…lead the Tribunes to the NJCAA national tournament Final Four in 2004. He would then go on to play at the Rochester Institute of Technology as a defensive midfielder, earning the Empire 8 Conference Sportsman of the Year award. “We are really excited to have Justin joining our coaching staff,”…
…number we had in the heyday of the 1990s — but we’re not there yet, and may never be. In the last five years, we’ve worked to evolve our curriculum, take inventory of our natural assets, build our pillars of strength and stay relevant. In addition to a million acres…
…the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, the president proposes to slash funding for the enormously popular Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to $10 million (from $300 million) next year. The initiative has poured more than $2 billion into the Great Lakes economy and…
By Mark Travaglini ’69 A convivial cluster of Northland alumni and friends converged on Baltimore’s venerable Patterson Bowling Center on Saturday, September 12, with ducks in mind. Duck hunting season had yet to begin in Maryland, but duckpin bowling is on the card year-round. For the uninitiated, duckpins are a…
…of academics for outdoor-related careers. In particular, the magazine cites Northland College’s 36-year-old Outdoor Orientation program for incoming students, the outdoor education major, the College’s location near Lake Superior, the Apostle Islands, and the Chequamegon National Forest—and its passionate professors. “This summer, I went on a whitewater canoeing trip on…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded the Northland College Center for Rural Communities (CRC) nearly $310,000 for a four-year research project focused on how to strengthen the community food system in Ashland and Bayfield counties. “The goal of this study is to…
American martens have been discovered on Manitou and Stockton islands in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore for the first time in more than 40 years, park officials say. An American marten was verified on Manitou Island in 2014 when a visitor took a photo of it running between his legs….
…days it has been exceptionally mellow. I’m on the lake’s northeast shore exploring Ontario’s 725-square-mile Pukaskwa National Park, hiking empty backcountry trails, eating smoked trout on sand beaches backed by wave-sculpted granite, and camping at Hattie Cove Campground. Tonight’s electrical storm came out of nowhere. To read entire article at…
…loons accompanied by the sounds of their enchanting calls,” said Kane-Rohloff. The back of the poster includes information about loons and their habitat. Order yours today. Thank you to our major 2017 poster sponsors. Conserve School Dan and Joanne Dugenske Michigan DNR-Wildlife Division USFS, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest …
The Great Lakes Regional Office of the National Park Service came to professors Sarah Johnson and Jonathan Martin to help answer a question: Do natural occurring fires help or hurt vegetation, specifically Canada yew, in the Apostle Islands? Johnson, assistant professor of natural resources, has been conducting vegetative research in…
