…Bay tributaries. They act like a live fishing net, most of them underwater at any given time, surfacing only to gulp air for a second then dive again. What you’re seeing here are cooperative predation tactics by highly intelligent, long-lived water masters who know how to make the most of…
…neutral. All participants were asked whether they agree or disagree with concerns on both sides of the issue. The top five concerns are water quality, smell, divisions in the community, air quality and health risks. A majority of respondents are also concerned about harm to local fishing, decrease to property…
Representatives of industry, American Indian tribes, government and environmental groups took part in a water summit in northern Wisconsin over the weekend to discuss the future of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under a new White House administration. Congress has invested around $2 billion in projects to clean up the…
…and Giroux, Washington D.C.) Trespassing Across America: One Man’s Epic Never-Done-Before (and sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland, by Ken Ilgunas (Blue Rider Press, New York, New York) “Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World’s Most Alluring Fish,” by Chris Dombrowski (Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minnesota) Turning…
…the program. The day-long conversation on Madeline Island, Wisconsin, resulted in 12 conclusions to inform policy under a new presidential administration and Congress. “We’re increasingly understanding that investing in clean, fresh water is a priority for public health, ecosystem health, the economy and a lot more,” Cameron Davis, senior adviser…
…will be offered as a one-credit course for current Northland College students. Craig said she is currently working to make this a reality, using this year’s pilot as the model. If approved, next year’s conference will likely feature more speakers, a water activity on Lake Namekagon, and a few hours…
…Hopefully, the work I do will help to inform decisions surrounding water management from mountain runoff and be a valuable tool in our future climate system. Q. Advice for newcomers? A. Northland is great! I have learned so much, developed wonderful friendships, and have been helped along the way…
…Get on the Water Campus is located blocks from Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world, and also close to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, which consists of twenty-one islands and miles of shoreline at the northern tip of Wisconsin. You can explore the shoreline or the islands…
Jessica Dexter is a staff attorney focused on clean water litigation and policy issues at the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest and has opened a new office for Environmental Law and Policy Center in Duluth, Minn. She is 2000 graduate of Northland College, where she studied environmental…
…breakthrough in their research. “We developed a new method of transforming waste plastics, like polyethylene terephthalate—a plastic widely used for water bottles—into commodity chemicals that are used in a variety of applications like pharmaceuticals,” Klein explained. Having published work in a high-level, peer-reviewed journal is incredibly impactful for students, according…
