…Xbox. It’s better than Xbox. Here you are hanging with friends and you’re occupied.” And another wrote: “It got us away from technology. We’re on our phones a lot as a society and getting kids out into the wilderness shows them how not to be a robot and look at…
…wise,” writes Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat, Pray, Love.” Her first book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the prestigious John Burroughs Medal in 2005 for outstanding nature writing. Sigurd Olson was a recipient of the same award in 1974 for his book, Wilderness Days. The SONWA selection committee also noted two…
…finds for her artwork in nature. She illustrated Bissonette’s North Woods Girl, and received a SONWA honorable mention for My Wilderness: An Alaskan Adventure. “That connection between nature and literature imparts to kids the role nature plays in our lives,” says McGehee. “The more you see, the more you understand….
…resources professor at Northland College in Ashland. Olson, along with 10 undergraduate students, scouted out open areas with low human traffic in the Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve and the Big Bay State Park to place the cameras, some of which included a scent to lure the more elusive species, like…
…Midwestern Woodland, by Cornelia F. Mutel (University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Iowa) Raising Wild: Dispatches from a Home in the Wilderness, by Michael P. Branch (Roost Books, Boulder, Colorado) Adult Notable Books The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, by Terry Tempest Williams (Farrar, Straus,…
…Northland College in the fall. My intuition was right on point, but it has taken many years to fully realize how influential NC truly was. Not just with the many strong and deep connections I had made with people, or the intriguing coursework, or the many wilderness adventures, but the…
…lead on a high path to a better future. Northland College President Michael A. Miller also noted the special nature of the partnership. “This is about creating a space where we can learn and share stories and have more generations coming to this region to understand wilderness,” Miller said. …
…had a desire to visit the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. He recently booked a guided trip with the Ely Outfitting Co. to take his sons Adrian, 12, and Xavier, 10. As part of the package, the company bought a specially designed paddle to considerably enhance Bush’s paddling skills. “If…
…Idaho counting fish!” Since leaving Northland, Mike has worked in remote and beautiful locations including the Grand Canyon, Alaska, and the Taylor Ranch Wilderness Research Station in Idaho. These experiences led him to pursue his masters in fish genetics at the University of Washington. To this day, Mike stays in…
…trends lead me down the path to finally choosing to study sustainability in college. A second experience that solidified this interest was my semester at Conserve School. It was four months of learning outside, reading and writing about wilderness explorers and developing a deeper connection to the natural environment. My…
