Imagine a northern lake without the haunting calls and awe-inspiring presence of the common loon. It’s a disturbing thought, but in some places, it’s happening. Air and water pollution, loss of habitat, and increasing recreational activities on lakes all pose serious threats to loons across North America, and in some…
The Applied Research and Environmental Laboratory (ARELab) is an analytical laboratory that supports applied environmental research and provides service to citizens and natural resource professionals throughout the region. Students work with faculty and staff to analyze a range of environmental samples that describe water quality, soil nutrients, and foodweb processes….
…literature to increase young people’s ability to ask questions about the world around them, speculate, hypothesize, seek information and develop questions. • Strategies for meeting state common core standards for environmental education and English language arts. • Optional wolf howl excursion on Thursday evening, following an opening reception and presentation….
…of Lacrosse 6-8 p.m. Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute March 17 Indigenous Resistance: Art Exhibit & Lecture 6-8:30 p.m. Dexter Library 6 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit of linocut and silkscreen prints of indigenous struggles in Mexico from artist collectives. 7 p.m. Aurora Conley of Bad River Ojibwe Presents: From Bad…
Senior Mikaela Fischer, Northland College student, will hold a public reception for her senior exhibition “Art of Bacteria” on Tuesday, April 4, 4-6 p.m. at the Mary Van Evera Visual Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibit features photographs of the bacterial paintings created…
By Katherine Sorenson ’16 Brendan Baylor, a visiting art instructor at Northland College, has created a visceral woodcut print depicting the history of clearcutting in northern Wisconsin. The opening reception for his exhibition, Tracing Power: The Ecology and Economy of Place, will be held Friday, October 16 from 5-7 p.m….
…could give us political clout, an opportunity to share what works and what doesn’t work in an island environment,” said Potswald. Representatives from all 17 islands are planning on attending a Summit in September on Beaver Island which is off the coast of Michigan where they’ll talk about the Island…
