…from other parts of the Midwest where water flows toward the Mississippi River. Only nobody noticed until now. Pleasant Prairie, a fast-developing community just north of the Illinois border, started with a daily limit of 3.2 million gallons when regional leaders approved the Great Lakes Water Compact in 2008. Two…
…“In other words, we have a regional food system that has the potential for weathering economic or environmental impacts—something referred to as resilience,” Hofstedt said. Not surprisingly, stores are the most common and the largest source of food—some 77 percent stated they get most of their food from stores. What…
…and Canada use their waters. The eight Great Lakes states — Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec collectively form a $4.7 trillion economy, the fourth-largest in the world. It’s no wonder that people across North America and around…
New York native Justin Ross will begin August 1 as the next head men’s lacrosse coach at Northland College. For the last four years, Ross has coached the Monroe Community College (MCC) men’s lacrosse program, leading his team to a 38-20 record during his tenure, including one regional championship game….
…advancement and extension of the Training Exceptional Educators (TREE) Clinical Residency Program. This partnership directly supports and impacts regional, state, and national efforts to increase diversity in the K-12 teaching profession as well as efforts in Ojibwe language revitalization by increasing the number of certified and licensed Native American teachers….
…University of Vermont. Stone writes a weekly column published in more than a dozen local and regional newspapers. These columns have collected into a new book, “Natural Connections: Exploring Northwoods Nature through Science and Your Senses.” Three of her columns recently earned an Excellence in Craft award from the Outdoor…
The Great Lakes Regional Office of the National Park Service came to professors Sarah Johnson and Jonathan Martin to help answer a question: Do natural occurring fires help or hurt vegetation, specifically Canada yew, in the Apostle Islands? Johnson, assistant professor of natural resources, has been conducting vegetative research in…
…other towns on or near the watershed line. That’s it. No yellow brick road to Las Vegas—which is the most important change that the compact brought to the regional water management paradigm. The compact also requires diversion applicants like Waukesha to return Great Lakes water after it is used, so…
Northland College is one of the 332 most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. “We’ve been establishing sustainability standards for over 40 years,” said Northland’s Regional Sustainability Coordinator Nathan Engstrom. “It’s wonderful to be recognized by Princeton Review for our ongoing dedication and…
…Mary Griggs Burke Center Freshwater Innovation • Desi Neiwinski, Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation • Northland College Center for Rural Communities • Matt Hudson, Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation Private Landowners Land Management: • Erika Lang, Bayfield Regional Conservancy • Henry Quinlan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
