Profile: Stephanie Muise Graduated: 2015 Major: natural resources—fisheries and wildlife conservation Minor: biology Hometown: Haverhill, Massachusetts Stephanie Muise is a scholar, public speaker, and natural leader. So much so that she was selected as the 2015 student commencement speaker and as the recipient of the Indelible Mark Award, a Northland…
…Raschke , both majoring in natural resources with an emphasis in ecological restoration, volunteered on their own time and in the middle of mid-terms. More 175 volunteers contributed 3,262 hours to clearing brush, cutting new trail, building rock walls, creating a two-mile section of trail along the Chippewa Moraine segment…
…This past summer we launched the Forest Lodge Natural Resource Academy, a weeklong session exploring the natural resources at Forest Lodge, an historic north woods estate nestled among 872 acres of majestic forest along two miles of shoreline on Lake Namekagon in Cable, Wisconsin. Students study tree identification and forestry…
…was ultimately up to the leadership of local leadership and the college to find a direction to build on that impact and take advantage of it. He said although it was outside the scope of the study, his personal thought was that the college’s focus on the environment, natural resources…
…Coordinator Melanie Michaels, and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Technician Sarah Boles, covers the basics of wolf ecology and management, including natural history, identification, monitoring techniques, wolf-human conflicts, predator-prey ecology, and wolf management. This workshop completes the first of two trainings for becoming a DNR Volunteer Carnivore Tracker for…
…national parks, and state capitols. The program evolved with a strong connection to, and support from, the National Park Service, and the team began using the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway as their studio. Under the Surface Dr. Toben Lafrancois, adjunct assistant professor of natural resources and philosophy at Northland…
…The project also has the involvement of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “They’ve gotten eight different wetlands ponds installed, treating something like 400 acres of field area,” Hudson said The next step will use large trees and logs to…
Kayte Meola ‘90 is a sociologist, researcher, and educator focused on gender, agriculture, and natural resource management in international development. At Northland, she studied outdoor education with a focus on naturalist studies, then worked as a forest ranger, raft guide, wilderness and international community service trip leader, and environmental educator….
Over the last seventy years, northern Wisconsin has experienced increasing development. Housing density maps from 1940, 1990, and 2010 clearly show cumulative density throughout the decades, particularly in the lakes regions. What does this mean for loons? Loss of habitat, declining water quality, and increased recreational use of lakes influences…
…impacts of industrial food production, and came to see wild foods as a sustainable alternative to big agriculture,” he said. Lloyd names people who influenced his wild food passion. The first: Jim Meeker, a professor of natural resources, now deceased. “I took every class Jim had to offer and admired…
