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Students Seek Citizen Help for Gray Fox Research

…Fisher, with oversight from Professor of Natural Resources Erik Olson are heading the research effort. They hope to expand the number of study sites with the help of local community members. Students would like to hear from people who have had a gray fox observation or have heard of a…

Immerse Yourselves

…Rock, brook trout fishing on the Marengo River, or hiking on the North Country Trail. Hunt ducks in the Fish Creek Sloughs, as Sigurd Olson did; Ski out onto the ice of Chequamegon Bay in the dark of a new moon and watch for the northern lights over Long Island….

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Alumnus Karl ’04 oversees outdoor therapeutic program

Healing Through a Lense

…time between western Norway and the Apostle Islands, guiding kayaking, mountain trips, and whitewater rafting, teaching environmental education, and spending the winters as a carpenter, ski instructor, and ski patroller. In 2010, he started his job at Northwest Passage. In a New Light Northwest Passage Program Development Coordinator Ben Thwaits…

Great Lakes

Stateside Radio: Peter Annin on Pleasant Prairie

Why this 2010 approval of a multi-million gallon Great Lakes water diversion is drawing new scrutiny

…with the Compact Council.” Annin said that the Wisconsin DNR is adamant they have followed the letter of the law and that the Pleasant Prairie water diversion is legal. But he said not everyone agrees with them, and the Chicago-based environmental group the Alliance for the Great Lakes is currently…

Northland College chemistry classroom

NSF Award Funds Sustainable Plastics Research

NC Receives $364,361 National Science Foundation Award

…state-of-the-art research experiences that could lead to important advances that would have a significant impact on lessening the environmental impact of plastics,” Robertson said. Robertson and students coauthored initial research results with their collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2014, in the journal ChemComm, about new methods of…

Lake Superior and beach

Geologic Perspectives on Climate Change

…connect and learn about the natural world, leading to graduates who are community problem solvers and technological innovators, working to promote environmental sustainability and solutions to climate change. The comprehensive plans of Ashland, Washburn and Bayfield all point to a focus on sustainability by developing a pathway to renewable energy…

Northland College alums Derek Ogle and Tam Hofman

Alumni Association Recognizes Hofman and Ogle

…cum laude in 1989 with a degree in environmental studies and returned to join the faculty in 1996 after earning a PhD in fisheries from the University of Minnesota. He has actively served Northland and the American Fisheries Society (AFS) and is an AFS-certified Fisheries Professional. Professor Ogle continues to…

Northland College student installing hoop house

Food Is Everything

Danny Simpson '18, Assistant Manager of the Hulings Rice Food Center

…the Student Affairs Division Outstanding Student Leadership Award for Sustainability recognizing exceptional dedication to improving the environmental, economic, and social well-being of the Northland College campus and community, the Chequamegon Bay area, and the world beyond. For him, food is everything. “In my family, food is a really big deal….