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Northland College staff working in stream

Researchers Create Model for the Great Lakes

…from metropolitan areas and high intensity row crop agriculture,” Cooper said. Cooper and collaborators at the Natural Resources Research Institute at University of Minnesota-Duluth and Central Michigan University’s Institute for Great Lakes Research have focused on this region in an effort to build a better system for restoration and protection….

Tulips outside of Ponzio Campus Center

2018 Honors Day Awards Recipients

…Your Breath Away” Environmental Science and Natural Resources Faculty Award John Aguirre Allison Kohler Samuel Tharpgeorge Matthew Koszuta Shea Schachameyer Anthony Soukey Madison Laughlin James P. Fennessey Award in Chemistry Sam Paulson Matthew Berg Endowed Award Megan Mader Tim Carpenter Memorial Award Will Otte Bruce Goetz Tools of the Trade…

Four Northland College students sit in a boat with survey equipment

The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills

Students Survey Fish Populations

…research scientist Matt Cooper. Mader is a double major in water science and natural resources with an emphasis in ecological restoration and a writing minor. She is a member of the Northland softball team, ski club, enjoys fishing and hiking in the area and has led an Outdoor Orientation trip….

Northland student holds biological specimen

World Solutions Via Evolutionary Biology

Jessica Mohlman Accepts Dream Job

Profile: Jessica Mohlman Graduated: 2015 Major: biology and natural resources—fisheries and wildlife ecology Hometown: McHenry, Illinois Jessica Mohlman’s passion for biology and conservation first started when she was a child. “While many of my friends dreamt of being princesses and astronauts, I dreamt of being a scientist,” Jessica says. “I…

Stephanie Red Cloud Muise

Second at National STEM Conference

…for Steph, for those of us who serve as her mentors, and for the greater Northland community.” A natural resources major with a minor in biology, Muise worked with Katie Stumpf, assistant professor of biology, and Paula Anich, assistant professor of biology and natural resources, on this senior thesis project….

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Live in Your Hiking Boots

College Magazine Names Northland College in Rankings of “Top 10 Colleges for Outdoor Enthusiasts.”

…body to do a water testing, take insect surveys and even fish to analyze the different water types, such as lakes, rivers, and bogs,’ said junior Alex Selle [who is majoring in natural resources with an emphasis in ecological restoration and water science]. “First-year students are required to participate in…

Great Lakes

Wis. Lets Village Go to Town on Great Lakes Water

Peter Annin uncovered documents about the expanded Pleasant Prairie diversion in reporting for second edition of The Great Lakes Water Wars.

…years later, records show, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources boosted the city’s allotment of lake water by another 7.49 million gallons a day — almost as much as the controversial Waukesha diversion approved in 2016 and a little more than the bounty of Lake Michigan water secured for the…

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Wolf Conservation in America’s National Parks

One Hundred Years of Learning By Bill Route, National Park Service In 2016 we celebrate one hundred years of the National Park Service (NPS), an agency born in 1916 and charged with managing select areas to preserve and commemorate nationally significant natural and cultural resources. National parks play an increasingly…