BY MARK PETERSON, for the Duluth News Tribune The idea sprung from disaster. Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson had just viewed the Santa Barbara oil spill in August 1969. He was flying home when he read an article about teach-ins on the Vietnam War being conducted on college campuses. “It popped…
…water is only going to come from more corners over the next several decades, as journalist Peter Annin explained in an Oct. 22, 2015 talk at Monona Terrace in Madison. Co-director of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College in Ashland, he is the author of…
…Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College in Ashland, said the compact is an example of “big, important, transformative environmental pieces of legislation” that change over time through legal challenges and court rulings. “It’s always been expected that the compact would be, as well,” Annin said. To read the full…
…be easily implemented and successful. “Every little personal choice we make does matter whether it is changing a lightbulb, eating more plant-based foods, or refusing to support a business whose values are not in alignment with yours,” she said. At Northland, she crafted her own major, sustainability and education, was…
…he promotes Indigenous foods through talks and workshops, as well as a variety of research and writing services for Native American tribes and affiliated organizations. He also teaches Wild Foods and classes related to natural history, botany, and biodiversity at Western Washington University, and ethnobotany at a local community college….
…rodents, squirrels, songbirds and waterfowl. “This is one of the first studies to examine the carnivore community of the Apostle Islands archipelago,” said Erik Olson, associate professor of natural resources, who led the new research with Van Deelen at the University of Wisconsin, Julie Van Stappen of the Apostle Islands…
In a July 27, 2016, talk hosted by the Lafayette County 4-H club, recorded for Wisconsin Public Television’s University Place, Tom Fitz, associate professor of geology, delved into how the Penokees—“some of the oldest rocks in Wisconsin”—took shape. He explored the processes that formed the complex layers of rock making…
…the book yet, how did you come to the topic? As a cultural historian, was there a particular book or film that touched off your inquiry? The Dying City combines a host of research and personal interests. Its scholarly origins go back to two seminar courses at the University of…
