…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,…
…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…
…as outdoor filmmaking and aquatic ecology allow high school students to reside in the residence halls gaining a glimpse of college life at Northland. Other sessions like sailing in the Apostle Islands or backpacking in Pictured Rocks or paddling the Namekagon River offer the excitement of a wilderness expedition trip….
On October 21, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act. Sigurd Olson, who attended Northland College from 1916-18, had a lifelong relationship with the Boundary Waters, celebrating his honeymoon there in 1921, guiding numerous trips on its waters, living and raising his family…
…past, where a massive wall of ice would have at one point stood on the horizon, occupying much of Lake Superior. Of course, I am also aware that I would have been standing under about five-hundred feet of water, with red clay sediment settling all around me to create the…
…for my farm, River Road Farm, in 2011 after taking a nine-month course in farm business called, Farm Beginnings. I figured out, line item by line item, what the startup costs would be and how much gross revenue was needed to achieve a modest profit. How did that go? Fast…
…the book yet, how did you come to the topic? As a cultural historian, was there a particular book or film that touched off your inquiry? The Dying City combines a host of research and personal interests. Its scholarly origins go back to two seminar courses at the University of…
Research, Analyze, Communicate: The Student Experience We take our location next to the largest freshwater lake in the world seriously. Through our laboratory, field research, and communications, we provide paid graduate level opportunities for undergraduates. Our student researchers, analyze, and communicate freshwater science—including climate change, toxic chemicals, Great Lakes policy,…
