…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…
…Olson biographer Dr. David Backes, the award-winning writer of A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson. Dr. Backes retired in 2015 after twenty-seven years as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He gave the content of the Olson website to the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland…
…this inaugural program, the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and Island City Academy officially launched the next sixty years of connecting regional stakeholders to the Griggs-Burke family’s conservation legacy and inspiring future environmental leaders. Since that first collaborative program, Northland College outdoor education students have developed and facilitated a…
Read Sigurd Olson speaches from 1927-1972….
Associate Professor of Environmental History Erica Hannickel talks with us about her book, Empire of Vines: Wine Culture in America, published in 2013 by University of Pennsylvania Press. Q. You’re an environmental historian writing about grape cultivation. How does one intersect with the other and how did you get interested?…
…can do better by delivering clothing that is comfortable, ethical, environmental, and marketable. Abby Rose was awarded the Environmentalist of the Year in business this past spring by the Northern Michigan Environmental Council, for her work at Yana Dee Ethical Apparel in Traverse City, Michigan, a clothing line started by…
…Burke Center staff to implement laboratory and field protocols and develop environmental management plans and reports to support Burke Center programs. Typical work includes, but is not limited to: collection, analysis, and presentation of field data; and processing of environmental samples. Minimum qualifications include one year of relevant coursework from…
The Urban History Association awarded Josiah Rector, Hulings Assistant Professor of US and Environmental History and Culture, the Michael Katz Award for Best Dissertation in Urban History. Rector, who began at Northland College this fall, wrote his dissertation “Accumulating Risk: Environmental Justice and the History of Capitalism in Detroit, 1880-2015,”…
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…society in the history of man,” he observed. “Are we able? Yes. Are we willing? That’s the unanswered question.” Mark R. Peterson is Executive Director of the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and former director of Audubon Minnesota. This editorial appeared in the Duluth News Tribune on Earth Day….
