Northland College announced today that it will add women’s hockey to its NCAA Division III hockey program, effective for the 2016-2017 season. The College has already begun a search for a coach. “The driving force behind the decision is the continued growth of hockey and Northland’s location, central in a…
…with a focus on the Great Lakes Compact, a legal document designed to keep Great Lakes water inside the Great Lakes Basin. As the codirector of the Northland College Mary Griggs Burke Center, Annin has been following, reporting, speaking and writing about the current diversion application from Waukesha, Wis., a…
…President George W. Bush. Population growth, prolonged drought and other new demands for water are factors that could prompt other regions to push hard for Great Lakes water. Gov. Jim Doyle in 2008 after passage in Wisconsin of enabling legislation governing the Great Lakes Compact. “What will really test this…
…more about issues that concern Indigenous peoples, and promote awareness of Native American and Indigenous cultures through planning and participating in events. NASA meets weekly on Thursdays at 4 p.m. in the Indigenous Cultures Center Student Lounge (114B Mead Hall). This event is open to current Northland College students only….
BY ERIC WOLFF, Politico Morning Energy WAUKESHA’S GREAT LAKES EFFECT: The Great Lakes Compact, a bipartisan, collaborative agreement that largely blocks diversions of Great Lakes water, will be tested today when eight states gather to decide if Waukesha, Wisc. can start pumping from Lake Michigan. As Pro’s Annie Snider reports,…
…“The idea is to protect what we have and restore what we can—and keep in mind that wetland restoration has an economic side,” Cooper said. The annual value of Great Lakes fisheries is estimated at $7 billion and a majority of Great Lakes fish species use coastal wetlands at some…
…spent years fighting to keep Great Lakes water inside the Great Lakes Basin — Nova’s plan was a nightmarish legal precedent. If people were permitted to tanker water to Asia, how could officials prevent Great Lakes water from being piped to Dallas, Phoenix or L.A.? Politicians, journalists and the general…
…the wetlands in the spring to sample fish that use the wetlands to spawn. The project is part of a larger effort investigating how coastal wetlands support Great Lakes fisheries. Over a three-year period, the collaborative team will sample thirty-six coastal wetlands from across the Great Lakes basin. The $23,485…
…will replace oil as the most important natural resource in the world, calling the Great Lakes region the Saudi Arabia of water. He said people living near the Great Lakes need to increase their water literacy and become thought leaders on the challenges facing fresh water, such as water diversion….
Governors from all eight Great Lakes states had to sign off before Waukesha, Wis., could siphon water out of Lake Michigan. When Foxconn Technology Group wanted to dip a straw into the lake for its new electronics factory west of Racine, the Taiwan-based company had to undergo a rigorous legal…
