BY DAVE ULLMAN, Assistant Professor of Geoscience On those really hot days in August, I often like to ride my bike down to Maslowski Beach in Ashland to let my mind drift into geologic time. I’ll wade into the cool water and stare out across Chequamegon Bay, imagining a not-so-distant…
…in 1958 and went on to champion the Native American Studies program, the Native American Museum, to advocate for regional environmental causes, and to work tirelessly to educate the community about Ojibwa and other Native cultures. “Joe’s contributions to Northland are too many to count and too valuable to not…
…at least 116 years old, it was just a few years shy of being considered old growth by regional management standards. Even in death, however, Martin said the white pine continues to provide instruction in ecosystems. “A tree that once provided habitat for birds, tree frogs, stoneflies, and many other…
Our lives are made up of encounters. Most are the everyday, unremarkable interactions making up a life. Other encounters are momentous, life-changing. Regional writers will share encounters large and small in the ninth annual Writers Read, this year’s theme being Encounters. At 7 p.m Friday, January 25 in the Alvord…
Evan Coulson, Bro professor of sustainable regional development, tells a story worth remembering. He was managing the rock climbing and rappelling site at Bob’s Rock in the Chequamegon-Nicolet Forest this past summer for a group of Chicago teens. This outing was part of a collaboration between the Sigurd Olson Environmental…
…a good stepping stone right there to branch from there. I mean, the youth are the future leaders and someone looked at me and probably looked at others and was like, “Well, they’re the future of our country.” So, if I could make an impact on them that would be…
…in our country and other advanced nations in the near future. My bigger concern rests with developing nations. Because plastics have become so cheap, they have found their way into uses around the world. However, many developing nations lack a waste management system and will literally dump their trash into…
…at one point is when there is a huge water shortage demand in the country and people go to Congress and say, ‘You’ve got to get rid of this compact,’ ” Doyle said. The Great Lakes Compact prohibits water from being diverted, in most cases, outside the basin. Its passage…
…born there: Harmon, who later attended and taught at Northland College; Kenneth, named for their good friend Kenneth Olson; and Alice. In 1925, when the war lord who had encouraged their work was overthrown during a nationalist uprising, they escaped from the country. Albin taught English at Northland College for…
…focus of her work is building a monitoring program for the Bureau of Land Management’s streams across the west. “I currently do this work remotely from San Antonio, TX and in my spare time do research with my husband on water quality issues around San Antonio, which is one of…
