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The Chequamegon Food Coop at night.

The Language of Local Foods

Meagan (Wilson) Van Beest ’97 manager at CFC

…management. She’s watched as the language of local foods moved into the region in the early 2000s and hit its stride in 2012, the same time she accepted a position at the co-op, managing the marketing and public relations. The food co-op signed the Superior Compact that year, committing to…

Madeline Island, Wisconsin Areal View

Wisconsin Still at Center of Water Battles

Ten Years After the Passage of the Great Lakes Compact

With the Great Lakes Compact celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, protections designed to fend off large-scale water diversions have never been stronger, experts said Tuesday at Marquette University Law School. But they also said future water needs are likely to place serious demands in the decades to come on…

Wolf laying down

Wolf Status Reports

Every one to three years (depending on region) state and federal agencies survey and monitor gray wolf populations. These reports summarize the best available information on the status of gray wolves in specific regions in the United States.

Timber Wolf Alliance Coordinator Jordyn O'Gara

O’Gara ’18 Named Timber Wolf Alliance Coordinator

Wolf Awareness Week Events October 23, 25, 26

…the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Tuesday, October 23 Film: Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest Thursday, October 25 Panel Discussion: Wolf Management and Education Friday, October 26 Keynote with John Oakleaf: Mexican Wolf Project: Two Decades of Successful Recovery Efforts Saturday, October 27 Wolf Ecology Workshop (Register by Oct. 26!)…

Eau Claire solar garden, photo taken by PJ Nelson

In a Bold Step Forward, Students Purchase Solar Shares

Solar will provide power to CSE

…and now Ashland. The three solar gardens are part of a pilot project that was approved by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in 2016. Xcel presented on the Ashland proposal last year as a way to gauge interest. The Northland College Student Association (NCSA) loved the idea so much, they…

The Penn family

My Northland Women

Three Generations of Penn Women

…advocate in my life— encouraging me to grow both academically and morally as a child. She taught music in public school for three years and has taught piano lessons to students through the years and continues to be active at Northland. As a Northland College student, I played music and…

Apostle Islands

STAR TRIBUNE: Near Madeline Island, fight looms over hog feedlot

By Josephine Marcotty Star Tribune AUGUST 13, 2015 BAYFIELD, WIS. – The vivid blue expanse of Lake Superior and the national lakeshore near Madeline Island here in northern Wisconsin have always been largely immune to environmental threats from factory farms — until now. A proposal to build the first large-scale…