…campus and travel to Superior for dinner before attending a glow skating session. Students must register by Wednesday, March 26, by completing the form at form.jotform.com/250626385637060 or scanning the QR code on the event flyer. Check out wowskatecenter.com for more information or contact res-life@northland.edu with questions! This event is free…
Bounce into fun with Outdoor Pursuits! 🤸♀️ Join us for an adrenaline-packed adventure at Sky Zone Trampoline Park in Duluth! From freestyle jumping and foam pits to ultimate dodgeball, ninja warrior courses, sky joust, and more—there’s something for everyone. Sign-up here by Wednesday, April 2 to join in on the…
Help brighten the day of seniors in our community! The Office of Student Wellness is partnering with Ashland Health and Rehabilitation Center and Northern Lights Assisted Living in Washburn to create fifty Valentine’s Day cards for their residents! Supplies will be available on the first floor of the Ponzio Campus…
If you’re interested in making birchbark baskets, sign up for this evening workshop led by Biskakone! This is a two-day workshop meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, October 15–16, from 4 to 7 p.m. both nights. Registration is required, as space is limited. Participants must be able to attend both sessions. To…
If you live on a lake, or even if you don’t, your favorite wild creature might well be a loon. I’ve often wondered: What benignly demented sort of deity would create such a thing as a loon, to captivate us with musical calls and bewitch us with glowing red eyes…
…to be back in Wisconsin. Subjects discussed: Why [host] Noah Wishau held this particular episode for so long; how wolves came back to Wisconsin; Why people think that they were released back into WI by the DNR; What impact these animals have on the deer population; The long and sordid…
…that just as a deer herd lives in mortal fear of its wolves, so does a mountain live in mortal fear of its deer. And perhaps with better cause, for while a buck pulled down by wolves can be replaced in two or three years, a range pulled down by…
…overlooked creatures that we have forgotten yet cannot live without. —Erin Bergin, Northland College student and SONWA committee member Honorable Mention: The Ground Beneath Us: From the Oldest Cities to the Last Wilderness, What Dirt Tells Us About Who We Are, by Paul Bogard (Little, Brown and Company) Startling facts…
…1998. Today, roughly 110 Mexican gray wolves live in the wild in the U.S. and thirteen in Mexico. About 240 Mexican gray wolves live in captivity in the U.S. and Mexico. “The role of our group is to inform the USFWS on scientific aspects of Mexican wolf recovery,” Wydeven said….
At the start of the Timber Wolf Alliance, 1987, only 18 wolves were estimated to live in Wisconsin and fewer in Upper Michigan. That year, the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute began the Timber Wolf Alliance assisting twenty-one organizations and many private individuals interested in promoting wolf recovery in Wisconsin and…
