Gretchen Hamernik-Winters is a pre-veterinarian student at Northland College, who has set big goals for herself. “I would love to work as a zoo vet with the potential of opening my own rehabilitation center for zoos that close as well as for wildlife that can no longer live in the…
This workshop, instructed by Timber Wolf Alliance Chair Adrian Wydeven and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Technician Sarah Boles, teaches the basics of tracking medium-to-large-sized carnivores in Wisconsin, including track identification, gait patterns, and conducting snow track surveys. Participants will be provided with a tracker’s notebook and track field…
…such as beer and soft drinks. But as debates about the Foxconn and Waukesha water diversions continue to roil the region, it turns out Wisconsin gave another city permission nearly a decade ago to send significantly more Lake Michigan water beyond the subcontinental divide that separates the Great Lakes basin…
…people. And then did it again in the evening. “To this day, I have no idea how I was able to do that—doing it totally cold, without a run through,” he said. Fitzgibbon grew up in Menasha, Wisconsin, in a musical household; his dad played banjo and two sisters sang…
…Most recently, I have leaped into a new project called Wisconsin’s Green Fire, a coalition of natural resources professionals working to elevate science in decision making in Wisconsin. Arts and sciences have always evolved together. Writing, arts, and music can move people to consider science and our role in the…
…in Ashland, Wisconsin. Northland College is a private environmental liberal arts college located just blocks away from Lake Superior in Ashland, Wisconsin. Founded in 1892, the College adopted a bold new mission and made history in 1974 as the first college in the country to fully integrate an environmental focus…
By Marie Zhuikov, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Wisconsin Sea Grant undergraduate student, Joe Fitzgerald, has spent the past two years working with Northland College Professor Randy Lehr collecting plankton. The collection is for Lehr’s research project on the Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior. Students in the center where Fitzgerald…
…that’s something Andy and I need to do well if we are to succeed at our goal of working full time on our farm.” Stephanie earned a masters from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in environmental science and policy and now works as a nutrient management specialist with the Wisconsin Department…
Northern Wisconsin has dealt with three floods in the last six years that caused millions of dollars in damage resulting in federal disaster declarations. The region is seeing more frequent, intense rainfalls. For the last several years, local, state and federal partners have been trying to find ways to…
…successful careers. Founded in 1892, Northland College is located at the tip of Wisconsin, on the south shore of Lake Superior. Adjacent to the Apostle Islands and nearly a million acres of national forest, Northland has an unparalleled living laboratory and natural playground just beyond our doors. The Nitty-Gritty…
