2012-2013 Northland Catalog
…country, still recovering from the Revolutionary War. Upon his arrival from France, John James Audubon discovered a world of wildlife, unspoiled scenery, and unexplored lands. • 2005. Where Mountains Are Nameless: Passion and Politics in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Jonathan Waterman. Waterman braves polar bears and frigid waters in…
…Lakes Compact, including Minnesota’s Mark Dayton. This is a very big deal and the outcome couldn’t be more in doubt, according to Peter Annin, who you could fairly say wrote the book on conflicts over our continent’s most precious freshwater resource: “The Great Lakes Water Wars,” published in 2006. I…
…one of the main points that I can bring to a discussion on climate change is the perspective of time and the speed of change that are often hard to grasp.” Lafrancois will talk about how plankton are critical to the most loved aspects of freshwater systems—water clarity and fish….
…Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation in the ARELab. In the lab, I help run a few different tests on water samples that the Burke Center field crew brings in from water bodies in the area, and water samples from other clients. In the ARELab we also go out daily to…
…Waukesha’s if it succeeds – by other communities across the Great Lakes basin. In “The Great Lakes Water Wars,” Peter Annin wrote that Waukesha – once a “water tourism” destination on the strength, especially, of its supposedly magical springs – gained a decades-old reputation for its “pugnacious, irascible and unreasonable”…
…this is going to be a really big test of whether this document that was designed to take politics out of water will be successful,” said Peter Annin, co-director of the Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College and author of “Great Lakes Water Wars.” To read full article….
…body to do a water testing, take insect surveys and even fish to analyze the different water types, such as lakes, rivers, and bogs,’ said junior Alex Selle [who is majoring in natural resources with an emphasis in ecological restoration and water science]. “First-year students are required to participate in…
