This workshop, instructed by Timber Wolf Alliance Chair Adrian Wydeven and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Technician Sarah Boles, teaches the basics of tracking medium-to-large-sized carnivores in Wisconsin, including track identification, gait patterns, and conducting snow track surveys. Participants will be provided with a tracker’s notebook and track field…
…wolf pack territories. Participants will assist with wolf howling surveys and learn techniques in wolf tracking and radio telemetry. This workshop meets the ecology qualifications for being a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources volunteer carnivore tracker for winter wolf counts, volunteer wolf howler to survey in summer, and the training…
…research in the top of this tree. With the use of motion sensitive cameras, students have worked alongside Martin and Professor of Natural Resources Erik Olson. pictured here, to identify a multitude of mammals, insects, frogs, fungi, and lichen living in the canopy, including the highest ever recorded sighting of…
The Northland College Timber Wolf Alliance recently released a technical report, surveying the opinions of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Wildlife Society regarding wolf population goals for Wisconsin. The survey was conducted and the report written by Erik Olson, assistant professor of natural resources, and Adrian Wydeven, chair of the…
Major: sustainable community development with physical planning and development emphasis, and natural resources with ecological restoration emphasis Hometown: Saint Paul, Minnesota Future Plans: sustainable design Q. What are you up to post-graduation? A. Short-term, this summer and at least into the fall I will be working for the Mary Griggs…
…the basin, access to water gets more complicated. In a controversial decision, Great Lakes states are allowing the City of Waukesha to tap Lake Michigan as a replacement for its own polluted groundwater. Also controversial, this year’s decision by the Department of Natural Resources to allow the City of Racine…
…works at the college are divided into four departments: lakes, streams, lab analysis, and plankton. With the distinction of being its only worker, “I’m the plankton department,” Fitzgerald jokes. His status has earned him the nickname of “The Plankton Guy.” Graduating with a double major in natural resources and geosciences…
…photography,” said Karl. “It really is a combination of science education, art education and opportunity for the kids to have a therapeutic experience in the water.” That’s the most fun part of the project for Toben Lafrancois, assistant adjunct professor of natural resources and philosophy at Northland College in Ashland….
