…the most highly agreed upon item in the survey,” Hofstedt said. In light of legislation considered by the Wisconsin State Legislature earlier this year, which would ease the process of privatizing municipal water utilities, respondents were asked about their attitudes toward publicly and privately owned water utilities. Participants tend to…
…near Firth Lake in Chippewa County. The Trail is a thousand-mile footpath—with two hundred miles more to go—that highlights the unique landscape, sculpted by glaciers more than 12,000 years ago. Managed by a partnership among the National Park Service, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the Ice Age Trail…
BY MICHAEL HAWTHORNE, Chicago Tribune Governors from the eight Great Lakes states agreed Tuesday to allow a Wisconsin city to start pumping millions of gallons a day from Lake Michigan, marking the largest diversion of water from the lakes since Chicago reversed the flow of the Chicago River in 1900….
By Marie Zhuikov, Wisconsin Sea Grant February 15, 2016 Wisconsin Sea Grant Researcher and Northland College Professor, Randy Lehr, was in Duluth on Feb. 2, speaking about his climate change research in the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior and a new integrated assessment project he’s starting for the same area….
Northland College will host a four-day Lake Superior Youth Symposium, April 27-30, offering a dynamic menu of field experiences, programs, presentations, and entertainment. The Symposium is a biennial event—this is the 12th—open to teachers and students in grades 8-12 throughout the Lake Superior watershed——Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the province of…
…level but also to make the most of academic and co-curricular experiences. This was no different for Erin Gilligan who grew up playing sports at a young age in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, near Green Bay. For her, she made a careful choice to attend Northland College for the opportunity to…
If you are a Loon Ranger, most likely you are familiar with the name Mike Meyer, who has been doing loon research for the last twenty-five years. If you are a very lucky Loon Ranger living in the northeast Wisconsin counties, you may have witnessed Mike and his crew band*…
…our mission of inclusiveness and environmental stewardship. Today, we honor you for your service to Northland College, the United Church of Christ, the Wisconsin Humanities Council, the Chequamegon Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and numerous other organizations. Your commitment to seeking and embodying truth and justice have made you a respected contributor…
