were not enough). But what I want to think of today, are not the gifts that the world brings to you, but the gifts you bring to the world. In Anishinaabe traditions, the direction of gift giving on a day

Artesian

Northern Wisconsin wants drinking water oversight

A recent Northland College Public Opinion Poll reveals overwhelming support for public sector oversight of drinking water resources. The public sector includes publicly-owned utilities, tribal water utilities, local city and town officials, tribal governments, and state and federal agencies. The Center for Rural Communities at Northland College conducted the poll…

Sigurd Olson Articles

Some of these articles were published in 1951 in North Country Magazine. Sigurd also wrote a couple of hundred short sketches for newspapers; he wrote a few between 1937 and 1939, but most were from 1940 to 1943, and were syndicated to a number of newspapers, mostly in the Midwest….

Great Lakes map

Buffalo News Editorial: Battle is brewing

…just outside the Great Lakes watershed. A century ago, Waukesha was sprinkled with clear, gurgling, nationally renowned freshwater springs. Today, most of the springs are gone, and Waukesha sits atop a declining, contaminated deep aquifer. It has applied for a Lake Michigan water diversion of up to 10.1 million gallons…

Joe Fitzgerald and Randy Lehr drive boat to islands

Fitzgerald: From Plankton Guy to Water Resources Policy Economist

…to build yourself up has been really useful for me.” In addition to his Chequamegon Bay plankton and water sampling, Fitzgerald has had the opportunity to work on research projects involving dragonfly larvae collection at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Isle Royale National Park, Grand Portage National Park, the Apostle Islands

Northland College women's soccer team celebrates victory

5 Great Moments in Northland Athletics

Wrestling, Football, Volleyball, and Soccer

…with four losses but then they came back with ten straight wins. Their record 12-4-1 gave them a high ranking in the National Small College Athletic Association National tournament. They won the tournament and for the first time in Northland’s soccer history, a national title was brought home. 5. With…

Northland College students digs trench on Ice Age Trail.

National Public Lands Day of Service

September 28, 2024, 8:00 am4:30 pm

National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer event for people to celebrate and give back to our public lands. Established in 1994 and held annually on the fourth Saturday in September, this celebration brings out thousands of volunteers to help restore and improve public lands around the…