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…
…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…
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…
…regional agreement between the eight Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces signed in 2008. It bans the “diversion of Great Lakes water outside the basin, with limited exceptions.” Annin refers to the compact as a “legal water fence” that “is designed to keep Great Lakes water inside the Great…
…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…
…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…
…that is good for them,” a Mississippi delegate to a Daughters of the American Revolution convention warned. Civil rights and anti-war activists thought the day would distract the public from their cause. But the idea had already taken hold. While Nelson had envisioned perhaps 40 events held across the country,…
…or x-country skiing with some of my professors. Some of my closest friendships were made at Northland College. The bonds were so strong that I returned to Northland after surviving a serious car accident that left me as a paraplegic. I was determined to not let go of a place…
…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…
…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…
