Elizabeth Alexson’s self-directed student research positions with the Northland College Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation fast-tracked her from graduating Northland College in 2013 to graduate studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), where she is currently pursuing her master’s degree in water resources science. While at Northland,…
…due to more than espresso. They’ve just finished their freshman year in Superior Connections, a unique interdisciplinary course of study focused on the Lake Superior watershed. Founded in 1892, Northland College is located in northern Wisconsin near Lake Superior and the Chequamegon National Forest with its resident wildlife. Northland’s 500…
Researchers in Ashland are seeing higher amounts of phosphorus in waters near Lake Superior. They say levels exceed state water quality standards in a creek that’s downstream from where a large hog farm may be built. Randy Lehr with the Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College said they’ve been…
Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation Co-Director Peter Annin is quoted in this Chicago Tribune investigative piece: “There is nothing more hypocritical than to put up a legal water fence around the region and then thumb your nose at water efficiency,” Annin said. To read the entire article. …
BY MICHAEL HAWTHORNE, Chicago Tribune Governors from the eight Great Lakes states agreed Tuesday to allow a Wisconsin city to start pumping millions of gallons a day from Lake Michigan, marking the largest diversion of water from the lakes since Chicago reversed the flow of the Chicago River in 1900….
…Obama, the GLRI budget would fall to $250 million. Reversing that cut is one of the subjects of a dozen policy recommendations made earlier this month at the Northland College Water Summit’s panel of water experts from a mix of industry, nonprofits, tribal government, federal agencies and academia. To read…
…to do,” Welnetz laughed. “It was a gorgeous day on the lake. First, one motor died, then another.” Having spent the morning collecting water samples for the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, Welnetz said she was in her element and enjoying every second of it. The boat was…
…policy has focused on the dangers of second-hand smoke but what about butts thrown onto the ground? Public policy also focuses on human impacts. Trevor wanted to know if cigarette butts in small bodies of water harmed invertebrates. They looked at vernal, or temporary ponds. They set up experiments, looked…
