…day the city hopes to draw. Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb, got the OK from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources after five years of review. The plan, however, must still get the backing of Great Lakes governors, including Gov. Mark Dayton. That could prove difficult. To read more visit MPRNews….
…— more than double the highest previously on record. Her findings were published in the May issue of the scientific journal, Ecology. “This frog appears to be able to weather sun during the day in the canopy by finding shady and cool spots,” said Laughlin, who studies natural resources and…
…nature, but more importantly connected to adults that help me figure out the challenge that many children have today when they have decisions that they have to make, the peer pressure, the bullying, all those things. Of course, we all experienced them, but I had people that I could really…
…search visited for a day over the summer and I completed my application on the only publicly-accessible computer at the camp within weeks. Q. Best experience? After my junior year, I completed a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Climate Science at Penn State. These competitive positions offer…
…northern forest with little deer pressure. Johnson is walking in the woods with me on a Friday afternoon in June for two reasons. First, because I asked her if she would show me the impacts of high-density “deer browse” on the landscape. Second, because further down this road is a…
…community of Pleasant Prairie, acted unilaterally and virtually in secret to treble the city’s authorized allotment of Lake Michigan water from the previous level of 3.2 million gallons per day to 10.69 mgd. For perspective, that is substantially more water than the 8.62 mgd allotted to Waukesha in the years-long,…
…to celebrate commencement with us this May,” said President Michael A. Miller “I know that her experiences as a scientist, mother, teacher, writer and mentor, will resonate with our students. The spring 2015 commencement exercises will take place at the Northland College campus Saturday, May 23 at 2:30 p.m. in…
…on a Saturday night. “I had never seen so many stars,” Fisher said. When Fisher’s mom was boarding the bus to return to New York City, she hugged her daughter and said: “you must know I love you having spent thirty-three hours on a bus and about to repeat the…
…true tale, Mike’s keen eye sees past the current day cornfields of the driftless region of Iowa to the historic trout stream and the ecosystem that existed. The story teaches the age-old process of discovery for the young reader and the restoration of the natural world. —Jan Penn, SONWA committee…
