…to be inside the city during the 1800s, with others in surrounding Waukesha County. “This city was a water destination,” Peter Annin, author of The Great Lakes Water Wars and co-director of Northland College’s Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, said. To read full article in the Toledo Blade….
Annin, Lehr address crowd of 100 A highlight of the Northland College Fall Festival weekend of events took place Friday at the Alvord theater as some 100 people attended the opening of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, a center devoted to freshwater science, environmental literacy, communication and…
…withstand weather extremes much more gracefully. “Most Wisconsin farms are designed, for example, to get rid of excess water,” she explains. “Our farm is being set up to capture every drop of water we receive. Without water it doesn’t really matter what perfect balance of nutrients you have, so to…
…as Water Protectors who have stood with Standing Rock Sioux leaders in North Dakota to defend the land and water from a $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile pipeline slated to run under Lake Oahe and the Missouri River. The Spirit of Standing Rock is a collection of soulful narratives from Water Protectors,…
…of the Burke Center and author of the Great Lakes Water Wars, delving into the long history of political maneuvers and water diversion schemes that have proposed sending Great Lakes water everywhere from Akron to Arizona. Through the prism of the past, his talk analyzes the future of Great Lakes…
…author of “The Great Lakes Water Wars,” says it was a big shift in the way we manage water. “There was this idea in the early part of the last century that we can ship water to wherever the people are,” Annin says. To listen or read the entire story….
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…slow the flow of stormwater running off the landscape, as well as reduce the amount of sediment washing into Lake Superior. One way the group of stakeholders is trying to solve stormwater runoff is through wetland ponds. Not far from the washout caused by June flooding on U.S. Highway 2,…
Northland College and the Chequamegon Bay Area Arts Council are teaming up again to host the 2015 Small Works exhibition and auction to be held at the Dexter Library on the campus November 10 through December 4. A closing reception will be held on December 4, 5 p.m. – 7:30…
